| Let's start by getting one thing absolutely clear: | | | | kill, and nothing more or less. Martial arts training |
| there are no magical martial arts techniques that | | | | not only doesn't necessarily help, but it often gets |
| will let you win any fight no matter how much of | | | | in the way. Martial arts techniques are most often |
| cowardly couch potato you are. Too many people | | | | applied by novices, and they're effective because |
| seem to think that a black belt is like 'leveling up' | | | | the person doing it has no idea how to do it. |
| and all of the sudden they'll master their chi and | | | | That's what the masters mean when they say |
| be able to leap over cars and kick through | | | | that "thinking gets in the way." If you're not |
| windshields. No matter what anyone tells you, it's | | | | experienced enough to do the motion perfectly |
| just not true -- but then, when the stuff hits the | | | | by reflex, you're actually better off doing it |
| fan, it's not relevant, either. | | | | imperfectly by reflex than you are doing it |
| See, most fights are won with remarkably simple | | | | perfectly by thinking about it. |
| techniques applied by someone with the intent to | | | | |