Martial Arts V Self Defence

[The BB of C]

Yes there is a difference,

what are you thoughts ?

I believe there is a difference but at the same time they can be directly woven into each other like Yin and Yang if practiced properly.

[cross]

Martial arts tend to have a set curriculum that is taught to everyone, and then its up to the practitioners to make the information relevant to reality.

In self defense systems, we find out what we need first and then base the curriculum around the most common threats and our goals.

[tallgeese]

Short post for me-

They shouldn't be.

[bushido_man96]

Short post for me-

They shouldn't be.

Absolutely. The Martial Arts should be all about defending oneself, first and foremost.

[ShoriKid]

Martial arts tend to have a set curriculum that is taught to everyone, and then its up to the practitioners to make the information relevant to reality.

It should already apply if it's taught correctly. At least with the arts that haven't mutated too far from their origins. Older arts were built to face up to violent attacks, usually from a wide variety of sources and with equally diverse methods.

I'm not going to argue that the arts haven't changed, or that the original situations may not aways apply, but in many cases they still do. A samurai schooled in jujitsu facing a knife is in the same mortal danger as a man in the Phillipeans or a gentleman in the streets of London. What they all learned will be equally applicable against a knife attack. That the people teaching and learning the arts have forgotten this is where the trouble comes in.