re: After watching numerous fight videos lately, I’m convinced that 99% of men can’t fight.

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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

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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.