Comments on: Are You Tougher than a Board? :-) /are-you-tougher-than-a-board/ Reviews of common self-defense, karate, and MMA issues Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: John W. Zimmer /are-you-tougher-than-a-board/comment-page-1/#comment-10 John W. Zimmer Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:16:47 +0000 /are-you-tougher-than-a-board/#comment-10 Good point Sly - I'll cover in future posts self-defense methods when confronted with a weapon in more detail. Surprise is your best advantage against a weapon as the attacker believes they have an advantage. If you can let them think they have an advantage until you spring your own counter-attack - you have a chance. If you practice self-defense, karate, MMA or some other form a fighting, you have a better chance. Good point Sly – I’ll cover in future posts self-defense methods when confronted with a weapon in more detail. Surprise is your best advantage against a weapon as the attacker believes they have an advantage. If you can let them think they have an advantage until you spring your own counter-attack – you have a chance. If you practice self-defense, karate, MMA or some other form a fighting, you have a better chance.

]]> By: Sly /are-you-tougher-than-a-board/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Sly Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:39:47 +0000 /are-you-tougher-than-a-board/#comment-7 I must admit, when I was younger, I fell for the old, "break this board and you can kill anyone with your bare hands" nonsense. I suppose if you can't kill a board then you can't kill a human? Hmm...well, I think most idiots out there use a knife or gun these days instead of their bare hands. Anyway, I completely agree with you that it is more important to learn how to fight and maybe you can still hope to defend yourself against that idiot with the gun or knife, which we all hope will never happen to us. What are your thougts on self defense verses someone with a weapon? I must admit, when I was younger, I fell for the old, “break this board and you can kill anyone with your bare hands” nonsense.

I suppose if you can’t kill a board then you can’t kill a human? Hmm…well, I think most idiots out there use a knife or gun these days instead of their bare hands.

Anyway, I completely agree with you that it is more important to learn how to fight and maybe you can still hope to defend yourself against that idiot with the gun or knife, which we all hope will never happen to us.

What are your thougts on self defense verses someone with a weapon?

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