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Old 02-09-2010, 03:54 AM   #3
Anchor
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Default Re: Martial Arts - Have you trained or not?

Im from the UK. One day (in the 1980's) we were all given forms that we had to sign and send in to get our little MAC cards. I dont know why. I dont know if it is current practise still.

In the UK, if you were on the black belt-register, theoretically you could be more likely to be held to be an offensive weapon rather than just brawling. Not that I ever did that, but I didn't like the idea that one day I could be defending myself, the next moment finding myself being prosecuted for attempted murder just because I punched some lowlife into hospital [1]

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[1] This characterizes the way I used to think - not how I think/behave today. I did eventually grow-up.... a bit.

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