who is the better fighter?

[Yum Cha]

There is a philosophical argument for the non-fighter being the better fighter, on the grounds that fighting is a failure of other skills, and a poor last resort.

That the fight unfought is the most efficient use of power.

I'll GHANDI your A$$!

[goju]

the better fighter is the one who ingests large amounts of shrooms and climbs up in his neighbours trees and makes tiger growls

[Lokhopkuen]

Badgers are good fighters I hear.
Tasmanian Devils too.
Thass why they call 'em Tasmanian Devils
Who'd win inna fight between a Badger and Tasmanian Devil?
Is there a Badger style?
LOL!

[Kevin73]

Then he probably hasnt been training with other martial artists. If you do you will eventually always have an opportunity to fight, be it at the least through competition.

In the original scenario they both had the same training. Fighting is NOT the same as sparring and competition. That is why I suggested that there are too many unknown factors, and one of those was the level of realism in the training (I got told I think too much..LOL).

But, your train of thought is very valid with my earlier suggestion. If you have two guys who train heavily and incorporate alot of hard sparring and realistic drills, do fights outside the dojo help your skills that much if all the other pieces are in the training?

[uki]

*munching popcorn*

this is great, keep it coming guys... especially you kevin73, i must say, your words are over-flowing with wisdom and understanding.

[Dragonzbane76]

watch out he has his fishing pole out.

[Lucas]

id like to point out the original post had 2 questions though, which boggles things up....UKI!

lol

'who is the better fighter'

&

'who is the more skilled figher'

id say the person that indulges in performing any skill will be more skilled at that skill than those that do not.

however raw talent is born with. the 'better' fighter would, imo, be the person born to be a better fighter. whilst his emplimenting of the skill itself may not be as developed as the other guy, he may just have more raw talent.

however if the guy who goes and fights was also born with more raw talent and being, he will far outshadow the other guy in all ways regarding combat.

[uki]

id like to point out the original post had 2 questions though, which boggles things up....UKI!

*whack* baaaaaaaad goat.

[Lucas]

*whack* baaaaaaaad goat.

oops, did i let the tiger out of the bag?

[Dragonzbane76]

tiger psh.... more like here kitty kitty.... meow....

[Lucas]

tiger psh.... more like here kitty kitty.... meow....

lol, hey sometimes those cat scratches get infected!

[uki]

lol, hey sometimes those cat scratches get infected!

especially when they have as much dirt under their fingernails as i do.

[sanjuro_ronin]

id like to point out the original post had 2 questions though, which boggles things up....UKI!

lol

'who is the better fighter'

&

'who is the more skilled figher'

.

Because the two are mutually exclusive eh?

[Lucas]

Because the two are mutually exclusive eh?

i believe its cicrumstancial. they can be but not neccessarily so.

but in the original posts scenario, i think it can be an element in discussion. they both have the same training but one fights a lot. maybe because hes violent and has no real talent so is tryng to make up for that. who knows, since its all fake anyway.

or it could be hes so talented at fighting, thats why he fights. maybe he blows so hard but sees his training brothers talent and is jealous. he fights and fights and fights, because maybe his buddy beats him in sparring every time so he looks for the experience on the street.

to many factors really but its fun to think about.

[sanjuro_ronin]

i believe its cicrumstancial. they can be but not neccessarily so.

but in the original posts scenario, i think it can be an element in discussion. they both have the same training but one fights a lot. maybe because hes violent and has no real talent so is tryng to make up for that. who knows, since its all fake anyway.

or it could be hes so talented at fighting, thats why he fights. maybe he blows so hard but sees his training brothers talent and is jealous. he fights and fights and fights, because maybe his buddy beats him in sparring every time so he looks for the experience on the street.

to many factors really but its fun to think about.

Bah !!!