Martial Arts

I can control my agression, temper to the point that most un-trained people would flip out... thats handling at a high level, it doesnt mean being able to kick 7 bells out of someone, we only fight as a last resort. I'm not a noob either I'm training for my dan grade, but I know one well timed front kick to the knee or hip will take an opponent to the ground, its knowing when that point is and if its needed that makes us what we are...
 
I did martial arts for a while, I suppose it's good for health so you would be able to run away from conflict easily ;). Fortunately I've never had to find out whether martial arts would help me defend myself, but I'd guess that it probably wouldn't make much difference unless you are someone who took the martial art quite seriously, it might make you more competent in a fight but not much more than that.
 
it makes your reactions quicker, think faster and be able to anticipate attacks. It also allows you to keep a clearer head so you can think straight and see opportunities.

In most fights if you have to do more than 2 hits to knock down the opponent its going to get messy,
 
which is where training comes into it, theres no shame in running if you live to see another day, and in todays I wouldnt think twice about running is someone had a knife regardless if I fancied my chances or not, you only get 1 chance and 1 life.
 
The Martial arts, is just that.. an art. It promotes discipline, in perfecting an art. Good things that can come of that are control of agression, better health, and just a better well being.
 
Energize said:
If you want self defence I would take self defence classes not martial arts, a lot of martial arts stuff is not applicable to real life situations.
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that depends on which martial art you choose to follow. Boxing for example is a martial art, which can come in handy im sure you would agree. Along with others like Ju Jitsu and Muay Thai.
 
I've studied Tae Kwon-Do for 13 years and i'm deffinately the better for it. It has its obvious benefits, fitness, self conduct, and so on. It's the little things that you learn through experience that help the most, however. For example, if you were to compare my punch speed to any of my friends, you would find a massive difference.
It's more importiant to learn how to avoid violence though.
 
If you are dealing with a drunken ****, then yeah, you know where to hit 'em and you will probably get away with it; if they are sober and wanting to hurt you, you probably won't do much better than if you hadn't been trained.
 
Did boxing for 5 years and have just started Muay Thai. I have complete control over my temper. Yes it has come in hany the 2-3 times ive got into a fight outside the ring but you have to be careful. You can do a lot of damage with a single punch or kick
 
Repta said:
Did boxing for 5 years and have just started Muay Thai. I have complete control over my temper. Yes it has come in hany the 2-3 times ive got into a fight outside the ring but you have to be careful. You can do a lot of damage with a single punch or kick
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agreed and since there is no legal measure of "required force" we would be hurled in front of the judge quicker than a knife wielding 10 year old who stabbed a granny because he came off worse
 
I have many years marital arts experience, and people who do serious martials, learn violence so they DONT have to use it.

any martial artist who goes out looking for trouble, is not worth of the name.
 
As someone who has trained in Martial Arts for over 10 years I would say the most important aspect to being able to handle yourself is how you train your art.

If you train realisticly then yes you will be more prepared come a real attack, but there a big difference between sparring and real violence. There are very few clubs that train you to deal with real aggression. In real life someone will be intimidating, adrenalin fuelled, in your face verbally abusive before nutting you rag dolling you to the floor then stamping and kicking your body.

There are lots of clubs out there (especially those that teach "self defence" classes) that give people false ideas about handling violent situations. Most self defence techniques are utterly laughable and if attempted would get you into more trouble that natural instinct.

Unfortunately (and country to what many "martial arts masters" will tell you) most of the time aggression must be met with equal aggression if you want to win. It is very difficult to use minimal or passive force if your opponent is intent on killing you.

The first 2-3 seconds of a fight are the most important and where good Martial Arts will help you get the upper hand, if you haven't won within the first few seconds then prepare to get hit and prepare for it to get ugly.

Something that training at a good level made me realise is that there is no glamour in fighting, real aggression and violence is utterly sickening and anyone who gets an ego boost from knowing how to damage another human is simply feeding their insecurity.

Martial arts are fantastic they teach you how to better protect yourself but they are not infallible at any level.
 
I studied martial arts for years (in this order karate, boxing, wing chun kung fu and ninjutsu) and while they made me feel more physically confident about myself, both times I've ever felt physically threatened, I've been wasted (like them) and just picked the other person up, put them on the ground and and used my keyboard to subdue them with a few well-timed qwertys around the face.
 
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