MountainGun44
New member
I have read with interest the many posts regarding different martial-arts and their efficacy in actual "street-fights".
What set of skills (as opposed to specific animal poses and schools of discipline) are most important to learn in order to improve an individual's defensive capability? What is the best way to get this type of training?
Although I am fascinated by name-dropping and buzz-words, I would rather learn something like:
"Grappling and punching are basics that are important."
as opposed to:
"Monkey/Crane/Gopher...dojo...Shokogukikan....mental lotus...twenty years in Korea...ate lunch with Bruce Lee...I get in fights every week...etc."
I am not itching to get into a fight and never have been. I have absolutely nothing to prove to anyone. I will do anything to avoid getting into a "fight" with some idiot with nothing to live for. I am talking about back-to-the-wall, I am there with my wife and kids and can't run type of situations. The only time I will ever be in a fight, it will be a defensive situation and I will be fighting to live and protect my family. I will not be fighting fairly, because I will have been attacked. I will be fighting unarmed because I have no choice at the time. If I was armed in the same situation I would have drawn my weapon by the time it got to this point.
Any advice besides "join the Marines"?
What set of skills (as opposed to specific animal poses and schools of discipline) are most important to learn in order to improve an individual's defensive capability? What is the best way to get this type of training?
Although I am fascinated by name-dropping and buzz-words, I would rather learn something like:
"Grappling and punching are basics that are important."
as opposed to:
"Monkey/Crane/Gopher...dojo...Shokogukikan....mental lotus...twenty years in Korea...ate lunch with Bruce Lee...I get in fights every week...etc."
I am not itching to get into a fight and never have been. I have absolutely nothing to prove to anyone. I will do anything to avoid getting into a "fight" with some idiot with nothing to live for. I am talking about back-to-the-wall, I am there with my wife and kids and can't run type of situations. The only time I will ever be in a fight, it will be a defensive situation and I will be fighting to live and protect my family. I will not be fighting fairly, because I will have been attacked. I will be fighting unarmed because I have no choice at the time. If I was armed in the same situation I would have drawn my weapon by the time it got to this point.
Any advice besides "join the Marines"?