as far as tennis goes I can think of two things...Venus and Serena Williams. They look like they could beat the crap out of somebody bad. I'm not saying that they are extemely skillful fighters but I bet they could put up a good streetfight if they wanted. Eskrima practioners usually train with long sticks among other weapons and most people look at it as something that could never be used in the real world. I don't see it that way. Lets say I'm at a pool club and a couple of punks raise a ruckus and start after me. Hey I got a long stick and even if it breaks then I got two shorter sticks. Anyone can train to take on a single opponent who will always start with a right punch to your face but not everyone trains to handle multiple attackers with weapons. Martial arts is not always about the scenarios that we can see happening but the scenarios we can not even imagine. That is why people should expand their training to include many arts so you get to see and train for many different scenarios. Stick training isn't a must but it doesn't hurt. I also have something else to add. I remember how people always go off on forms in martial arts. I don't like them but I end up learning them anyways. What do you guys think about them?
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