darrianation

This is a take off of Mikes thread “Helpful Hints”.

I felt bad about hijacking that thread though, I hope I gave some helpful hints that folks can walk away with and use. But I decided this subject should probably have its own thread.

Mike has brought up a point about the differences between martial arts and fighting. Mike and I have talked a bit about this before and I took the opportunity to expand on what Mike said talking in depth about the “reality fight”. Since I’ve come to what I consider a personal and intimate understanding of the fight progression I have come to the realization that I am not a martial artist nor am I a shooter…I am simply put, a “fighter”.

Some of you will see a resemblance of what I am about to write with something I wrote previously in another thread. In that other thread I used a fictional character though, much of what I wrote about him is true (but not all of it—some of it is made up). In that other thread I talked about the perfect storm opponent but there is very little difference between the thug (wolf) and the fighter (warrior) just that the fighter warrior has a conscience and at least some compassion for his fellow man. This thread however is written with a different twist.

Personally, I have a hard time relating to martial artists and shooting enthusiasts because my current paradigm and methodologies have nothing to do with martial arts or shooting.

I don’t care about how one hits and I don’t care about the particulars of the technique. I just care that it is effective. In other words if you can hit hard that’s great but can you hit hard when the moment of truth is before you starring you in the face? That is what’s important. I don’t care what your scores are on the shooting range shooting bull’s-eyes, I don’t care if you won your last IPCS competition, I don’t care to argue which martial art is best, nor do I care if you submitted your opponent in your last cage fight. I only care about how to fight. There is such a huge difference yet the majority of folks can’t even see that.

As for me, I only want to study the most effective fighting and survival strategies at my disposal, ones that fit my framework of logic and ruthlessness….this is my religion.

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