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My teacher used to say the most important martial arts skill for real life is predicting a fight and turning around and running away.
by vasco 5y ago
My teacher used to say the most important martial arts skill for real life is predicting a fight and turning around and running away.
- leephillips 5y agoAbsolutely. And functioning effectively includes retaining the ability to run away, rather than falling to the ground in a heap, which will be followed by your opponent kicking you in the head.
- Engineering-MD 5y agoI always thought this, but only works if you are alone, or the person you want to protect can run too. Fighting is most useful to defend someone else who can’t run or fight.
- legends2k 5y agoI think the advice is more meta than actually about fighting. It’s about being aware of one’s circumstances/environment and choosing your battles.
- sph 5y agoCheck out Krav Maga. It's a self defense "martial art" with the only goal of quickly incapacitating an enemy to be able to flee. Very practical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga