Bau, you are not reading my post correctly. My point is only that average people in need of self defense,the people who martial arts are truly intended for (not the high school student who trains 4 hours every day because he is supported by his parents and doesn't need to work) do not have the time and/or desire to put in the tremendous amount of effort needed to become a good boxer/kickboxer. They are better suited in learning more simplified, devastating techniques found in less "sportive" and more "combative" arts.
Competition and self defense are not one in the same.
I would no sooner take up football to learn how to throw a grenade than I would take up a combative sport to learn how to protect myself or my family.
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"The mind does not choose the situation, but through practice can choose how it is to be realized."
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