[Jozen-Bo]

"Martial arts ain't about how many punches you can throw per second, or how many hits from a pole you can take. It's about beating your opponent to a pulp. - Sammy Chong"

I don't know if I consider martial arts to be simply beating people up? The word Martial pertains to specialized physical qualities and Art is that it is an art of developing specialized physical qualities. Those qualities don't always need to be used to beat people up.

Perhaps I am being too technical with the word? Just searching for clarity. Is there a better word for the meaning: Beating your opponent to a pulp? Devastating? Not sure...

In terms of beating your opponent to a pulp, I have rarely if ever seen a slower person with the advantage in a fight. If one guy moves two times quicker then the other, the other almost always will lose.

Then the reference to take hits from a pole...if I understand it as the ability to endure damage, this is also a crucial ability in a fight. Better is it to learn how to deflect damage and reduce it as much as possible!

I have seen many fights end in a flash simply because one guy didn't know how to deal with the shock of being punched. He either collapse immediately or froze in fear and lost any chance he had. The psyche plays a major role in fighting, mentality is not to be overlooked.


Oh..but what is the most violent? I would say that it is an not art style itself so much as a way of behaving. I might have learned Tai-Chi and then somehow with an imagination and a violent drive turn it into a bloodier version. Is it that the art is training this behavior and is thus a violent art, or could we break it down more?