Learning a martial art

[Del Lardo]

[RANT]

I was wondering home from the pub tonight via some of Cambridges best back roads. The vast majority of these roads have pavements just wide enough for two people to walk side by side but because the houses were bulit at the turn of the 20th century there are big black bins outside every house blocking off half the pavement. Stumbliing home tonight I was happy enough to stop and let groups of people past as that is the polite thing to do. That was until I met upon a pair of rather objectionable chaps.

As I had done numerous times I moved to one side to allow two people to walk past me when scrote #1 comes out with "wise decision MATE" Now at this point my main aim in life was to bounce his head off a wall until the Police arrived and took me away. There was a slight problem in that they outnumbered me 2 to 1 and I'm a wimp. Would I be justified in learning a martial art just so I can get myself sent down for beating an arrogent scrote to death or would I be better off remaining a IT based keyboard warrior with a grudge?

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[Del Lardo]

even if you know martial arts you are still unlickly to come out on top in a 2 on one situation.

if you do decide to do martial arts choose wisley. As most are for defensive and will not help a great heal in street fighting.

But you sound just as bad as them really. just ignore carry on.

You are correct that martial arts do teach defence and the vast majority teach you to walk away as a first step. However, I am not "as bad as them really", I've had a rather unpleasant experience and IMO am justifiably angry. I would NEVER throw the first punch but equally I would never treat someone with such disrepect.

To be perfectly honest I have no interest in learning to fight just to teach people like that a lesson but I am starting to wonder if I should learn how to defend myself as ejits such as this could easily put me in hospital with very little chance of them ever being caught.

 

[Del Lardo]

One of my friends has recommended that I look into the Aikido classes that are taught in Cambridge as it teaches good defensive techniques as well as teaching that it is best to walk away where ever possible. I do like the sound of this as I am not a naturally agressive person and do not really want to hurt people.

Are there any Aikido people out there who can give me more information?

 

[Del Lardo]

I've had a nice cup of tea and calmed down a lot (my liver must be doing a good job ) so I would rather this thread did not decend into a debate on the pros and cons of beating people up on the street.

I would be most grateful if people could give their experiences on studying martial arts purely as a form of defence when all else fails.

 

[Del Lardo]

Thanks for the info.

Aikido does sound very promising. I play 5-a-side so am not totally un-fit but I do have the typical IT physique (slightly over weight with not much upper body muscle mass).