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Types of Threats Faced

MASIsshinryu
in General Martial Arts Discussion

In cases of Aggrevated Assault, on the Street, what do you think you are most likely to face? 31 members have voted

  1. 1. In cases of Aggrevated Assault, on the Street, what do you think you are most likely to face?

    • Firearms
      0%
      0
    • Knives or other Cutting Weapons
      38%
      12
    • No Weapons - Use of Hands, Feet or other unarmed tactics
      38%
      12
    • Improvised Weapons (pipe, brick, tree branch...)
      22%
      7

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I am just curious as to the opinions out there.

 

What have you heard, what have you been told by your instructor, or other sources?

"Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice."

M.A.S.

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In my area it would mostly be weaponless combat.

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The best victory is when the opponent surrenders

of its own accord before there are any actual

hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

- Sun-tzu

Really you should be ready for anything to happen on the street.

http://jedimc.tripod.com/ma.html - what MA do you do, this is my poll.
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Absolutely. Part of my intent was to prompt thoughts of how well a given persons training program addresses the potential threats.

"Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice."

M.A.S.

Really you should be ready for anything to happen on the street.

 

Very true.

 

However, in some areas of the world certain scenario's are more common than others.

 

For example, I live in an area where the primary weapon/attack method used would be either weaponless or with a knife or blade. However, in the nearest big city to me gun crime is having a massive increase, so a "street encounter" there would be more likely to involve a gun or guns than a similar scenaio in the place where I live would do.

"Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My Cologne

 

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I guess the extension of the question would be: How many dojos research this type of information for their location, and cater the provided training to reflect the nature of the methods of attack which are more common to the geographic area?

"Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice."

M.A.S.

Not many, I suspect.

"Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My Cologne

 

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In my area I think the average assaulter carries a knife.

 

Weaponless combat is more of a spur-of-the-moment thing I think. The people that seek out fights are usually armed, just in case...

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence,

but in the mastery of his passions.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Really you should be ready for anything to happen on the street.

 

Very true.

 

However, in some areas of the world certain scenario's are more common than others.

 

For example, I live in an area where the primary weapon/attack method used would be either weaponless or with a knife or blade. However, in the nearest big city to me gun crime is having a massive increase, so a "street encounter" there would be more likely to involve a gun or guns than a similar scenaio in the place where I live would do.

 

yeah same in london. your most likely to fight someone whos wepponless or with a blade where i live but gun crime is rising so much as its seen to be cool to be a gangster these days.

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For now im safe from Guns becuase in Australia guns are illegal, so a attack with a gun is rare.

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