Street Styles

[47MartialMan]

I presume most of you live in the USA. I still don't understand the obsession with carrying concealed weapons. I'm not judging you guys or your country, but surely there are plenty of safe places to live there. It's a big country!! Why live your life worrying that someone is going to kill you?

Anyway, that's all I'm saying on the subject as I am here to discuss MA's.

Well-there are places, surburban.

I work in what is termed "Corporate Amercia". This is where many live outside of a metropolitan city and commute in for business. In the areas we reside-it is peaceful-non violent. However, in those cities, much violence. Especially when there is high activity like bars (pubs), sporting events, and criminal activity.

However, most of the population do not carry conceal weapons-you are mis-led.

Only a scant few of 200+ of my office co-workers actually carry a weapon. Those that do, only carry one if they happen to be in a area of intense violence or crime.

I have been doing a study on violent crime, assaults, and behavior and I must say, although Amercia is fascinated with the gun, there are many brutal acts of violence with knives, tools, and etc., in countries such as the UK, Germany, India, and even Canada, to name a few.

[Garland]

One of my first acts of self defense involved learning to shoot pistols, rifles and shotguns. I have been playing with knives since I was a cub scout but if you live up in bear country it's a good idea to have a suitable weapon for bears. Knives are excellent tools and handy weapons if you can DEPLOY it, use it and justify it later...

Martial arts, eh? Like real "artists" would never need a weapon, right? LOL


Take care, stay safe...

That's plain stupid.

I delopy BEARS for self defense.

Bears **** shit up. Son.
























(I'm waiting for a certain forum member to jump on this...)

[Rickster]

Yes but what aches you in defense?

Being hit in the groin by a female student who lacks control.

[Tom Yum]

Well there are many things to aid in defense

Yes but what aches you in defense?

[Tom Yum]

You're the one that brought it up in the first place, I think it's pretty telling that now that you're being questioned by someone who knows something about it you want to change the subject

Your icon is hilarious, Lu. Agreed.

Nightstalker, there are very few young impressionable women on here...jsyk.

Secondly, most women here on the board don't fall for the empathy thing, unlike other message boards...

[Rickster]

Well there are many things to aid in defense

[Tant01]

I presume most of you live in the USA. I still don't understand the obsession with carrying concealed weapons. I'm not judging you guys or your country, but surely there are plenty of safe places to live there. It's a big country!! Why live your life worrying that someone is going to kill you?

Anyway, that's all I'm saying on the subject as I am here to discuss MA's.

One of my first acts of self defense involved learning to shoot pistols, rifles and shotguns. I have been playing with knives since I was a cub scout but if you live up in bear country it's a good idea to have a suitable weapon for bears. Knives are excellent tools and handy weapons if you can DEPLOY it, use it and justify it later...

Martial arts, eh? Like real "artists" would never need a weapon, right? LOL


Take care, stay safe...

[WildWest.]

I presume most of you live in the USA. I still don't understand the obsession with carrying concealed weapons. I'm not judging you guys or your country, but surely there are plenty of safe places to live there. It's a big country!! Why live your life worrying that someone is going to kill you?

Anyway, that's all I'm saying on the subject as I am here to discuss MA's.

[Sagacious Lu]

Whatever it was, it got my sister killed. Let's change the subject.

You're the one that brought it up in the first place, I think it's pretty telling that now that you're being questioned by someone who knows something about it you want to change the subject

[47MartialMan]

if you have a lot of "experience" in "streetfights" then you wudnt be asking this question....

Interesting.

I would think any martial art that was developed for fighting was a "street style" in their introduction era

[NightStalker14]

Whatever it was, it got my sister killed. Let's change the subject.

[Garland]

Crazy-ass satanic one...

Uh...
"satanic cult"?
must be some sort of local "weekend, let's kill cats in a graveyard" bullshit.

Anton Le'Vey's COS and the TOS aren't into that shit, it's mainly just a satire of organized religion.

The only real "satanist" that was around "recently" and practicing was shithead Aliester Crowley...and he was back in the Victorian ages, and into a bunch of other occultish bullshit, namely some of the stuff you see popping up in modern conspiracy theories...like the Illuminati, Rosecrucians, and the Knights Templar (fan fact...he was also into yoga.)

[NightStalker14]

what cult buddy?

Crazy-ass satanic one...

[Garland]

I think it's sad people have to carry weapons with them. What kind of places do you live in, what kind of people are you and your friends and why not move somewhere safer??

I used to...until I pulled one and, even though the situation was still more chest puffing and bullshit, realized that something really bad could've happened and I could've gone to prison for a long time just for being drunk and trying to save face jumping up the force ladder when it might not have been completely warranted.

Also...seeing a buddy of mine almost disembowled out of the blue gave me the impression that having a knife on you is secondary to having one in your hand and knowing exactly what's going on around you...which is impossible to do all the time, and would certainly be considered maladaptive and anti-social. (think about walking around with a knife in your hand everywhere you go, looking everyone up and down, and never getting your back turned to open areas...yeah... can someone say paranoid delusions???)

Anyway...yeah, in short...weapons are only good if you can use them...if somebody gets the jump on you...you're basicly unarmed...maybe worse if you're all tied up trying to get to your weapon.

If you've fucked up big...and somebody is smart, looking for you, and has your routine and shit down...and has the intent to knife you...buh-bye. Sorry...you be pretty fucked. Any outcome not involving at the very least greivous bodily harm can be attributed more to luck, or the other person making a huge mistake (i.e. drawing the knife outside of 30 feet within plain sight of you, or yelling their intentions as they are getting out of a car or something) than anything else.


what cult buddy?

[NightStalker14]

My problems are the kind that you can't move away from, WildWest.