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Flash · 02-25-2002, 01:32 PM

One thing that is often neglected or brushed over is that in all traditional systems, empty-hand versus weapons defenses were only meant to be used as a LAST RESORT! They were not meant to be high percentage "shots". They were literally what you would do when you had no other recourse and your only other option was to throw yourself down on your knees, start crying and blubbering and hope your attacker discovers Jesus and decides not to kill you.

Think about it - these systems were all meant for war...and let's say you're on the battlefield, you've lost your weapon and an enemy is coming at you WITH a weapon. What would you do? I don't know about you, but I would RUN and keep running until I reached safety or FOUND a weapon. Only if running were impossible would one attempt one of these disarms. However, for some reason, people get this idea that these techniques are "sure things" rather than one of those "oh my God I'm going to die well I've got nothing to lose" things.

02-25-2002, 01:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Flash Novice Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 74 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Last resort! One thing that is often neglected or brushed over is that in all traditional systems, empty-hand versus weapons defenses were only meant to be used as a LAST RESORT! They were not meant to be high percentage "shots". They were literally what you would do when you had no other recourse and your only other option was to throw yourself down on your knees, start crying and blubbering and hope your attacker discovers Jesus and decides not to kill you. Think about it - these systems were all meant for war...and let's say you're on the battlefield, you've lost your weapon and an enemy is coming at you WITH a weapon. What would you do? I don't know about you, but I would RUN and keep running until I reached safety or FOUND a weapon. Only if running were impossible would one attempt one of these disarms. However, for some reason, people get this idea that these techniques are "sure things" rather than one of those "oh my God I'm going to die well I've got nothing to lose" things.