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Originally Posted by Uncle Corny
martial arts are not unlike sports. they are sports. and 98.9% of them can't be used for personal protection. so if that's a goal of yours, pick another hobbie. otherwise you have the other half of "what is considered a martial art."
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I would add that those 98.9% take 5 years to learn before you can handle spontaneity from empty hand attacks alone.
Martial arts that you are referring to (I guess karate & kung-fu?) attract alot of people for reasons other than self-defense. Fitness, self-discipline, character development or what have you.
Full contact fight sports are the next step up, but still need modern weapons training (arnis/silat etc) and tactics. The good thing about these is that they give you a realistic base to work from in terms of spontaneity and awareness when you go onto...
Reality based self-defense systems. i aint talking about Krav, allthough it aint too shabby in some aspects.
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