Heh. I'm just saying, for people who do train in martial arts, it's hard to say how well a technique works for someone completely untrained. Speaking as someon

Heh. I'm just saying, for people who do train in martial arts, it's hard to say how well a technique works for someone completely untrained. Speaking as someone who dabbled and took some classes, I don't think I've ever seen a novice execute anything worthy of the term "technique" correctly the first time they tried it (in the sense of "correctly enough that they were ready to try it on a resisting opponent.") Everything feels a little different than it looks. Whereas I did occasionally see competitive judo brown belts improvise a throw for ippon, turn to their coach with a big grin, and say, "What's THAT called?" Experience makes a huge difference. If you're a normal person and end up in a bar fight, it's probably because the other person is a chronically belligerent person with a lot of experience hitting people -- oh well! Unless he's drunker than you, you've got him physically outclassed, or you get very lucky, or more likely all three, you're going to get your ass kicked! (If you're a completely untrained person, that is.)