Fights VS Self Defense | ART OF ONE DOJO

There is a difference between a fight and a self-defense situation, but what distinctions are there between the two scenarios? Today we're going to break down the definitions and what makes the two situations require completely different responses. In this video we break down the difference between fights vs self defense.
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[@fourscorpio]

I've always liked Iain Abernethy's distinction between fights and self-defense -- fighting is consensual & self-defense is non-consensual. When you get into a conflict and say "wanna step outside?" - it's a fight. There's an agreement that there'll be a fight. When you're jumped by an attacker, it's self defense, obviously. You didn't consent to the attack. That's also why practicing postures with your open hands up in a "I don't wanna fight" stance (but yet you're ready to respond with speed and power to defend), is a good habit as it will help you argue the case for self-defense. It's perfectly fine to practice both fighting & self defense, you just need to make sure that you're aware of the context of the training method. Context is key! I enjoy sparring and fight training - it's a lot of fun! But I'd never use 90% of that in self defense.

[@robertnguyen9493]

As always, great video! I’ve trained in MMA and combative for 15 years give or take and what I’ve learned is that yes sport fighting isn’t real fighting, it’s an athletic competition between two knowing/willing participants. Both of which are perceived to be of equal skill, and experience. There are rules and regulations that both combatants are aware of and agree to, plus there’s a referee to ensure that the rules are followed and no one gets seriously injured. A street fight or self defense situation is often a random act of violent stimulus, where there’s no rules, no referee and tactics change completely. The main difference between the two is that in a sport fight you win or you lose but either way you live to fight again. In a street fight or self defense situation you don’t win you survive.

[@darkapostate8358]

If you aren't fighting over life(yours or your family's), liberty, or under some circumstances, property(home, vehicle, etc) then it isn't worth fighting. If those things are threatened, fight to win and eliminate the threat quickly and brutally. Nothing else is worth fighting over. Practice fights are great, but there is clearly a line drawn. Sport fighting is also limited. When it comes time to fight, the fire arms come out. If that isn't available or impractical, a blade of various size. If that somehow fails, it is time to break bones and strangle. Real fighting ends lives. It is just as important to know when, as when not to. One also must have the mental preparedness to do what is necessary, when it becomes necessary. No hesitation. More than that is simply pride, you will never know until it becomes life and death.

[@tokenstandpoint93]

In my McDojo and Kung Fu days in my teens (well now to) I wasn't good in competitions. Yet at the same time four of tournament winners at the dojo and temple that'd decimated me sparring had issues holding their own when we got jumped. My Shifu told me and my sparring partner that my partner was trained and conditioned to compete within safety. I was conditioned to fight outside for survival. Those were different experiences and skill sets.

[@JuliannaHolmes]

Very well said! There’s a big difference between consensual and non consensual combat.

[@rysonperry8069]

As a philosopher I can(and sometimes will) fall into the rabbit-hole that comes with this subject. I partially agree with your assessment especially considering the consent aspect(that's a huge aspect , as a guy who's been jumped multiple times, its a BIG deal) , but I also feel that it boils down further into concepts of intent(the why for said fight) and control(results, the ability to act or to disengage). It's easy to draw a figurative line in the sand, but those that have experienced know how quickly things can get blurred. Intent/Initiative decides the outcome(be it survival or conditional victory), while Control vindicates the aforementioned results for good or bad. It's especially easy for certain people(we all know a couple) to blur or cross the line due to intent or lack of control. My teachers(family for the most part) always stressed to me this concept "We will teach you the best we can, do with it what you will. It's easy to dissect or critique. Until you're in that situation and have to make those choices on the fly. Judge for yourself: and be kind(not nice), to all parties involved(yourself included)." Kindness isn't always gentle. I learnt that quick... Especially when every martial artist in the family(male and female) would routinely wipe the floor with me.(Getting joint-locked by your own Uncle, really teaches humility.)(He was an inch shorter and 20 lbs. heavier and still judo'd me into grass.) They really hammered that into me early on to spare me excess trouble, especially since I tended to purely run on my emotions/instincts when fighting as a kid. It's tempered now. But the lesson still applies.

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

This is a good video, as too often a lot of MMA fanatics will judge a self defense or battlefield based system as to how good they think it is, based solely on how it would fare in MMA, or the lack of it's exposure in MMA or combative sporting events.

[@JohnBlades]

Dan, I just wanted to write and tell you that you inspired me to look into American Kenpo Karate and I'm now a student working on my yellow belt. I love this art. It works for me. Thanks so much for making these videos and introducing so many folks to the art of American Kenpo.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

That's awesome! I wish you success in your training and I hope you continue to find value in it! Good luck on that yellow belt!

[@BoxingForTheStreets]

Sometimes in order to defend yourself, you have to fight.

[@OccamsRazor76]

Great video Mr. Dan. Going to share this one with my Sensei right now.

[@Shadowman9348]

YESSS!!!! I've been waiting for this type of video, I agree with the way you describe various violent encounters - well said Mr. Dan!

[@Soldier-of-God.]

For me the distinction between self defense and a fight scenario is, that a fight usually is voluntary between the two combatants. A self defense situation, on the other hand the other person is not given a choice, to engage in such an involuntary situation, but rather it is imposed upon them, often by surprise with no chance to prepare. In a fight usually as mentioned both people can size each other up and somewhat come up with a plan on roughly how to go about it and possibly win. In a street assault situation the victim has no chance, to rapidly brainstorm or strategise on how to go about it. Whether it is a fight or a self defense situation, in both cases a trained martial artist has a greater chance for victory, compared to someone without any training whatsoever. 🥋🇲🇽🇦🇺🦘🐨👍✌🤟

[@littlegiantrobo6523]

This may be a bit oversimplified, in the details, but I think you highlighted the underlying principles pretty well. A worthy contribution to a discussion that frequently needs to be had.

[@214warzone]

Even though I have trained in Martial Arts for years, I prefer to use my: Common Sense, Car, hand-held weapons, etc. My Striking training is very Kick-Heavy, so it probably wouldn't be as effective in a Narrow Hallway, Elevator, etc. I make sure to have something Stabby in my pockets when I'm in a bad neighborhood..

[@moreparrotsmoredereks2275]

To be a well-rounded martial artist, just learn sumo

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I see what you did there ;)

[@chrisG629]

@@ArtofOneDojo can you do a video on the top tier picks for what you recommend for a good self defense martial arts?and what do you think about jjj?

[@jons6834]

I remember years ago visiting a Kuk sul won class. They had wonderful joint locks and throws like what you would see in hapkido. But when they sparred, it was basically taekwondo. At the time, my thought was that you “fight how are you spar”. At the obvious disconnect between their self-defense techniques and the sparring discouraged me from joining the school. After watching your video and looking back I realize I was an error and perhaps unjustly judged the school.

[@boshirahmed]

To translate something to self defence, it takes creativity, frankly not enough know to teach self defence.. Self defence does not look cool, so films do not promote, even now its there are few good self defence videos on tube, urban combatives is pretty good, but had to find classes, even then getting more realism is hard to find, as only one or two caches, when noral martial arts have thousands of coaches. For fitness though u still need to do a regular martial art.

[@Stewbular]

@@boshirahmed How right you are! Also Target Focus Training TFT doesn’t require any athleticism or even full mobility, like Lee Morrison’s Urban Combatives Check out Target Focus Training w Tim Larkin Also check out Larkin’s original teacher Jerry Peterson who calls his system S.C.A.R.S. These 3 systems & people behind them would make extremely interesting & instructive videos for Mr. Dan to explore on the Art of One Dojo channel

[@vedder10]

Thank you for even addressing this topic because 90% of schools don't. Now I think you are selling BJJ short. Depending on the school and I have to say from experience that the Gracie Brothers affiliated schools do teach standup self-defense. In fact they preach incessantly. As far as any of this goes AWARENESS, AWARENESS, AWARENESS training is the most crucial part. Situational awareness and your own ego awareness. If you're a person who gets into a lot of fights you need to reevaluate your life. If you are someone who lives in a dangerous neighborhood self-defense starts with finding a way to move. Fighting and Self-defense carry too many variables and we haven't even touched on the legal ramifications. Your most important tool is AWARENESS.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Agreed, we covered this topic in "Situational Awareness". I'm a big advocate for surveying your environment thoroughly.

[@GBlues1]

Injury. Injury. Injury. You wanted people to comment on things that have worked for them. Injury works every time. You talked about how a self-defense system will be primarily focused on damaging specific areas of anatomy on the human body, and dirty fight tactics to allow you to escape. The problem is most of these schools don’t really understand the human anatomy, nor do they even care. You hear things like, “you just break his kneecap.” Because you can just kick someone in the kneecap and break it right? The ‘kneecap’ doesn’t break. The forces needed to break a kneecap are the types of forces caused in high speed car crashes. As human beings we aren’t capable of generating those types of forces. If you get a break at the knee joint, its because the leg broke above or below the actual ‘kneecap’, but the cap, it didn’t break. It’s these types of things that most people don’t want to think about let alone study. How do you actually gouge out someone’s eye? That’s not going to be pretty, fun or even quick. Nobody is just going to let you do that. It’s going to take work, and most people don’t even want to think about themselves even doing such a thing to someone let alone train how to actually get it done. Most ‘martial arts schools’ that believe they are training for self-defense are training at unrealistic distances. They train at ‘sport fighting distances’ and that’s not where ‘self-defense’ happens at. It happens close, belt buckle to belt buckle close. Close enough you can smell the other persons breath on you, their sweat, and to train that in a classroom, is uncomfortable. So everything that they teach happens at a superficial level. At sport fighting distances it becomes very hard to strike an anatomical feature and get a result because your mainly striking at surface level. The human body will compress roughly three inches before you actually hit hard enough to effect a liver, spleen, bladder, etc. This is why most practitioners don’t believe in such strikes, because they are taught from a distance that doesn’t allow them to actually deliver these types of strikes effectively. You also have to take into account that the human body as a machine is very adept at not getting injured. It’s going to want to run away when an anatomically weak point on the body is struck. So your strike must allow for overrun, to keep up with the body that’s moving. If you know when you strike the spleen, he’s going to try to get away from it, plus you need about three inches of penetration to actually make the strike work, your belt to belt buckle when you punch and your driving it through him. You need about six inches of over run, you have to punch through the target. That doesn’t happen, at arms length away. All of this is great and, all but then you come down to practice. Nobody wants to go to the hospital every night, so you can’t practice these types of things at full blast. You can’t even spar these types of things, because the risk of injury is very, very high. What it boils down to is your learning to maim, cripple or kill, and most people don’t want to learn that. They want to learn stuff that feels good to them, stuff that in their inexperience makes them feel like they are doing something that will allow them to protect themselves, and not have to actually do any of the things that would allow them to actually do that. “We train for the love of the art, not for self-defense. Who needs to defend themselves anymore? The world is a much safer place than it was before. Just train because you love the art.” -as one KZbin martial artist is fond of saying. That’s great, until you really need it to work one day, and it doesn’t because your focus was on enjoying the art, and having fun, and never on what it’s supposed to actually be doing for you. I’m 42 years old, and I’ve seen these types of attitudes a lot. They want to be able to defend themselves, but that doesn’t sell. If you told a parent “I’m going to teach your child how to break another human being into pieces, because that’s what it means to learn self-defense,” you’d lose that $120 a month. Conversely if you tell an adult that, they freak out, and don’t want anything to do with what you do. My sister wanted me to teach her how to defend herself without hurting the other person, who most likely would be a criminal, “I can’t give you anything. That’s not how defending yourself works.” And that’s the real problem. The force. No touch. I don’t want to hurt anyone. I don’t want to either, but I’d rather hurt them, than have them hurt me. Self-defense is about hurting someone that is trying to hurt you. Fighting is about seeing who’s better. In self-defense it doesn’t matter, and has no place. Anyways, I’m getting long winded and going on a rant.

[@rysonperry8069]

I think that while it can be a decent deterrent, heavy injury is not always the best option. I get it all too well, sometimes the only way to "convince" a stubborn bastich to leave you alone is to crack their skull. Doesn't mean we have to resort to it all the time or particularly like the process. Practicality is a major component of what we do, and sometimes it's easy to forget it. You have every right to rant, no worries. People need to listen to the things they dislike more anyways. All have their voice for a reason.

[@assoverteakettle]

I do agree that practice makes perfect in that you want to train for the specific context that you are seeking to develop skills and sport martial arts may not train you for that. Remember when Ralph Gracie sucker punched and assaulted Flavio Almeida? Almeida could not fall back on his BJJ in that context. The problem is that it is not that easy for any of us who are typical civilians to train for self-defence against a surprise ambush because it's difficult to stage a simulated spontaneous attack unless you're Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and have Kato attack you as you enter your apartment. It's not something you can go to your dojo or MA class and train for. Even in a krav maga attack simulation exercise you know that the attack is coming I don't know the answer on how to develop that spontaneous reflex. If I knew I would write a book. Fortunately I have never been ambushed. I'm guessing... 1. Occasionally train for defence even if you train for sport. I will occasionally treat a BJJ roll like a simulated attack: put myself in a bad position (under sidemount, or full mount) and attempt to quickly escape or at least cover and take away space to avoid damage if it were a self defence situation. 2. Know techniques that are better for the self defence and ones that are not: High kicks, spinning back kicks, the de la Riva guard, are probably not the best options. Good footwork, the right cross for the KO, knowing how to do basic clinches and knees, going for top side/full mount if you get taken down/or have no option but to go to the ground, and knowing how to scramble back up are probably better techniques. Running too apparently! 3. Train to be aware in your everyday life. Even without the pandemic, I like my space and don't like to let strangers get close to me and avoid crowds. I always think in my mind, "What if this guy walking towards me throws a sucker punch? Am I ready?" We shouldn't live a life where we are in constant fear and suspicious of everyone but just use it as an exercise when you are walking alone. It's okay to say "Good morning" to a passerby but also use it as a training exercise and think, "What if he/she were to pullout a weapon?"

[@complexblackness]

I definitely do number 3 every day. Many people think that you're being paranoid or living in fear. It's being aware of who and what's in your surroundings. Simple awareness can save your life. Paying attention to where and how a person is standing (blading/In a dark spot), Hands, clothing etc. Vehicles, etc. No techniques or style will matter if your awareness is off and you get blindsided. That's what some people don't get.

[@hgv85]

Yes! I’m always frustrated when people say this or that wouldn’t work in the ring. Non-consensual self-defense encounters can have a very different dynamic from street fights, so it seems obvious to me that different techniques can be effective. I’ve successfully used a wrist lock before; it’s irrelevant that this wouldn’t be very effective “in the ring.” For my part, I think of both kinds of scenarios as self defense-after all, you are defending yourself in a street fight, but that’s me being pedantic, lol. The distinction is obviously valid, though; I just prefer to think of it all as self-defense and divide self defense encounters into overt confrontations (where the person’s intention to harm you is known and based on some prior aspect of your interaction that has been perceived by them as a slight or an injustice on your part) and covert confrontations (where the attackers intention is not known or discernible until the violence-or immediate threat of violence-is present).

[@evanparra2553]

Finally someone said it. Certain moves and strategies would only work In a self defense situation. Ex: wrist locks and P.I.A attacks, and the typical straight constant punch’s to the face Krav Maga style. Just how certain moves only work in a sport scenario ex: Philly shell, blocking punches with ur fist just covering ur face and fighting in open guard while ur opponent is standing. Definitely wouldn’t work on the street outside.

[@thevigilant6884]

That's why 80% of Karate is useless in mma, but more effective in assault and defence. Same reason Iaijutsu was used in Japan. Iaijutsu was practically useless when the other oponent has his sword read, but teaches you how to end your opponent before he draws his blade.

[@johnsmith5515]

I was sitting with others outside and one guy said " he knows martial arts" and a split second later a big guy across from me swung at me with a right hay maker. Being a small guy I moved out of the way and jumped up . I ran a few yards away into a dirt parking lot. The guy came after me taking big swings. I bobbed and weaved avoiding hits. He stepped in a pot hole and pulled a muscle and stopped the attack. We went back and joined the others by sitting down. Stupid things can come out of the blue or others' s mouths to start crap. I trained a little in Ed parker's kenpo and in kempo in a garage bare foot on cold concrete in the evening. Being thrown on concrete was interesting especially when one of your feet smacked the ground wrongly. But I never trained in brute force toe to toe boxing. So distance and the big guy's surprise self injury saved me. All because someone opened their big mouth! So now since I live in the country away from my beloved california ( be nice) I watch and train from " you tube " videos of different martial art's styles to blend into one. I consider any movement from animals, people, machines, etc. How to graft them into the infinite movements of the " sphere " of human possible movements " kenpo . " l don't argue who or what is the best. Movement is movement. How can I stop a fight before it starts? I study psychology and body language and scipture . From real world encounters applying war scriptures and jesus supernaturally protecting me from gang muggings more than once. ( jesus christ/ GOD ) is the ultimate weapon. Unbelivers will never experience this phenomena of the 3rd and 4th dimension merging together. It's comforting to know that I have a really big powerful guadian angel walking on my right side where ever I go.

[@Ninjaturtle199]

If you throwing hands you already messed up along time ago your ego is winning . Self control has a lot to do with self defense and people u see in street fights lost that control and have lack of true training . Great video I hope there will be more on true self defense and what it intales in real life and how we can avoid fighting .

[@ShaunCKennedyAuthor]

I've always divided the study of violence info five levels: self defense, martial sport, general fighting, martial art, and martial philosophy. Self defense is learning the minimum need to disengage from violence in most situations most of the time. The goal in self-defense is simply to escape without getting hurt or getting hurt as little as possible. Martial sport is simply a study of how to violently overcome another within a specific set of rules. General fighting is learning how to violently overcome another without rules. Martial art is studying how to apply controlled violence on various situations. Martial philosophy is the study of how to apply controlled violence and the situations in which you might need to consider it. In theory, a martial philosopher would have a better handle on violent situations than a martial artist, the martial artists than the general fighter, the general fighter than the sport fighter, the sport fighter than the self-defence artist. This is because they are arranged from superset to subset. But never forget what the difference between theory and practice is: in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice…

[@jamielondon6436]

Spot on.

[@williamw1332]

Awesome video Dan. It's great inspiring people to share their thoughts on the differences between fighting and self defense. If everyone shares an experience they had in a violent encounter, I love to read it. The answers reveal themselves. Sometimes people even change their own minds after writing what experiences they had. It's interesting as time changes, sometimes, the answers change. An unprovoked, unannounced violent attack, from multiple armed attackers necessitates multiple training options. The more options you have the better, so long as you can strategically choose instantly. Life is a war, be aware as possible, think like a criminal or a predator, train for life, train for armageddon, remember Murphy's law, don't tip your head too far down when you need a break to smell the roses...an ya might come out of the war alright. ...now go train. 👊

[@uncommonsense4753]

Excellent video!

[@camiloiribarren1450]

Definitely a good way to put it: fighting is when two people know what is happening, while self-defense is a surprise and unexpected moment when things get heated and the victim does what they need to survive so they can run to a safe place.

[@samiibrahim1346]

Excellent video, I was hoping you would break it down when I made my last comment.

[@douglastalkington]

Hi mr Dan, I chose kenpo because it seemed based on evidence from science. Physics and laws of motion. Enjoy the vids.

[@brauliochavez2231]

in my formal training i trained for fighting, and for competition, also some self defense techniques that can be used, but it wasnt usefull until i learned how to flow with them, until i learned anatmoy and fisiology, until i saw another body react until i grabed another body i felt it. learn a lot, and experience a lot thats the only way it works

[@revariox189]

And it goes without saying, Self defense needs to train in a more alive type of style. To have scenarios where people are willing to go without specific attacks and actually surprise the defender, as well as to pose resistance when the defense does start... Basically sparring the Self Defense in itself. Sparring for combat is Imperative as well, but to properly understand the art that one does, it is important that they train in that style with maximum resitance and aliveness. I personally do not believe in "this is too intense to train or spar with", adjustments can be done without watering it down to the point where it is denatured. I feel that too often, SD and more "traditional" style seem to forget their own essence and philosophy when it comes to sparring and do not train what they were taught but something else. Which often times results in student appearing poor at combat and/or self defense as well....

[@tjcarr8097]

Awesome video!

[@karmanomicon]

Whoa... found this video that was uploaded 3 minutes ago... from a random search...

[@karmanomicon]

@Joe Mamania yeah but that timing...

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Awesome! I hope you liked it enough to stay and be a part of our martial arts family :)

[@joeguillaume296]

I'm not so sure that sparring is so important as people say. Combat sports are specific to sport and ingrain lots of bad habits for the street. The story of Alex gong the president of fairtex USA comes to mind. He's was a muay thai instructor who got into altercation after a hit and run. He ended up getting shot after chasing the guys who hit his car still wearing his muay thai gear (shin pads, gloves.. Ect). Sparring is good for stress inoculation but it's inoculation in a sportive context. I don't believe it prepares you for self defense as much as people think. I think grappling especially submission arts are best for self defence because there is lots of techniques to scale the force used in response to threat.

[@MountainAdventures1]

I think it's extremely rare to find a school that does a thorough job of teaching both self-defense and fighting. And it doesn't even matter the style. My primary school is very self-defense oriented even though it's a taekwondo school. My secondary school is also a taekwondo school, but it's 100% sparring focused. It all depends on what you want to get out of your training, but for someone like me that wants the full experience, it's important to have multiple instructors, each having a different take.

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

I can sympathize. My training in ITF Taekwondõ was purely self defense based. We dabbled in the sport sparring only out of respect for certain traditions of the art, but self defense and street fighting was emphasized. Thus, most of the time our kicks didn't go higher than mid chest, and there was a heavy reliance on use of joint locks, infighting strikes, and some takedowns. This "extra" knowledge in the curriculum stemmed from the fact that my instructor had a background in Hapkidõ as well; which is at times common for Taekwondõ practitioners from Korea.

[@MountainAdventures1]

@@geoffreyfletcher6976 Yes our Grandmaster has a background in Hapkido as well, so our classes are exactly the way you describe yours.

[@bw5020]

Self defense usually doesn't last long. Self defense ain't consensual. Self defense goes from 0-100. But if you didn't look for a fight, it's on you to act. Either fight or flight. Fights tend to be more even plain of mutual consent. Though not always.

[@rysonperry8069]

The argument tends to be pointless, and honestly the variables are too numerous to quantify in a solid argument... All styles have their place. A real fight is never fair. The best plans and stratagems for any scenario are never set in stone(what works for one person is impossible for another). These truths are eternal can't change that: But we can gear up, educate, and work towards the best scenarios for all. Sometimes the best option is strategic retreat and/or diplomacy, as Artists we should explore all options and try to leave a positive mark on the world. Hopefully we don't leave too many cuts and bruises...

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Open hand strikes are good for leaving fewer marks ;)

[@rysonperry8069]

@@ArtofOneDojo True, but they can inflict a lot more damage overall. One of the worst hits of my life was a palm-strike liver-shot delivered by a 5ft 4' little old lady. A relative of mine.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

@@rysonperry8069 Oh absolutely!

[@KurtAngle89]

This was another crucial distinction to make. Too many fanboys out ther thinks "xyz" martial art is better, but they are thinking about kicking people's asses to demonstrate "manhood". While being assaulted from behind and by surprise is entirely different

[@evanparra2553]

Sport fighting will make u believe size is the end all be all to a fight till u realize it only matters when there’s rules and athleticism vs athleticism. While street fighting, No matter how much the guy weights, a groin strike, throat strike, and deep finger jabs to the eye lids or even a hard enough object to the temple will even out the odds.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

To a point, it depends on adrenaline or if the other person is under the influence or other factors. Soft targets like throat and eyes are great, but groin strikes and even eye strikes aren't always effective immediately. A person who is enraged can sometimes still push through and fight (I've seen videos where suspects that were shot at close range continued fighting and grappling, running on pure adrenaline). Being able to recognize positions and situations, and having the skill to flow from one solution to another with good technique is what helps even out the odds, including using those targets you described.

[@septred3]

Hey Dan sama, can you do some of us a favor for a video? Could you do a video on in what ways Bruce Lee sama was the real deal, and what ways he wasn't, and maybe describe the gang in hong kong thing for him as well, and definitely his training from Ip Man. I trust that you would put up a really good video for that subject or even a couple of videos to do so.

[@darylfields]

MMA for self-defense can be good up to a certain point but a traditional martial arts might be more useful

[@darylfields]

@Joe Mamania Sometimes it depends on mindset of mma guy can be reckless and dangerous

[@toddboothbee1361]

I imagine there's a legal difference between the two with very different consequences.

[@kaisersoze9886]

Weird question is you're first name dan or last name?

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Hehe, it's my first name. When I first started teaching as an assistant to kids classes back in 1996, my instructor would have the kids calls up by our first names, but with Mr. or Ms. This was so we could still be relatable to them but also to show respect. So I went through a lot of my training with Mr. Dan and the name carried over to other schools I taught at. It's part of me now so I figured why not continue it here?

[@kaisersoze9886]

@@ArtofOneDojo i think you should change it to something like Mr beat yo ass. Ha ha

[@thihsareb]

Why does everyone do kickboxing when they spar regardless of the style? If I wanted to do kickboxing I would join a kickboxing gym.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

That's up to the practitioner and doesn't apply to everyone. I personally work on techniques when I spar, and I spar with people who know Muay Thai, boxing, TKD, BJJ, Kenpo, Traditional karate...they all spar differently. If a person just resorts to just kickboxing, it's often when they aren't focusing so much on technique and just hitting the other person.

[@lionsden4563]

Careful. This kinda topic/video usually gets well received by most martial art's traditionalists, nerds and hobbyists. Especially those fake masters. They can hide behind this 'my art is not for sports but self defense' or 'my art is too deadly for MMA' kinda garbage. Lol!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

True but that's a different topic altogether.

[@TheInfantry98]

Martial arts train you to be a victim and think and act like a victim. Thankfully the military trained me to think fight and act as a predator. Thank god.

[@TheInfantry98]

@Joe Mamania true but unlike civilians who are taught to be victims we are trained to kill by any means necessary. This clip perfectly illustrates what I’m taking about. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqmmd3eMgL56o9E

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@Joe Mamania when were you ever taught how to stab someone, strike first then kill the person that you are attacking? You train with knives, assault rifles and various weapons with full intent in training to commit violence ?