Originally posted by SplitInfinity

Alot of people have talked bout different styles of fighting as well as methods or even Commercial Events...You are speaking about a form of Kickboxing art and you describe it as a Killer Art.

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Really? This is the best you have? Pfft. Killer in this instance is a superlative being used as praise. Example: "That was a killer trick you pulled on the halfpipe."
or
"That flip was killer!"

I apologize for speaking in slang if you didn't catch that.

And capoeira is NOT a kickboxing art - we use hands, elbows, eye strikes, and headbutts, too.

True Killing is not an art. Martial Arts as well as specific techniques for attack or self defence dependent on condition and enviroment or even space...as I brought up with Chain Punching...are still just techniques.

Not sure what you were aiming for here, but it's really rather pointless as the above use of 'killer' was in slang context, not actual killing. Although capoeira can and has been used as a killing art. It is a street art, used by escaped slaves and criminals, and retains that mentality - the only rule in capoeira is to be willing to finish what you start, just like in real life and in the streets. None of those use a point system.

I know for a fact that you could take the best Practicioners or Teachers of specific Martial arts as well as the Champions of any Commercial Fighting League....get the best of the supposed best....put them out side in a field with nothing but their bodies....and any one of the people I sometimes work with would dispatch them within a matter of seconds.

Everyone know someone who can beat the tar out of the next person. True fighters know the axiom that there is always someone better than you out there. Bragging that this guy can do XYZ is just hot air and wasted effort.

There is ART...SPORT...TECHNIQUE.....then there are PROFESSIONAL WARRIORS.

Split Infinity

I'll give you that one, and it sounded good. Nice, and melodramatic. However, that whole distinction of 'professional warrior' is asking for problems. Professional means you get paid to do it, which really means that the professional warrior is not anything more than someone who is willing to fight and kill for pay. Criminals do that daily - its called a drive-by shooting. Or someone getting knifed over a girl, or boy, money, or drugs.

The point is that professional have their on and off time. criminals are on 24/7 and live or die by their awareness. In a modern world, the streetwise killer has a better chance at surviving than the professional warrior.

just my two cents.

no martial arts is better than linguistic arts..

completely walk away from a confrontation without raising a fist.. what better way is there?

Originally posted by choos
no martial arts is better than linguistic arts..

completely walk away from a confrontation without raising a fist.. what better way is there?

I wish this was so. I am with you on this one but in reality...there are so sadistic sick Mother #@&%$#@ out there. I have seen things that you would neither understand or believe in places of the World where people do not think or reason with any other thought other than their own gain and their most prized possesion is the amount of FEAR they can induce from those around them.

These are the jobs the Team really likes to go on. It allows one to feel you have made a difference...but they are also the most dangerous as you can forget about any help from the locals. They are scared to death...and once we leave...another sick SOB pops up to take the others place. There really is no real way to solve the problems without total attrition....which will never be approved. Split Infinity

I took karate and aikido throughout my college years. However, I'll be honest. As a woman, and someone who hasn't done or practiced any sort of martial arts in about fifteen years, I hardly remember anything useful.

I found aikido difficult due to the flips. I have neck and shoulder problems and didn't feel it was worth my time to exacerbate them by becoming truly proficient in aikido.

That said, the things that stick out most in my mind are the kicks I learned in karate. I was pretty good at them. I can still do them, and because I'm short and naturally defensive minded, I'm more comfortable reacting to an attack in that way and then getting the heck out of the situation.

People should play to their strengths and be realistic. When most of us are confronted with a dire situation, it is about fear and adrenaline. I'm not naturally a fight person, I'm a flight person. People are rarely going to attack you in those perfectly staged situations you practice in martial arts so you have time for the perfect reaction. Real life is a lot more unpredictable. I'm all for people learning self-defense and feel it is a good idea (especially if you're a woman). However, people are also well served with taking pains to make sure they keep themselves out of potential situations in the first place. And, despite everything, I've been debating on whether or not I should buy a hand gun and get my conceal carry license.

Originally posted by LeSigh
I took karate and aikido throughout my college years. However, I'll be honest. As a woman, and someone who hasn't done or practiced any sort of martial arts in about fifteen years, I hardly remember anything useful.

I found aikido difficult due to the flips. I have neck and shoulder problems and didn't feel it was worth my time to exacerbate them by becoming truly proficient in aikido.

That said, the things that stick out most in my mind are the kicks I learned in karate. I was pretty good at them. I can still do them, and because I'm short and naturally defensive minded, I'm more comfortable reacting to an attack in that way and then getting the heck out of the situation.

People should play to their strengths and be realistic. When most of us are confronted with a dire situation, it is about fear and adrenaline. I'm not naturally a fight person, I'm a flight person. People are rarely going to attack you in those perfectly staged situations you practice in martial arts so you have time for the perfect reaction. Real life is a lot more unpredictable. I'm all for people learning self-defense and feel it is a good idea (especially if you're a woman). However, people are also well served with taking pains to make sure they keep themselves out of potential situations in the first place. And, despite everything, I've been debating on whether or not I should buy a hand gun and get my conceal carry license.

NOW YOUR TALKING! Buy a GUN! Please register and get a license if required. Join a local Fish and Game as they are inexpensive to join and usually have Gun and Archery Ranges. Don't buy a HUGE HAND GUN! Buy something that can fit in your purse....6 shooters are not prone to jam....9mm's can be slim and automatic with a clip but this tends to make you unready to shoot as all the women I know never have one in the chamber....so you have to pull back the mechanism befor being able to shoot but both have safeties.

A woman who is trained especially a shorter femal can catch a attacker off guard with a low kick or blow due to your lower center of gravity. But make no mistake...and forget about all the tough Females Hollywood has beating up Men. Men are MUCH stronger...even one smaller than you...it's a muscle density thing. You may catch an attacker off guard but having a gun in your purse....is a good idea. Split Infinity