Melody Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 ...next thing you see,the man backfists the pimp right across the face and knocks him out.the narrator anounces that his name was..uh..i think it was jason lee..and he was a karate champion that was visiting a police department for a lesson on self defense.The pimp couldnt stand up...his hookers helped him walk to his car..hahahaha..and u see (jason?) shrug to the police man next to him I think the best thing you can have in a fight is the element of surprise. Only my very close friends know I take martial arts. That way if I get in a bad situation where I have to fight, I can use my element of surprise, and they'll never know what hit them. .: No matter what happens you must have faith in yourself, or no one else will ever have faith in you. If you have the desire, you can do anything :. (A quote from my sensei)
aefibird Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 I'm currently reading (and about to finish) Dead or alive Geoffthompon makes many great points about encountering fear and how to overcome it. I recommend it. I recommend it too - an excellent book. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
Hudson Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 I get the impression that most of you expect a street fight to last a good bit. I train to reduce that time so if someone picks a fight it'll be over before you can say "roundhouse" The game of chess is much like a swordfight; you must think before you move.
vitasama Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Fear is your worst enemy...It holds you back from truly expressing yourself in a fight! The only thing I have ever been afraid of in a fight is hurting my opponet too much...You can't think like that in a fight though...You can't hold back, but at the same time you can't completely annihilate your opponet! The ultimate skill to achieve is to fight without thoughts ...Flow with wehatever may happened...let nature make it's course...Empty your mind, be formless... like water ...People who have fear have too much thought....Don't think just do Empty your mind of all unnecessary thought...and you shall feel no fear! "One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet he is the best of conquerors who conquers himself"
CloudDragon Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 vitasama, whatever you are smokng, pass it over here. Fear is what lets your body know it is time to fight and summons the needed adrenal rush to come out alive. Don't try and over analyze things, in a REAL self-defense situation you don't hold back. You fight until your attacker stops, whether they are laying on the floor or running away. Fear is a natural human response, I have been a bouncer in bars, a casino security officer, and currently work on a psychiatric unit in a hospital and have had many occasions where I was required to fight to protect myself and others. If it wasn't for fear, my senses would have never been sharpened nor my responses quickened enough to respond to my attackers. Fear is good in a fight, it shows you are normal, if you don't fear fighting you are in trouble. A Black Belt is just a white belt that don't know when to quit!
Vito Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 my biggest fear is that what i want to happen to my opponent actually happens to me (serious injury). i dont really feel a lot of fear in situations though, just that adrenaline anxiety thing that i keep under control. its all about the before though, once it happens im fighting and not thinking about anything enough to be emotional. "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." -Machiavelli
longarm25 Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 The ultimate skill to achieve is to fight without thoughts ...Flow with wehatever may happened...let nature make it's course...Empty your mind, be formless... like water ...People who have fear have too much thought....Don't think just do Empty your mind of all unnecessary thought...and you shall feel no fear! First--the ultimate skill is to win with out fighting Second I Agree with CD that fear/Adrenneline is your ally, Once you learn to control the side effect it produces , Shaking tunnel vision ect... PhilRyu Kyu Christian Karate Federation"Do not be dependent on others for your improvement. Pay respect to God and Buddhabut do not reley on them." Musashi
vitasama Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 So it seems that no one is agreeing with my last post...Well thats okay...Each person has his/her own philosophies of combat I must admit that CloudDragon and longarm25 have interesting arguments and very good points I can agree that Adrenneline is your ally, however I still say that fear is not...You can have Adrenneline without haveing fear!!! ...I still have to say that fear causes you to think to much in a fight! It's best to have as little thought as possible...Like I said in my last post, Flow with wehatever may happened...let nature make it's course...Empty your mind, be formless... like water The ultimate skill is to truly express yourself in combat...I think fear keeps you from achieving that...But I agree...Adrenneline is definately your ally. "One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet he is the best of conquerors who conquers himself"
foreveryoung001 Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 The ultimate skill is to truly express yourself in combat...I think fear keeps you from achieving that...But I agree...Adrenneline is definately your ally. Fear and excitment. Tjey are chemically no different. One person going over the top of a roller coaster is scared to death... another is excited and happy... their bodies are producing the same chemicals. One just interprets the situation differently than the other. If your mind takes the situation, interprets it as something to be feared, and interprets the adreneline as a bad thing, and you freeze up... then I agree, "fear" could be a bad thing. On the other hand... if your mind interprets the situation as something potentially dangerous, but knows that you can handle it, and the adreneline is viewed as "getting your blood pumping", and you don't freeze, but use the adreneline rush to your advantage, then the "excitment" of the situation could be a good thing. I think it all comes down to how prepared you are. In my signature, you see that the master wasn't prepared. Student: "Why did you hit that guy with a chair? Why didn't you use your karate?"Master: "Hitting him with a chair was the only karate I could think of at the time."Lesson: Practice until you don't have to think.
Logan Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 I've been in two fights after i been in MA. I never lose my cool but i show no mercy to my enemy. It's something that i've been training for. Glad to see there are still Cobra Kai dojos out there. Look forward to seeing you on Cops someday. Honor all things.
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