Martial Arts - Have you trained or not?

lucrum · 02-09-2010, 07:44 PM

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.

View Poll Results: Have you any martial arts training - if so how much
No - None	19	27.94%
Yes: 0-24 months	15	22.06%
Yes: 2-9 years	20	29.41%
Yes: 10-20 years	9	13.24%
20 + years : OR senior mastery (teaches /grades black belts)	5	7.35%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

02-09-2010, 07:44 PM	#32
lucrum Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 209	Re: Martial Arts - Have you trained or not? 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.