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Originally Posted by Shoot
My point is to prepare appropriately and rationally. You have a less than 1% chance of being hurt as a victim of violent crime this year. You will be injured four times in a year that you practice martial arts or once in every 50 hours of practice. Cost/Benefit--think about it and plan accordingly.
Next time you think about recommending some martial arts program designed to turn people into "perfect weapons" try telling it to people with permanent chronic pain from recreational martial arts injuries.
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I know many people seeking self-defense training don’t want after all preferring some watered down political correct version of Bif the playground bully picking on the Karate kid. They either want to think they are training for the reality event without putting in the work or they want to be fighters.
Fighters maybe skilled but fighting and self-defense, which I really prefer to call self-offense”, are not the same thing. A fighter may be able to handle some low-level conflicts but they do not have the training and skills to meet all the variable condition of the criminal environment.
A friend of mine a brilliant martial artist in his own right, a former army Ranger who served in Iraq, owns and operates his own gym where he teaches karate, BJJ, MMA, and firearms. There is a sign above his door that reads “Only the deadly serious need apply”.
But again any reason for training is a valid one. If your reason for training is for an other purposes other than RBSD…well there are gyms for sheep then there are gyms for sheepdogs.