Comments on: Self Defense Classes; Buyer Beware! /self-defense-classes-buyer-beware/ Reviews of common self-defense, karate, and MMA issues Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: TheMartialArtsReporter /self-defense-classes-buyer-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-5163 TheMartialArtsReporter Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:24:24 +0000 /?p=2906#comment-5163 Another good one to think and talk about! I agree with Sensei Matt that in general one cannot learn to fight in just a weekend. I also believe with the appropriate training/instructors and with a martial arts background you could probably greatly enhance your fighting skills fairly quickly. The time period depends on a lot of factors. Somehow I have my doubts about total novices becoming totally adept within just a weekend. Maybe I'm just missing something here. I dunno. Thanks for the post, John. Another good one to think and talk about!
I agree with Sensei Matt that in general one cannot learn to fight in just a weekend.
I also believe with the appropriate training/instructors and with a martial arts background you could probably greatly enhance your fighting skills fairly quickly. The time period depends on a lot of factors.
Somehow I have my doubts about total novices becoming totally adept within just a weekend. Maybe I’m just missing something here. I dunno.
Thanks for the post, John.
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]]> By: Matt Klein /self-defense-classes-buyer-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-5161 Matt Klein Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:12:25 +0000 /?p=2906#comment-5161 Wow, you are now a human fighting machine--you can do all the moves in slow motion, against a non-resisting crim who is just going to stand there and let you hit him. And without the need for actual sparring so there is no chance for, God forbid, a black eye or bloody nose. It is clear to me this appeals to the "instant gratification" society of today. Make me invincible in a weekend without the need to even sweat, breathe hard, or yuck, bleed. Sorry, but you cannot learn to fight in a weekend. You might as well have written the check to a charity for $1900--it would have at least gone for a good cause. Hope their students do not find themselves in a position where they actually have to defend themselves. I will admit, it does give them bragging rights; they are now "street fighters," that can whup any black belt, lol. John, be careful with that cup, they sometimes break! Wow, you are now a human fighting machine–you can do all the moves in slow motion, against a non-resisting crim who is just going to stand there and let you hit him. And without the need for actual sparring so there is no chance for, God forbid, a black eye or bloody nose.

It is clear to me this appeals to the “instant gratification” society of today. Make me invincible in a weekend without the need to even sweat, breathe hard, or yuck, bleed. Sorry, but you cannot learn to fight in a weekend. You might as well have written the check to a charity for $1900–it would have at least gone for a good cause. Hope their students do not find themselves in a position where they actually have to defend themselves. I will admit, it does give them bragging rights; they are now “street fighters,” that can whup any black belt, lol. John, be careful with that cup, they sometimes break!
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