Originally Posted by darrianation

When I evaluate any SD program there are certain criteria I use.

1) Do they adhere to appropriate training principles, methods, and modalities?
2) Is the training efficient?
3) Is it practical?
4) Are the techniques/tactics functional under heavy stress, fear, and adrenalin?
5) Is it technique heavy?
6) How many of there techniques depend on fine motor skills, and are they dependant on precision timing, Laser like targeting, does everything have to go right for the technique to work?
7) Do they rely on mostly dead drills or mostly live drills?
8) Are their drills gaming?
9) Do there defenses rely on predictability, or cooperative partners?
10) During sparring do they duel?

This is just to name a few. Many systems train improperly, many systems develop a false sense of security or an over exaggerated believe in their techniques. They build and sustain bad neuro-muscle memory.

I don’t have to train it to know if they have good or bad training methods I just have to observe. And when it comes to Karate not only have I observed but I have participated in it for many years, as far as WC I have experience there too. So if I decide it sucks, then it sucks, and I will say so!

I don’t have a problem with feel good arts or arts that develop mind and body, but when some of these arts start putting labels of SELF-DEFENSE on them, that’s when I say hey wait a minute you guys don’t do..... and you guys do....This thread started because a bozo or two were saying how superior WC was to boxing, karate and MT. That’s why I started this thread, but the vid clip I thought was fun that’s why I used it.

Enough justification! If you like WC then Fine, so tell us of your WC experience or why you think it is superior. Then I say why I believe your wrong.

Originally Posted by Studiobuddy

I do believe some MA suck as well but I don't do it in a way such as " Kung Fu is better than anything else and karate sucks compared to Kung Fu. If you do Karate I think your gay and like lemon trees"

Originally Posted by darrianation

He, he, hah... I must have touched a nerve, I have you resorting to name-calling. Maybe you aren’t so sure of your masculinity after all. Trolls often resort to name-calling!

Originally Posted by darrianation

He, he, hah... I must have touched a nerve, I have you resorting to name-calling. Maybe you aren’t so sure of your masculinity after all. Trolls often resort to name-calling!