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Old 02-09-2010, 07:48 PM   #38
Firstlook
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Default Re: Martial Arts - Have you trained or not?

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Originally Posted by lucrum View Post
To be honest, back when I was training Tae Kwon Do my trainer told us something that really stuck: "We do not train Tae Kwon Do to learn how to fight, we train it to learn how not to fight"

If I am to train any form of martial arts, I require the club to be of a non-violent nature. There have been a few Karate clubs around here that have been promoting a tough guy image and teaching fairly young kids all sorts of ways to injure another human being.

In my mind, first rule of fighting is avoiding the fight alltogether. Even running away is better than actually fighting, if at all possible. You avoid injuring someone or being injured yourself.
Right. Thats the general Idea as far as I see it.


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Last edited by Firstlook; 02-09-2010 at 08:08 PM.
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