I'd also like to point out that MMA was designed for arenas like UFC and not originally for the street or SD. RBSD is for just that
Self Defense while some people may use it for aggressive purposes that's just being a thug not an RBSD guy.
Defense means you did
not start the fight. It means that there is an aggressor attacking you or a person you feel is in your care and you are defending yourself/them against the aggressor. Do people screw the pooch on this concept? Most likely yes.
MMA could be used for self defense but a frying pan can be used as a weapon too. Would I think a frying pan is the best weapon I could carry to defend myself. Hell no! So if I had to choose between using a frying pan or a knife I choose the knife.
MMA wasn't designed for defense once again but for the ring. When you step into the ring it's not a question of weather or not your going to have to fight. You
know without a doubt that you are going to fight someone. There is no avoiding it, there is no talking your way out of the situation, you have trained for one thing and that is to be an aggressor in the ring.
I don't know about other RBSD schools but here we train to attempt to avoid fights at all cost through whatever social engineering or avoidance techniques we can train for or think of. That's the difference I see in the two mind sets.
I have trained on both sides MMA and RBSD these are just
my personal experiences and I am in no way attempting to say that anyone else's are any less valid. I'd just like to put what's on my mind out there.
Migo you present your thoughts and experiences in a respectful and direct manner and back them up with logical thought. That's very refreshing here compared to the way some people just say whatever and
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Thanks for the opportunity to view things from another angle. It always helps to see a different P.O.V.. Stimulates thought and helps me to understand things in my head a little better.
Sometimes it's hard to pull back and look at things subjectively.
KOTF