firstoff, before things get out of hand, please never mention the word "effective" in conjunction with tae kwon do ever again. that said, i'll move on.
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i would guess that rickson is a grappler
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rickson gracie is pretty much the messiah of the grappling arts today, and his family popularized gracie/brazilian jiu jitsu, opening the eyes of the world to the fact that striking alone will not save you.
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i know for one thugs don't just give you a window of oppertunity to run. for instance i had this friend and he went to this club. well the blacks there didn't like him for some reason. so when he was going back to his car the blacks followed him. one thing led to another and my friend ended up puching one of the blacks.
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i don't know what is giving you all this experience at the ripe old age of 16, but ok. to start with, your friend has his head up his ass. what did he do/say to make the "blacks" have a problem with him? secondly, punching a single guy in an angry gang and not having a plan to get the hell out of there? i'd nominate him for the darwin awards.
no shit? really? he's lucky they didn't kill him. watch out for those guys...they might surround you if you piss them off.
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now you tell me how to run away from that.
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well, i'd start with not doing anything physical unless i was absolutely certain that i was about to be relieved of my right to breath. that's why martial arts fail all the time. do you know how to talk someone down so that you can create an opening for a shot that could drop mike tyson? it's not as easy as you'd think. it is EXTREMELY difficult to beat more than one capable opponent at the same time with a purely physical response. now take into account that the "bad guy" may be armed, on drugs, a roided-up monster...
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if someone had weapon such as a gun to you and then you ran. he would shoot you in the back unless your relying in his mentallity
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this is based upon your years and years of hands one experience i'm sure. i think your time would have been better spent in english class.
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i would rather rely on myself to kick his ass.
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you go do that. if you hang out with your friend some more, i'm sure you'll find the opportunity to prove how deadly you are. don't worry, soon you will be dead at the hands of a 13 year old with a razor. happy hunting.
slaying the troll
ryan