Ummm, technically arent fighters doing the same thing? They find other people that knowingly want to test their skills and they go at it.
While I obviously dont condone picking fights with random people, I frown upon it because it isnt much of a test of skill. I mean yes the avg guy can get a lucky punch in (lets not beat this subject to death been there done that), but a trained martial artist should feel like only another TRAINED martial artist can truly test his worth.
I have no interest in fighting people that I'm pretty sure cant beat me. But people that make me think I'll lose or barely win intrigue me greatly.
By the way...TFG that was TMI
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