| The topic of how effective traditional martial arts | | | | streets your mind should not have to sensor or |
| is in today's world as a way of protecting oneself | | | | think can I do this to beat this person? We |
| is still a very sensitive issue to a lot of martial | | | | respond exactly the same way that we train. |
| artists. What is even more sensitive is the issue | | | | There is no time to switch gears from sport to |
| of how realistic and street effective is the newer | | | | tactical. If you are training and your coach or |
| styles that have come out since UFC/PRIDE have | | | | sensei says can't hit their or no contact to the |
| come into the picture. I am a Registered Black | | | | eyes your mind will remember that and store it |
| Belt & have nothing against the martial arts and | | | | for future reference. Your self defense system |
| have also studied styles such as Pankration. I | | | | should take into account your environment as |
| know that the techniques I have learned in the | | | | well. Can you kick your attacker in the small |
| dojo should stay in the dojo because they will | | | | space your in? Can you balance yourself while |
| only work there, that also goes with styles such | | | | performing a technique on the icy sidewalk? If |
| as the "modern day or reality based systems" | | | | you grapple with him what if he has friends |
| they are for sport only. | | | | coming around, what do you do then? Street |
| I work as a bouncer/bodyguard & also teach | | | | fighting or tactical self-defense should be in the |
| tactical self defense. Many of my students are | | | | simplest form of fighting. You don't have time to |
| black belts or have trained under reality based | | | | play a chess game, like you would see in a UFC |
| systems & have learned the hard way that what | | | | match. Time is not on your side in a street |
| they learned in the ring or dojo is not street | | | | confrontation nor are rules or morals. What we |
| effective. Their common question is why didn't | | | | can learn from the UFC or mixed martial arts |
| their system work? Part of the reason is that if a | | | | events when it comes to reality fighting is if it has |
| rule or law is applied to a system it will | | | | rules of what not to do, do those things in a |
| subconsciously hinder you when your adrenaline | | | | street fight because its got to be effective. |
| takes over in combat. There are no rules in the | | | | |