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Bullseye · 11-05-2007, 05:28 PM

Hi,

Thanks for your replies. I think that losing is the thing that is most absent in these discussions. I can accept a person having loads of fights if they are in John Skillen's position (as per your example), but I find it strange when no one admits to losing a fight here and there.

I don't think there's any shame in losing personally. It's not to be desired of course, but I think if more instructors talked about this aspect as well, their instruction would be more well rounded, and relevant to reality.

Ditto for running away. If it's a choice bewteen running away or getting killed, running is surely the better politic.I personally wouldn't lose respect for anyone, including a well known instructor, if they told me they had run or swallowed at some point. We are all only human and it can happen to the best of us.

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Bullseye Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 49 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, Thanks for your replies. I think that losing is the thing that is most absent in these discussions. I can accept a person having loads of fights if they are in John Skillen's position (as per your example), but I find it strange when no one admits to losing a fight here and there. I don't think there's any shame in losing personally. It's not to be desired of course, but I think if more instructors talked about this aspect as well, their instruction would be more well rounded, and relevant to reality. Ditto for running away. If it's a choice bewteen running away or getting killed, running is surely the better politic.I personally wouldn't lose respect for anyone, including a well known instructor, if they told me they had run or swallowed at some point. We are all only human and it can happen to the best of us.