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Originally Posted by WC_Lun  I've seen fights with TKD sport fighters (and other arts) start with thier hands up, but most invariably put them down to thier waist. Why? Because they revert to thier training.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe a person can train for years a certain way then when put under the stresser of real life self defense suddenly do something different than what the training has instilled. That is counter the training and it just doesn't work that way.
As far as putting your hands up after you've been hit in the face being common sense...well that's like closing the garage door after the car has been stolen. Why wasn't it closed in the first place?
Yes, a person with thier hands up can get beat. However, a person with thier hands down to thier waist is going to get beat a lot easier. With the hands down to the waist you have less than half your defense/attack ready. Its almost like fighting no handed. That's all good and wonderful if you have no arms, but why on earth would you do it if you have arms?
You will fight how you train. |
lol. yall make it sound like its detrimental cause someone has thier hands down at times in a fight.
in some martial arts styles you can assume a casual posture and drop a person who comes at you with thier hands up.
everytime a TKD thread comes up.....theres always some CMA or another striker style that has some nit picking to do.
ive trained in TKD for 16 years an if i get into a street fight i dont revert to putting my hands down. theres many TKD stylists who dont cause they know the difference between
sport competition and a real world situation and its also based on thier quality of training.
your right about you fight how you train....same thing goes for you CMA nut-baskets who mimick the movements of crickettes and monkeys and expect that to work in a street fight