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Originally Posted by Dan_The_Man  I don’t really understand what you mean by "playing tag". I think I didn’t quite grasp your analogy. |
That's what most competing is: playing tag. You hit me, then I hit you back. Most times in sport competition the game seldom ends with the first tag or first exchange.
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Originally Posted by Dan_The_Man And the only reason that I use "maybe" a lot is because I am merely an amateur that is speculating on all of this. I’m not going to pass my views off as concrete. |
I didn't think you were, Dan. I'm simply saying that you found you evidence while watching the Human Weapon show. It served as a unbiased source for you to see and hear the same information I've been giving you to a certain degree.
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Originally Posted by Dan_The_Man I thought that learning some decent RBSD would be better at teaching you how to spot, interpret and avoid a hostile situation better than a BJJ or Muay Thai class would. The "maybe" is there because I have never been to a RBSD class and am judging that purely on reading. But is that really an argument that has no legs? |
Understood. I respect that you would write "maybe" for that reason, Dan. And what I meant as far as the argument having no legs was that many of the opposing arguments presented weren't based on anything but pure opinion, which gave those points no legs to stand on. It also meant that I was passed debating points that have already been made.
RBSD systems put focus on those aspects of awareness and avoidance, but I have yet to see a competition art that does. Some TMA's do as well, but they were the RBSD arts of their own time, and avoidance and awareness hasn't changed much over the years. In fact they may have been better at avoidance and awareness hundreds of years ago back when people actually had to learn to defend themselves and survive off the land. Competitive sport combat doesn't bother itself with elements outside the ring(weapons, multiple attackers,etc). Their focus is getting their fighter ready to go however many rounds and win under the rules of the event. They are awesome at what they do, but only at what they do.
That's all I meant.
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Originally Posted by Dan_The_Man I'm not having a go at you or anything Uke, I'm just continuing the debate :P |
That's fine. Good luck with your training, Dan.