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Old 11-06-2003, 04:17 PM   #54 (permalink)
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you know damn well the amount of force you can generate is going to do severe physical damage if you use it on someone
That, my fine-feathered friend, is the entire premise of my dissent. You do not know that what you are going to do is going to result the way you want it to. Especially when someone is trying to do you bodily harm at the same time.

Your bone breaking strike may break a bone when you strike, provided a large set of variables fall into line.

The difference is theory versus actual events.

Reason vs. empirical evidence.

Unfortunately, this is a trap that many traditionalists fall into when they receive their so-called self-defense training.

If he does A, I'll do B, causing C to happen leading to me doing D causing him to do E resulting in XYZ....

It's crap.

Just like Always do this and Never do this.

That's also crap.

Now... if you, being the WC expert that you are, can break bones in theory, AND you have broken a few in reality using your all powerful techniques in the middle of a shit storm, then you're argument could very well be valid.

However, can ALL (or most) WC experts use these same techniques to gain similar results consistently?

My answer is decidedly no.
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