So - I just did a little work with my calculator:
FACT::: Allowing for a few days missed here and there and not counting seminars or time in the gym spent socializing, etc. I have spent...
600 hours training or instructing in the last three years and 600 more hours in the 6 or so years before that.
FACT::: In the past 10 years (not counting a stint as a bouncer which really ought to count as training) I have been involved in two fights and neither was settled directly with things I learned in the gym.
Why are we doing this? Here are some common reasons and there obvious counters:
1. Self defense. Don't get drunk in groups of strangers, don't hang out in rough places, get a gun/knife and spend a couple hours/month practicing.
2. Self awareness/character/etc. Aw c'mon. how is any of that stuff unique to martial arts? You can build character in the army (or the peace corp if that's more you).
3. "I'm a professional soldier or something like that" Then you're pretty rare and ought to be using a gun, anyway.
The question is, What drives some men (okay, and some women) to fighting?
FACT::: Allowing for a few days missed here and there and not counting seminars or time in the gym spent socializing, etc. I have spent...
600 hours training or instructing in the last three years and 600 more hours in the 6 or so years before that.
FACT::: In the past 10 years (not counting a stint as a bouncer which really ought to count as training) I have been involved in two fights and neither was settled directly with things I learned in the gym.
Why are we doing this? Here are some common reasons and there obvious counters:
1. Self defense. Don't get drunk in groups of strangers, don't hang out in rough places, get a gun/knife and spend a couple hours/month practicing.
2. Self awareness/character/etc. Aw c'mon. how is any of that stuff unique to martial arts? You can build character in the army (or the peace corp if that's more you).
3. "I'm a professional soldier or something like that" Then you're pretty rare and ought to be using a gun, anyway.
The question is, What drives some men (okay, and some women) to fighting?
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