Valkie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:25 pm
rhino wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:37 pm
Valkie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:43 pm
I have not been in many altercations,
No kidding, worked that one out from the get go. The ones who talk the big talk are generally quite inexperienced.
And you have been in many eh?
I am a trained martial artist, sho-dan
I have trained many other martial artists as well as women and children in self defense.
I fought competitively for 6 years, With only marginal success, I started late and was fighting many younger and fitter fighters.
I was undefeated in knife fighting, but was absolutely lousy with nunchucks, hated the damn things.
But I was passable with a Boe Staff and Sai.
We practiced group fighting and attacks regularly, and I have had my nose broken several times.
My jaw has been broken twice and most of my fingers have been impacted, I will have arthritis as I get older.
I fight with open hands, looking to grab or hold my opponent, to lock him up and subdue him, hence fingers get injured.
But these have all been in controlled fights with opponents who will stop is asked.
On the street, this will not happen, does not happen.
As martial artists, we do not go looking for fights, unless you are a moron, and morons seldom stay with any Dojo as the instructors do not need morons and suggest they leave, sometimes forcibly.
The only altercations I have been involved with outside the ring have been where I cannot talk my way out of it.
I have nothing to prove, I have fought some of the best in the world. Not won many, but still I have done myself proud in most cases.
In the few I have had, I walked away, not my attacker or attackers.
I have been lucky, the most were three on me at once, two of who were too drunk to be a problem.
To me fighting is a sport, but a sport that is also a weapon.
I don't go for the fancy high or spinning kicks.
I have no intention of closing with my attacker and allowing him to grab or strike me.
Kicks are to the legs, knees, groin, and sweeps.
Any strikes are simply follow through from blocks or locks
But cowards like you have no idea of how to fight
you are the targets for bullies, you are the ones they pick on.
Yes, I have had few altercations outside the ring
because they see no fear in me when they approach.
I give them an out, not acting threateningly and apologizing for any perceived wrongs.
But when they attack, I do not hold back, all three fights were over in less time that you can count to 10, one less than 2.
I enjoyed my martial arts.
I was average, not great, but against the uninitiated, I can easily hold my own.
My bet is that a coward like you has never been in a real fight.