| Charles: Now, there's a myth going around, we'll | | | | fighting, and on a weekend, walk away from that |
| find out if you think it's a myth or if it's real, but a | | | | weekend with fifteen to twenty techniques that |
| lot of people believe that when they enroll in a | | | | will be ingrained into their DNA as automatic |
| dojo or wherever it is that they're learning martial | | | | responses, involuntary responses to common |
| arts that they are actually on a program that | | | | attacks and to some uncommon attacks. So in |
| usually takes them several months if not years to | | | | three or four days, you can walk away as a |
| get to the point where they feel that they're | | | | pretty decent fighter and to be able to defend |
| masters and are able to protect themselves. | | | | yourself. |
| What is your take on that? Do you think a | | | | Charles: Wow. So, then in other words, you don't |
| person needs years and years to learn how to | | | | need years to learn to fight. You just need to |
| fight to be able to protect themselves. | | | | learn to fight effectively in a very short amount |
| David: Absolutely not. And here's the thing, | | | | of time which can be as little as, maybe, a |
| Charles, and I'll be very brief on this. Basically, | | | | weekend. |
| there are a few ways to look at that. Well, if you | | | | David: Exactly. I like to call it "smart fighting". |
| want to learn a traditional martial art for all of its | | | | Charles: Ahhh. "Smart fighting". That's in difference |
| beauty and what-have-you, then you're going to | | | | to just learning an art. |
| spend years in a dojo learning all of the intricacies | | | | David: Right. If you're going to spend a lifetime |
| and secrets of that art. | | | | learning an art, that's great, and no one's going to |
| Charles: Hmmm. | | | | fault you for that, but don't fall all over yourself |
| David: But to really learn how to fight, you don't | | | | with a false sense of security thinking that |
| need to spend 3, 5, 10, 20 years in an art learning | | | | traditional katas and fancy silk pajamas equal self |
| how to fight because true fighting is all about | | | | defense because they really don't. |
| learning the minimal amount of techniques as | | | | Charles: Wow. Well, David, now we know, and we |
| opposed to the maximum techniques. | | | | feel much better that we don't have to spend the |
| Charles: Wow. | | | | next three or four years of our lifetime to learn |
| David: The less techniques you learn, the less you | | | | to defend ourselves during which time we may |
| need to recall in a time of a defense situation. | | | | have to use what little we may have learned, and |
| Charles: And, so how long would you think a | | | | what we have learned may be very ineffective. |
| person would basically need in order to be able to | | | | So, now we know that less is best in terms of |
| fight to protect themselves? How much time | | | | street fighting, and we thank you again for this |
| would they need? | | | | interview. |
| David: Well, truthfully, I know that someone can | | | | David: Thank you. |
| train with a good instructor in reality based | | | | |