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darrianation · 01-10-2008, 02:51 PM

So, what is your take on the differences between the fighter and the martial artist? I tried to show the biggest differences are:

1. The “mindset” of the fighter differs from the martial artist in that the martial artist is still playing the (nice) goodguy who always has the high moral ground. The fighter on the other hand takes his book of dirty tricks from the badguys and thugs. He is more closely related to the thug then he is the Ward Cleaver’s of the world. The thought of eviscerating or killing someone in defense of himself or others doesn’t bother him at all. Take the biggest, baddest, meanist most evil villian you can think of and the fighter, regardless how nice and gentle he may really be in his everyday life, he wants to be and in fact he is that guy or worse when the moment of truth comes...when the SHTF.

2. The fighter incorporates a tactical lifestyle into his everyday living. This guy eats, sleeps, and breaths violence in that he trains to be violent, his choice of dress, gear, vehicles, friends and how he interacts with people, books, movies, TV programs, and often his career is guided by his tactical lifestyle.

3. The lengths he will go too to WIN. He will do anything to win when his life or the life of an innocent is on the line.

4. And his priorities are different. He would much rather use weapons than HTH. He prefers an open architecture training model that is aggressive and attack-oriented that fits his framework of ruthlessness and logic to a restrictive styliezed system. And he only wants to study the most "efficient" skills, tools, and methods for defeating his enemies becuase he knows that his enamy only has to get it right once whereas he has to get it right 100% of the time.

*The fighter is as dangerous or more so than the thug or terrorist and shares other traits in common with them as well.

Anything else?

01-10-2008, 02:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
darrianation Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,024	Alright, if you do not want to read or comment on the above just read this: So, what is your take on the differences between the fighter and the martial artist? I tried to show the biggest differences are: 1. The “mindset” of the fighter differs from the martial artist in that the martial artist is still playing the (nice) goodguy who always has the high moral ground. The fighter on the other hand takes his book of dirty tricks from the badguys and thugs. He is more closely related to the thug then he is the Ward Cleaver’s of the world. The thought of eviscerating or killing someone in defense of himself or others doesn’t bother him at all. Take the biggest, baddest, meanist most evil villian you can think of and the fighter, regardless how nice and gentle he may really be in his everyday life, he wants to be and in fact he is that guy or worse when the moment of truth comes...when the SHTF. 2. The fighter incorporates a tactical lifestyle into his everyday living. This guy eats, sleeps, and breaths violence in that he trains to be violent, his choice of dress, gear, vehicles, friends and how he interacts with people, books, movies, TV programs, and often his career is guided by his tactical lifestyle. 3. The lengths he will go too to WIN. He will do anything to win when his life or the life of an innocent is on the line. 4. And his priorities are different. He would much rather use weapons than HTH. He prefers an open architecture training model that is aggressive and attack-oriented that fits his framework of ruthlessness and logic to a restrictive styliezed system. And he only wants to study the most "efficient" skills, tools, and methods for defeating his enemies becuase he knows that his enamy only has to get it right once whereas he has to get it right 100% of the time. *The fighter is as dangerous or more so than the thug or terrorist and shares other traits in common with them as well. Anything else? __________________ A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -G. Gordon Liddy A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw