[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1154419]So…tested for a year is = real combat?
I personally don’t think so, here’s why.
All training is just training and by that merit is conducted in an environment that is safe physically and mentally. Not to say that injury can’t occur because it can, but everyone involved is “feeling” safe and therefore reality is never generated in a training environment.
Someone who has engaged in real combat isn’t necessarily a good teacher either. In fact, that aspect is pretty irrelevant in context to martial arts methods which I don’t think I need to remind anyone is not rocket science.
It’s not complicated to learn structure and power and all that without every actually fighting. What isn’t learned is guts. In my opinion, you either got em, or your don’t and I can point at a gorrillion examples of why this is more probable and true than not.
training is JUST training. It’s preparation for something that may never happen and if you’re into sports, then it is still safe and in a sports framework.
You cannot train towards someone picking you off with a rifle from a rooftop. Put it out of your head that you can. NO training makes you superior to ANYONE, ever. A small child can take you out by accident in worst case scenario.
There is a lot of crap talk among martial artists. A lot of chest thumping, a lot of ego driven noise. Train an art because it is interesting and you enjoy it. It’s better to train than not, but it is never a guarantee of anything and a wise person can learn a lot from an idiot whereas the other way round? Not so much.
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Agreed.
I would also point out that, if you go around getting into street fights in order to test your art out, even if you’re successful, the chances of someone coming back on you with firepower is immense. In other words, it ain’t necessarily over when it’s over. The cemeteries are full of big, tough fighters whose luck ran out.
