Originally Posted by
lkfmdc
The real "problem", and I think those who have done it in any form and those who have been around it in any form already know this, is that if you have been exposed to real fighting, you have different attitudes and understand certain truths.
The guys sitting three rows back (or worse yet behind a keyboard), talking about how they'd do it better, how it isn't "XYZ style", asking why the "secret death touch" wasn't used, etc etc They are, by choice or by design, disconnected from reality....
I have guys in my school will NEVER "fight", but they understand what it is and IS NOT about. They've worked with fighters, they've seen fighting, they've experienced a taste of it by sparring in the gym... They don't live in ivory towers and they don't think they are "deadly"