street fighting / self defense myth
In regards to a recent thread about sport training vs street training.
The martial arts notion of street fighting or self defense is built on a myth. What we normally call street fighting or self defense is nothing more than bully defense. For that, TCMA is as good as anything else.
True self defense doesn't require a lot of training... it's a mental state built on the realization of what crime is and what types of patterns of behavior criminals fall into. It's a rehearsed mental plan built on survival and escape. I suggest that all of you read a copy of Sanford Strong's "Strong on Survival" book. Only then can any martial arts training begin to address the needs of real street survival.
Don't believe me... talk to a cop. Ask them about their last three rape or homicide cases involving a predator with a random victim. Standard and antiquated martial arts training would've been useless in those situations.
Home invasion in nowhere michigan
http://www.hillsdale.net/newsnow/x29...sexual-assault
The only difference in this invasion scenario and most others is they didn't burn down the house with everyone in it. Most of these go down like this - thugs break into home. They isolate and bind the males (all the while telling the victims do as I say and you won't get hurt). They then bind the females to beds. they beat the males to death savagely, and they rape the women. They then murder the victims because since they have priors and invasion with a weapon, plus kidnap, and rape really up the ante so to speak... they don't want witnesses. They then burn down the house to try to cover the evidence of the crime.
Pearl of wisdom from street smart Karate teacher back when i was a kid.
Karate instructor walks out of his Dojo one night, hears a women screaming. He turns and sees a woman getting smacked around by a very large guy. The man is beating and forcing her into his car. Instructor goes to help woman feeling it is his duty to help. Man pulls gun and instructor walks back into his Dojo and calls police.