Originally Posted by
IronFist
1) Real fighting is not cool-looking like it is in the movies. Even if you train cool-looking techniques, fighting still doesn't look like that.
2) Never underestimate size.
3) Never underestimate strength. This one and the previous one apply especially to skinny people who have only sparred with other skinny people in their class.
4) There's a good chance that you won't be able to react faster than your opponent can act. See also #5.
5) The person who starts the fight is often the person who ends the fight.
6) Fighting is scary. Your hands might shake. Your knees might shake. You have no control over this. Your fancy techniques requiring fine motor control are useless.
7) Real ninjas didn't use straight swords. Those were invented by Hollywood
An excellent list dude, I would only add:
8) Getting hit hurts and unless you get hit and know what it feels like, you are in a world of trouble the first time you get "clocked".
9) Its not about how many times you hit some one, its about how much damage you can get done with EACH hit.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !