Lol there are many jobs in the military that don't have much to do with fighting.My ex worked in the post office.Never had to kill anyone in combat.Neither in Iraq nor Afghanistan
It seems to me that some need it others don´t. It´s a part of a mans´world. Me, as a woman, I can understand, but not feel. To be honest, nowadays, if I have to see that men have to fight together to know, who is better, I´m leaving... On the other hand I am surrounded sometimes with these kind of fighters and I am happy to have them.. Would I have a son, I´d send him to a place to learn fighting...to be able to protect himself and his family..btw my daughter,too.
don't know about a real street brawl (they can turn deadly, afterall), but I do advocate a martial art, or boxing for anyone. I personally believe that you benefit from the realization, that you can inflict damage onto another person. I also believe that you should experience being hit, or being put into a situation where you can be hit. Fear is not good in life, and without some sort of hand-to-hand training, you'll always live in fear of 'I wonder what that's like.' This is why many karate schools promote the idea of gaining self-confidence. Crack all the jokes you want about it, the idea is very logical, based off of what I mentioned above. When you break a board, or break a cement block, you understand that you can do just as much damage, as someone else, and should not have to feel like you are weak and intimidated. I'd also recommend some sort of grappling, as throwing someone bigger than you, eases up the fear of size.
I agree with POJ on this. Someone who knows they can handle themselves in any situation projects that self-confidence, and others pick up on that. Everyone probably knows at least one person who is like that. The one you wouldn't mess with, or would put your money on in a fight. Just as predators look for victims they perceive as weak, and avoid the people with confidence as they are more likely to fight back. It would benefit every man, woman, and child to have at least a basic understanding of self-defense, which typically includes how to defend yourself against a larger and/or stronger opponent. It doesn't mean you go looking for trouble, rather you are simply prepared when it finds you.
Are you sitting down? I agree with you. BOTH! Correct, only a psycho goes looking for violence, but I feel the best policies for avoiding violence are not merely passive and reactive, but systematic and pre-emptive; don't work in the Post Office to get your first foot on the management ladder, don't keep going back to the same cheap bar just to save a couple of quid, if you have two routes to work of equal driving time, take the one furthest from the cheaper areas of town.
Couldn't stomach any kind of violence that's being part of our society today. Unless you have a good reason to defend yourself from one other besides you have no reason to raise your fist to pick up the fighting in the first place. It's stupid if you ask me.
Shit, I wanna take up a martial art. I used to be in it, but never stuck with it. I'd wanna learn something that focused on pressure point or something, rather than striking.
Philly has a ton of TKD, Shotokan, Kung Fu, MMA, Gracie/BJJ places all around the town. I swear, there are like two TKD places within 2 blocks of each other on one avenue here. Shit is like McDonalds. The Gracie JJ place would make you work for that black belt tho. They're still like one of those clans, that dont just hand them out like cheeseburgers.
:smt043:smt043:smt043:smt043:smt043 That sounds like some tough shit. Makes the accomplishment feel that much greater.
seriously...not sure why you need two tae kwon do joints, within 2 blocks of each other.. that's like trying to start a rivalry or something...with classes letting out at the same time, and bumping into each other and Hworwang Axe kickin the shit outta peeps
:smt005:smt005 That's when Baek Do San comes out and PWNS them all. Dude, in LA, it's a Karate or Tae Kwon Do place on ever other block. Not sure about present day, but back in the day, I would see HELLA dojos.
lol..which is sad...because it makes finding the good dojos harder... the more you have, the more likely you'll run into some Jim Carey shit [YOUTUBE]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h_vvI26NnwE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h_vvI26NnwE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YOUTUBE]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Either that or Dragonfly Jones. [YOUTUBE]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jrw_zRBWeZA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jrw_zRBWeZA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YOUTUBE] SILEEEEENCE!!!!!! SILEEEEEEENCE!!! Puuuuuunk!!
Fighting at any age should not be endorsed you are causing harm to another person. In an ideal World I guess we would have no fighting but being a realist it happens. Personally I try to avoid putting myself in these situations but as and when it happens (usually because of skin or my height) you have to deal with it.:smt062:smt062 The worry nowadays is these blummin cowards who resort to weapons when it is one on one.
If I had a kid, you best believe he/she would be exposed to fighting. You train for war and pray for peace, right.
Absolutely. As a parent, part of your job is to equip your child/children for anything and everything they may encounter, and in today's world that's likely to include violence or confrontation at some point. Better to have the skills to defend themselves and never have to use them, than to need them and not have them.
I agree with "train for war and pray for peace" I do Aikido and when my daughter is a little older she will be doing it also, if my prayers are answered then it will merely be for exercise.
