have you ever used your MA training & what was the resul

[NeilT]

I'm sure this has been raised before, but can't seem to find anything on it - so - have you ever had to use your martial arts training / skills to protect /defend yourself and what was the result?

Did your martial art work as expected, or did it fail miserably?

I'm at 5th Kyu in Shotokan Karate, and never had to call upon it, and hope I never will.

Neil

[glockmeister]

Used some kickboxing skills. was in a bar ( I know, bad place to be) and ran into someone I knew there who had too much to drink. This was about a week before a scheduled match so I was in pretty good conditon. Anyway, for soem reason he was itching for a fight telling me how he was a "streetfighter" and streetfighters could actually "fight", not box, blah blah blah. well, did my best to kinda ignore him, but finally he went too far with some of the things he was saying so I said "let's go outside."

The result? I don't think he would ever do that again. lol.

Needless to say, the big bad "streetfighter" lasted about a grand total of about 30 seconds.

[Go To Sleep]

Used basic boxing skills in many fights, the result was very good.

[BLueDevil]

Honestly I used to get into fights more before I knew MA. Now that I know, for some reason the opportunity hasnt come up other than a few chin na moves for unwanted hands on my wrists

[Empress Atagi]

Lets just say a certain fellow will think twice before he grabs another woman's *.

[JusticeZero]

Um... yeah, actually, i've needed my MA training to protect myself while walking across an ice-covered parking lot a couple times. The ground did -not- get a chance to hit me. There was also the incident with the person carrying the boards and turning a little too fast.

[stonecrusher69]

yeah,I had to use what I knew a few times but that was a long time ago.When I did not have a car and I used to walk alot at night.last something happend was late at night I was with 3 friends of mine.One of my friends through a bottle at this one guy that he knew.(long story)anyway, he was not alone.he had 2 other guys with him.My frind was knock down from a side kick to the stomack.The other guy with us ran like a baby which just left me there.I tried to help my friend but when I tried to get close to help my friend this other guy kept trying to kick me in the groin.I really did not want to fight, so I just kept blocking the kick and I would come in with a fake attach to move him back so I could help my friend.I was not able to help my friend he really got a beating,but he was fine in a few days.Not a great ending but it was real...