Posted on Sunday, 4th January 2009 by Captain Chris
A lot of martial arts don’t teach actual fighting techniques. That might sound surprising after all you have seen people thrown and even seen bricks and chunks of ice smashed to pieces. You have even seen fighters lay on the mat bleeding during a mixed martial arts match, but while all those techniques are awe-inspiring they aren’t meant for fighting. A real fight is a knock down drag out bloody affair where there is always the chance that someone might get killed. Often times even in the most brutal of sports the fight is stopped before fighters get to that point in a match. For a real fight that can take place on street, in a subway, car or anywhere else you find yourself during your daily routine you need real fighting techniques.
Many grown men don’t even know how to throw an effective punch that will hurt their attacker more than it will hurt them. Boxing or Muay Thai will start you off and give you an idea of how to strike, but in a real fight you don’t wear gloves and there is a good chance you will be grappled. Also what will you do when the fight goes to the ground which almost always happens? You can’t explain that you didn’t learn that, and it isn’t part of your style. Judo is a great sport, but when your clinch fighting or grappling on the ground do you know how to end the fight quickly and deal with a weapon? Fighting techniques are all about dealing with the unexpected and surviving.
Real fighting techniques are usually whatever has been banded from more civilized sports. In boxing for example you can’t punch your opponent in the groin, bite them, gouge out their eyes with your fingers, or give them in a head butt. While this makes for a fair and safe match on the street those are all things you want to do to help you survive. Even sports with weapons are having restrictions on what can be used, but don’t let that stop you during a real fight. Even the most skilled martial artist will pickup a broken bottle from the ground or a knife off the counter and uses them if they have the chance to supplement their training. When you’re in a real fight you aren’t in a show and you aren’t trying to score points so don’t hold back when it comes to your techniques.
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September 25th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
This is so true, I am glad I found this site, it has reminded me to get back to my roots.
One thing to add is practice, if you perform something 1000 times it becomes a habit and automatic. A lot of people do not practice anything 1000 times and often find that in the pinch they are lacking and so the “stuff” they learned was obviously crap. When in fact it was lack of practice.
Like the coach always said
“Practice the way you play, and you will play the way you practiced”.