Originally Posted by
P. Starr
People like "Da Shadow" only want to try to show the world how tough they are and if someone declines to oblige them (for any reason), they start screaming, "Chicken." From a distance.
It's not about me being tough. IMO a tornament is competition. If someone punche me from eight feet away I'm not gonna block it. POINT!, make some contact. spm is a in close fighting system, I feel being 8-10 inches away limits our system. To me if you don't hit me it's not a point. If someone scores a point on me I'd like to know
Everyone in the traditional martial arts group my not be for full contact, ok then go medium contact. you want control, medium contact must show control. you want skill, striking full speed and making contact and not harming someone to me shows more skill then long range no contact. is my point.
Medium contact insurance can't be $1million.
"All the skill in the world won't hold up to a real confrontation if you are too afraid to use it."