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Originally Posted by kuri
If 8 people are coming at you with knives then A: You are fucked B: You are hanging out in the wrong places. Re-evaluate your lifestyle.
Once during class an Escrima teacher told us these techniques are all well and good but if you are walking around in an area where you need to use them then change that aspect of your life.
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Originally Posted by kuri
Again, if you are fighting 300 lb boxers then A: You are fucked and B: There is something wrong with your life.
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Thank you, Chris. You saved me a longer post. Of course, that's the same answer I give to folks who discredit non-MMA arts because they feel they won't be as immediately effective on the street.
I'm happy; I get the best of two (or three) worlds: traditional patterns and protocols, along with eye gounges, throat strikes, elbow breaks and all the fun rest. Granted, there's no groundwork, but I've been working on the "they may be taking me to the ground, but I've got my thumbs/fingers shoved deeply into their eye sockets" counter.