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Re: Martial arts are not useless and have their place…but not necessary for learning the “skill” of self defense.

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Great post Dallas! I gotta agree a lot of people take martial arts for self defense and not realize under stress your not gonna remember how to do it. Prime example bck in 2006 I was in a bar fight. I was djing and after a bar contest one of the partisipants lost and was mad at me for calling it. He decided to jump into the booth and slam me into a corner using a collar grab and his weight to hold me. At first I tried a fancy wrist lock… It didn’t work, he was determined and about 20 lbs heavier than me. Next he started the wild swings I’m just Lucky he was drunk and he only landed one shot which knocked my glasse off. So all I really could do was a punch stop to his shoulder then I punched him in the nose. At that time the manager and bouncer and a cop showed up to take both of us to jail. I survived with only a bump he walked away with a dislocated shoulder and a broken nose. Just goes to show things happen quickly and those fancy twisty wrist locks do not work under real conditions. Oh also I was found not guilty due to self defense in court however one of the officers who arrested us said I went a bit excessive on him my reply was he knocked off my glasses so I couldn’t see and my life was being threatened. the judge wound up being understanding of the situation and the other guy was the one with the fines and comunity service hehe.
Any way back to the point martial arts are good for the mind and body but not for self defense unless you break down the moves into something simple.