Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
Not to play the old ****s card, but full contact COMPETITION is a young mans game and when I was young, boy did I play it and now, as an older individual I am paying the price and reaping some of the rewards still.
That said, I would be concerned why younger people in the combat arts AREN'T fighting as much as they can.
I'm old, I have numerous injuries, I've survived cancer THREE TIMES, so my competition days are well behind me, even then I was a b-level amateur, but I did something. Today, not all my students fight, but about 10% does (around 20 students ready to fight at any given time)....

TCMA schools are full of young in shape people. They can do astounding forms performances, many are great gymnasts.... surely one or two students in a school could fight full contact, no?