karder wrote: Beyond that, I know a lot of very high ranking black belts who have studied their arts for many years, and know the technique backward and forward, but couldn't fight their way out of a coat closet. I have known only a tiny fraction of practitioners who I would actually consider serious fighters. I greatly respect the martial arts and believe that there is great value in serious study, but all the "human weapon" stuff the greatly over blown.
There is fighting
, and there is "street" fighting.
