A couple quick points and I am out of this one. All but #1 are generalities.
1. Yes, Mr. Ayoob is kind enough to post here and the mods would not allow an imposter to post as him.
2. Having some skill in unarmed combat is better than no skill when it hits the fan (in other words some training is better than none).
3. For the average "condition white" citizen it is a better investement of their limited time to teach observation, prevention and evasion skills which can be utilized easier by the unpracticed than unarmed combat skills. (examples: It is easier and more effective to teach AVERAGE people to lock their door and ground floor windows to prevent the casual home invasion than it is to teach them proper firearm handling in a crisis. It is easier to teach an AVERAGE woman danger signs to look for and avoid when walking the street than it is to teach her how to effectively overcome a 250# attacker in unarmed combat.)
4. Most of the time the "victim" in a physical encounter can be assumed to be weaker physically, less practiced in violence and less committed to inflicting serious harm than the attacker. This is likely in male on male encoutners and doubly so in male on female ones.
5. Most people are NOT going to invest the time in training to be proficient in an unarmed combat form.
For every commendable person like Pax who take training to heart, practice, and comprehend the full implications of a violent encounter there are 50 - 100who do not comprehend that it really can happen to them and therefore give only lip service to real training (both metnal and physical). Most of the people on this board have already accepted the existence of such violence in the world and that it CAN happen to them. You are already in the minority and therefore when you see a newspaper article about training you are likely already a world ahead of the people targetted for that training.
Most people do not accept the possible violence they may encounter, nor do they even want to. It is easier for people to believe what makes them comfortable. For some it is belief in a religion to get past the fear of death and for many it is the "belief" that violence will "never happen to them" in order to get past the fear they would otherwise feel in everyday life. Most of the training out there targetted at the "members of the flock" is really only going to be effective at helping them to avoid the wolves, not fight them. They take such training because they may have become a little afraid and such training "reassures them" that they will be safe. Of course for those of us who SEE the real dangers out there it is often frustrating to see a complete lack of emphasis on REAL defensive training, mindset and equipment. The bottom line though is most of the sheep just don't want that.
1. Yes, Mr. Ayoob is kind enough to post here and the mods would not allow an imposter to post as him.
2. Having some skill in unarmed combat is better than no skill when it hits the fan (in other words some training is better than none).
3. For the average "condition white" citizen it is a better investement of their limited time to teach observation, prevention and evasion skills which can be utilized easier by the unpracticed than unarmed combat skills. (examples: It is easier and more effective to teach AVERAGE people to lock their door and ground floor windows to prevent the casual home invasion than it is to teach them proper firearm handling in a crisis. It is easier to teach an AVERAGE woman danger signs to look for and avoid when walking the street than it is to teach her how to effectively overcome a 250# attacker in unarmed combat.)
4. Most of the time the "victim" in a physical encounter can be assumed to be weaker physically, less practiced in violence and less committed to inflicting serious harm than the attacker. This is likely in male on male encoutners and doubly so in male on female ones.
5. Most people are NOT going to invest the time in training to be proficient in an unarmed combat form.
For every commendable person like Pax who take training to heart, practice, and comprehend the full implications of a violent encounter there are 50 - 100who do not comprehend that it really can happen to them and therefore give only lip service to real training (both metnal and physical). Most of the people on this board have already accepted the existence of such violence in the world and that it CAN happen to them. You are already in the minority and therefore when you see a newspaper article about training you are likely already a world ahead of the people targetted for that training.
Most people do not accept the possible violence they may encounter, nor do they even want to. It is easier for people to believe what makes them comfortable. For some it is belief in a religion to get past the fear of death and for many it is the "belief" that violence will "never happen to them" in order to get past the fear they would otherwise feel in everyday life. Most of the training out there targetted at the "members of the flock" is really only going to be effective at helping them to avoid the wolves, not fight them. They take such training because they may have become a little afraid and such training "reassures them" that they will be safe. Of course for those of us who SEE the real dangers out there it is often frustrating to see a complete lack of emphasis on REAL defensive training, mindset and equipment. The bottom line though is most of the sheep just don't want that.
