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Originally Posted by DuffMan
Not true. My kid took Tae Kwan Do for over 5 years, and she can still punch and block a lot better than a girl that has never taken anything. She's been out of it for a year, but I'm glad she took what she did. Plus I have no plans of arming her with a weapon, what country do you think we live in?
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I think that is great, seriously. What I am trying to say is that if someone is depending on their martial arts training to translate to fighting to save their lives, they might be in for a shock. Having a good understanding of staying out of danger is much more useful, as is recognizing that most predators want to take you somewhere, and that staying where you are is usually preferable to anything else. The longer you are standing up (this is hard to believe) the farther you might end up when the fight is over.
The choice to fight should be the last choice made, unless someone is very capable. Running is preferable to punching. It takes YEARS for the average person to become a capable fighter.