Hi all, just wanted to share some thoughts.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/chris-hanson/our-crazy-martial-arts-world...
Thanks,
Chris.
Hi all, just wanted to share some thoughts.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/chris-hanson/our-crazy-martial-arts-world...
Thanks,
Chris.
A very good article Chris with many valid points made. This article covers what I see as the top three:
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/article/karates-three-biggest-mistakes
It was written a while ago, but it still holds up I feel.
Thanks for sharing!
All the best,
Iain
If your stuff is “deadly” then sport training is probably not your goal, so sport is not the correct way to decide is something is successful or not. Punching someone pre-emptively in the windpipe works, but you can’t try it out on people well seasoned in judo wrestling bjj boxing thai and savte as the rules of their sport don’t allow a) pre-emptive striking and b) strikes to the throat.
If you walk to the centre of the octagon and the ref says “touch gloves” and then you hit the guy in the throat without warning there is no doubt it is effective, but by the rules of sport you lose as you get disqualified.
http://www.foxsports.com/mma/story/cheap-shot-fighter-knocks-opponent-th...
Lots of noise about this recent MMA fight. Which highlights one of the differences between sport and street. All other "too deadly" BS aside, the biggest thing is the consent of being there in the ring vs. the "street".
The criminal does not what a fight. Deception, “cheap shots”, weapons, numbers, ambush, etc. are all way more preferable. That’s why a 100% “fight based” solution of criminal violence is problematic. If this is the “cheap shot” described – it looks like an odd way to touch gloves from the guy who gets knocked out – then the striker used “criminal tactics” effectively.
Not that we should really compare and contrast them (apples vs oranges) because both have value and both are “better” than the other when judged on their own terms.
All the best,
Iain