| People either don't realize the difference between | | | | In this category should belong all the martial arts |
| Martial Arts and Real Self Defense or the don't | | | | you can see on TV. Kick Box, Box, Olympic Judo, |
| want to admit that someone can be right about | | | | Olympic Karate and so on. These are the ones |
| this topic. | | | | based on dueling others. That means that real |
| Though in movies it may seem to look all the | | | | fights are occurring in it!s repertoire. What makes |
| same, there is a quite big difference between | | | | them different from the last category is that |
| these ways of fighting. | | | | there are people and rules putting the hole thing |
| According to some sources, there should be three | | | | under some kind of control. |
| basic categories. Traditional-Cultural Martial Arts, | | | | You can see judges taking care of fair play of the |
| Sport Martial Arts and Real Self Defense. | | | | fight. There is some kind of prepared fighting |
| To think that one is better than other would be | | | | environment like a ring or tatami or alike. Rules |
| wrong. Each has it's own added value for the one | | | | that competing fighters must obey. You won't |
| practising it and it should be in general knowledge | | | | find anything like that on the street. |
| of people to know what the hell they are training | | | | That is why we have the last category. |
| in reality. | | | | The Real Self Defense Systems |
| Traditional-Cultural Martial Arts | | | | Here belongs all the nasty, fatal and super |
| As the title says, Cultural Martial Arts are | | | | effective technique systems of field fight. Krav |
| connected with each different nation and it's | | | | Maga, Musado, Savate and others. Nothing is |
| culture. Like Karate for Japan-Okinawa. That is a | | | | forgiven, no nice looking techniques. Everything is |
| martial art that was developed not only as a | | | | aimed on the fight it self. Techniques made for |
| fighting art, but also as a lifestyle. People did not | | | | real life kill or be killed fights on the street or |
| train Karate, but they lived Karate. | | | | other places where the fighting is not bound to |
| It went through a lot of different changes and is | | | | any rules. |
| literally deformed in many diverse types of martial | | | | Considered the most effective ones, used and |
| art. Experts say "If you want to train real Karate, | | | | modified by many international and national special |
| you have to go to Okinawa." And the same goes | | | | forces. |
| for other Cultural Martial Arts. | | | | Some people disagree with recognising these |
| Some people say that in later ages people trained | | | | three types of way of fight specifications.. fighting |
| these martial arts and used it for regular field | | | | against the idea that martial arts are not |
| fighting. But that was long time ago. Far from | | | | considered effective in a real - fight for your life - |
| now. And as mentioned before, people not just | | | | situations. Martial arts and self defense experts |
| trained it but also took the martial art as a style | | | | yet agree with this fragmentation and people who |
| of life. | | | | want to learn how to fight properly should result |
| Sport Martial Arts | | | | from it. |