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re: After watching numerous fight videos lately, I’m convinced that 99% of men can’t fight.
Posted on 8/19/20 at 10:20 am to TigrrrDad
Posted on 8/19/20 at 10:20 am to TigrrrDad
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That’s why people are wrong when they say martial arts like Taekwondo are useless in a street fight
The train of thought in your post has led to a lot of people getting their asses absolutely smacked in the streets. TKD isn’t useful in a street fight against anyone who isn’t a complete goober spaz.
They don’t teach absolutely anything that can be used against a resisting human being and it’s a big money scam- if you’re not sparring full speed, which 99.9999% of traditional martial arts schools don’t, then you should just be sitting at home because you’re not actually improving at fighting
Posted on 8/19/20 at 1:05 pm to Forever
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The train of thought in your post has led to a lot of people getting their asses absolutely smacked in the streets. TKD isn’t useful in a street fight against anyone who isn’t a complete goober spaz.
They don’t teach absolutely anything that can be used against a resisting human being and it’s a big money scam- if you’re not sparring full speed, which 99.9999% of traditional martial arts schools don’t, then you should just be sitting at home because you’re not actually improving at fighting
This isn't accurate.
Yes there are a lot of bad MA schools out there just for profit. But there are still a lot of good ones as well that still do a lot of live sparring.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 9:29 pm to Forever
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They don’t teach absolutely anything that can be used against a resisting human being and it’s a big money scam- if you’re not sparring full speed, which 99.9999% of traditional martial arts schools don’t, then you should just be sitting at home because you’re not actually improving at fighting
I don’t know what martial arts schools you’ve gone to or observed, but that is not the case at all. My son used to train at a school that would be considered the “McDojo” type based on the organization they were in. It was a Taekwondo school, but they implemented krav, BJJ, and other techniques as well as heavily stressing sparring. Injuries and concussions were not uncommon despite a crapload of protective gear. One component of the 1st degree black belt test was escaping from a choke by the instructor (you got to choose front or rear choke),and I’ve witnessed many gasping, crying kids (and adults) from the severity of the choke.
I was familiar with several other instructors and their schools in the state, and they incorporated similar methods. Like anything else, you get out of it what you put into it. But a well trained Taekwondo practitioner will uttterly destroy an untrained fighter (and many trained in other disciplines).
ETA: I’m not saying that if you want to walk around looking for fights, Taekwondo should be your #1 choice. The majority of people who practice Taekwondo do it for the sport of it, just like other kids play organized football or soccer. But if you put someone like my kid against any of his untrained friends in a real fight, he’s going to utterly destroy them. Granted, all of his friends are nerds.
This post was edited on 8/20/20 at 9:36 pm
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