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Defeatist.
That's the key word here. I find so much of what is said regarding "self defence" to be sooooo defeatist. Oh wow! That little twat in a hoody is lethal dangerous, er....why exactly??? Yes, I know about guns/knives ect, but I am still not going to buy into all the hysteria.
This is what I have been railing against up 'til now. I have read quite a few interviews with big name RBSD guys in the UK who talk as if every mugger is Fedor Max on crack. Of course there are very dangerous people out there. No argument. But thugs, bullies ,more often than not ,pick their mark very carefully. I am tired of this ludicrous idea that we, as martial artists, won't stand a chance against them. Who ever they are.
So all it takes to be lethal in the streets is a shitty attitude?? Most dickheads we are likely to run into are just that. Dickheads. We just don't give these people enough of the contempt they deserve. Indeed, we give them far too much credit, and far too much respect.
When did trained martial artists get so helpless? I train. He doesn't. He's doubtless got all the advantages???Uh....why exactly?
I do appreciate that there is danger out there. I am certainly NOT over confident. I am not one of the priveliged classes who travels everywhere in Pa Pa's gold plated mercedes. But I don't want to live my life in fear. Been there done that. All the fear, all the obssessing didn't help me handle confrontations any better. A healthier mentality is the only way to go, and the only way to live a happier life.
What the two Mikes are saying is empowering, AND true. I am tired of hearing RBSD guys disempowering people with all their rattling on about how hopeless it all is. To listen to a lot of people, there's no point training at all.
Dang, I'm sick of it.
That's the key word here. I find so much of what is said regarding "self defence" to be sooooo defeatist. Oh wow! That little twat in a hoody is lethal dangerous, er....why exactly??? Yes, I know about guns/knives ect, but I am still not going to buy into all the hysteria.
This is what I have been railing against up 'til now. I have read quite a few interviews with big name RBSD guys in the UK who talk as if every mugger is Fedor Max on crack. Of course there are very dangerous people out there. No argument. But thugs, bullies ,more often than not ,pick their mark very carefully. I am tired of this ludicrous idea that we, as martial artists, won't stand a chance against them. Who ever they are.
So all it takes to be lethal in the streets is a shitty attitude?? Most dickheads we are likely to run into are just that. Dickheads. We just don't give these people enough of the contempt they deserve. Indeed, we give them far too much credit, and far too much respect.
When did trained martial artists get so helpless? I train. He doesn't. He's doubtless got all the advantages???Uh....why exactly?
I do appreciate that there is danger out there. I am certainly NOT over confident. I am not one of the priveliged classes who travels everywhere in Pa Pa's gold plated mercedes. But I don't want to live my life in fear. Been there done that. All the fear, all the obssessing didn't help me handle confrontations any better. A healthier mentality is the only way to go, and the only way to live a happier life.
What the two Mikes are saying is empowering, AND true. I am tired of hearing RBSD guys disempowering people with all their rattling on about how hopeless it all is. To listen to a lot of people, there's no point training at all.
Dang, I'm sick of it.
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