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Btw from a LEO perspective I think carrying weapons from knives to sticks and even guns is asking for trouble and is a really bad idea. Real self defense is living a healthy and smart lifestyle. Most people never are attacked never have fights and so forth because they avoid trouble and the places and people who cause it. Weapons cause more problems than they solve and are mainly security blankets that make scared people falsely feel more secure.[/QUOTE]
Good rational points. This is one of the best things that tc101 has written. The first part, not so much.
[QUOTE=Firehawk4;1268757]Should a person just practice the Wing Chun pole or other kung fu pole techniques and forms if there a old man ? Instead of doing Kung Fu systems that they could not use in selfdefense ?[/QUOTE]
The stick, rather than the pole, is the Father of all Chinese Martial Arts weaponry. It is not the stick that you will need to defend yourself, it is the benefits reaped from years and years of training correctly that you will carry in your hands. In actual fact, you may not need the stick in your old age at all, but they do make excellent therapy apparatus!
The pole is simply an extension of the stick and has very specific adjustments to make better use of additional length and weight. I have heard a story of my Sigung using a pole in his sixties that none of his younger students could even lift off the floor.
[QUOTE=tc101;1268982]Btw from a LEO perspective I think carrying weapons from knives to sticks and even guns is asking for trouble and is a really bad idea. Real self defense is living a healthy and smart lifestyle. Most people never are attacked never have fights and so forth because they avoid trouble and the places and people who cause it. Weapons cause more problems than they solve and are mainly security blankets that make scared people falsely feel more secure.[/QUOTE]
From my perspective waiting on a LEO and their weaponry for their perspective could get me killed. Weapons to me are options, not security blankets or anything to make me feel any way. They are tools. If you want to limit your options because of your perspective that’s your problem. But projecting an image of scared people falsely feeling secure certainly isn’t me, and doesn’t sound like a whole lot of people on this forum either. :eek:
[QUOTE=Wayfaring;1269021]From my perspective waiting on a LEO and their weaponry for their perspective could get me killed. Weapons to me are options, not security blankets or anything to make me feel any way. They are tools. If you want to limit your options because of your perspective that’s your problem. But projecting an image of scared people falsely feeling secure certainly isn’t me, and doesn’t sound like a whole lot of people on this forum either. :eek:[/QUOTE]
Weapons do not give you options like you think. That is security blanket thinking I’ve got a weapon and options and that makes me feel better. Only it isn’t true. Most of the time weapons only make things worse for the people with the weapons. I see it time and time again.