Martial arts thoughts?

[Valkie]

... I'd rather run than fight ...

Reminds me of an old joke, asking your assailant if he can run quickly, and if he doesn't understand the purpose of the question then ask him "How the fuck are you going to catch me?"

It's a good strategy.
You don't know your opponent
You don't know if he has help nearby
You don't know his history.

Better to run, but not far enough that you cannot fight if you need to.

[sprintcyclist]

The only "martial arts" experience I have was during Army training, that is to say, pseudo-karate combined with a knife. I think martial arts has been over-glorified into utter silliness by Hollywood such as:

In this I have to agree 100%.
When you actually cop a full on hit or kick, one that has been correctly delivered, even wearing mitts and instep guards, you go down hard.
I don't care who or what you are, you go down.
You don't jump back up and fight on,
Your head is spinning, or your gut is hurting, you cannot just jump up and continue.

During training I have also seen accidental hits from a boe staff and in nearly every case, that was it, sometimes hospitalization was required.
And while I fought in "controlled fights" where several attacks resulted in immediate disqualification or even banning, I have Sen accidental injuries that were very debilitating.

I have been personally knocked out several times and done the same to my opponents.

What we see in movies is just rubbish.
Possibly a couple of indirect contacts could be taken without much damage, but a well delivers attack, impossible.

It's like when you see people flying through the air and crashing into things 20 feet away, then getting up and fighting again.
The damage from the hit required to displace a human body that distance alone would kill them.

But movies are fun, bullets make people fly backwards even though physics proves otherwise.

I agree entirely,

[sprintcyclist]

As Mike Tyson said 'Everyone's got a plan, till they get punched in the face.'

[sprintcyclist]

As Mike Tyson said 'Everyone's got a plan, till they get punched in the face.'

[Valkie]

As Mike Tyson said 'Everyone's got a plan, till they get punched in the face.'

My plan is simple.
First .....avoid trouble.
next.....apologize, what the point in fighting if a simple apology is possible, besides, you don't have to mean it.
next .....run
Finally, if you have no other avenue....fight like your life depended on it, no holds barred, with anything you can lay your hands on.
The only fair fight is the one you win, he might be bigger, better at fighting or have a weapon.
Even the odds, hell, get the odds on your side.

Id rather be standing in a court explaining why I had to defend myself, than be lying in a hospital bed trying to describe my attacker.

[Crackey]

Low quality boxing - more like street fighting.

Funny how coincidences work. I was just scanning Youtube for a good science fiction film and this is what popped up:

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