Originally Posted by
David Jamieson
If you make claims of martial arts and martial artistry, yo should expect that at some point, you will be challenged. It's pretty simple math. It's how you meet the challenge that's important.
If it's just some belligerent little snipe, write them off.
Trouble in your doorway? You gotta deal with that in no uncertain terms.
Very true, in the 46 years that my Aikido Sensei has been practicing, he has never gotten into a single fight. However, it doesn't mean that he hasn't been in any tight situations or confrontations.
As Sun Tzu says, the true master can defeat his enemy without hurting him.
"He who say's does not know, he who knows does not say"
"True Gong Fu is practicing in the coldest days of winter and the dog days of summer"
"Don't try, do"