| Walk into any traditional martial arts dojo, and just | | | | abbreviated purposes, TMA will stand for |
| observe. Notice how many middle-aged men and | | | | Traditional Martial Arts.) |
| women that you see there over the age of 50. I | | | | TMA (Karate, Kung Fu, Taekwondo, etc.) |
| would dare say very few. Have you ever asked | | | | Emphasize And Glorify "High Kicks" - Due to most |
| yourself why? If you say that martial arts is only | | | | of the hoopla and fiction of what is portrayed in |
| for the very young, then how do you account for | | | | the movies, high kicks are emphasized and taught. |
| the fact that most of the teachers who consider | | | | The interesting thing is that for real life self |
| themselves as masters are in their 50's and 60's? | | | | protection, attempting high kicks is risky foolish, |
| (By the way, to reach your 50's and 60's in the | | | | unwise and impractical. Trying to kick someone in |
| mastery of a martial art usually means that you | | | | the face makes as much sense as bending over |
| started maybe as a teenager and because you | | | | to punch someone in the foot. High kicks require |
| are a teacher, you get to continue to practice and | | | | extreme hamstring and hip flexibility which begins |
| maintain your skill level by practicing hours each | | | | to diminish rapidly after age 40. |
| day. The average everyday person has a life and | | | | TMA Teach Systems Which Require 10, 15 and |
| families and cannot devote every waking hour to | | | | 20 Years To Master - Man! Who has that much |
| the perfection of a fighting art.) | | | | time to afford to learn and master how to fight? |
| I am well into middle-age, but I have the body, | | | | Surely not the 50-year old and up. |
| strength and endurance of a 30-year old - not by | | | | So What Is The Solution for The Middle-Aged Man |
| accident, but because I take very good care of | | | | or Woman Who Wants To Learn Self-Protection? |
| myself with progressive weight lifting, regular | | | | My advice is very direct and succinct. Forget |
| jogging and healthy eating. However, even for a | | | | about all of the Traditional Martial Arts programs, |
| "young" man in my condition, the typical martial | | | | and enroll yourself in a Reality-Based Self |
| arts program is not set up to cater at all to me | | | | Protection program which does not emphasize |
| and my age bracket. | | | | high kicks and extreme leg and hamstring |
| I will reveal for you now as to how and why the | | | | flexibility, and instead of taking years to master |
| traditional martial arts program unwittingly and | | | | can be taught and learned in a matter of a |
| maybe unintentionally, but definitely, discriminate | | | | weekend. |
| against the middle-aged man or woman. (For | | | | |