Phrost

Unless the person actually has a specific need to learn how to defend himself, in which case, finding the school that makes him feel good is pretty poor advice. He might enjoy a good Tae Bo class, but that won't help keep him from getting beat down walking to his car late at night.

THANK YOU. I've been saying this for years. Warfare is warfare. In reality, modern "Martial" arts are 75% marksmanship and 25% infantry tactics. The U.S. Army doesn't even devote more than a day or two to hand-to-hand combat in Basic Training. So most people who consider themselves "Martial Artists" are little more than "Historical Re-enactors", unless they're actually using their skills against another person in which case they're Sport Fighters. Unless you're just a psychopath, or dressed up for Halloween, there's no reason outside of a warped sense of ego gratification to pretend that you're somehow a 'shadow warrior' by playing with swords and shuriken in your backyard or at the neighborhood strip mall dojo. If you're doing it because you enjoy reliving eastern history, that's fine. Just don't cross over that subtle line (as so many have done) where fantasy creeps into reality and you become a parody of every 80's action flick that ever made it to VHS.

What do you have to lose by trying Jerry, other than credibility or perhaps your faith in your own 'abilities'. As has been said, you live within driving distance of the JREF. $1M dollars if you can prove you can actually do what you say, under conditions designed to allow clear proof of either success or failure. Is it that you don't believe you have the abilities in the first place? Many people would love for you to prove such feats are possible without trickery involved. I am among them. But unlike many, I won't exchange desire for reason. https://www.randi.org Phrost Site Director, B*llshido.com Fighting * in the Martial Arts ---Edited because these forums apparently censor the innocuous word "b-u-l-l-s-h-i-d-o . Love the irony there.

Ummm.... How exactly are we annoying you? We post videos that people submit to us. If you have a video of a Karate stylist whooping up on a BJJ stylist, let us know and we'll post it as well. Phrost, Lead Administrator https://www.McDojo.com

If you want to be a "ninja" then here's what you do: 1. Join the Army. 2. Join Special Forces. 3. Network yourself a few contacts that will help you get the training you need. 4. Start doing wetworks. Today's equivalent of the Ninja does not run around with split-toed shoes in black pajamas with a sword; they use a Browning .50 Cal sniper rifle and C-4.

Thanks everyone. I'm an opinionated *******, so please take everything I say with a grain of salt; it's never personal.

Hey all. Found this board via Google when looking for material for our website. I was honestly surprised to see some objective opinions about martial arts being presented on a "Karate" forum, so I figured I'd register. It's pretty cool to see the martial arts being discussed lucidly and objectively. So I guess I'll be stopping in more often.