In recent years there has been a big upsurge in martial arts instructors detailing their fight records when promoting themselves in the martial arts mags.
I am thinking specifically about guys who teach Reality Based Self Defence. And I'm thinking mostly about English instructors. I haven't seen this phenomenon so much in the martial arts press in the USA.
Without naming names, there are a lot of guys claiming hundreds, and in some cases thousands of fights (streetfights) undefeated.
I was surprised when I started reading this board recently and read stuff about Paul Vunak losing fights. Mike Brewer has "admitted" to losing fights in a recent thread on here as well. The reason I think these examples are noteworthy, is that they are the only examples I can think of where well known instructors have admitted to have lost as well as won.
What do you guys think about guys who claim hundreds of fights undefeated?Is it even feasable?
I am NOT calling people who claim these records liars, I wasn't there and so I don't know. Just that in my old age I am getting more sceptical and suspicious.
I am thinking specifically about guys who teach Reality Based Self Defence. And I'm thinking mostly about English instructors. I haven't seen this phenomenon so much in the martial arts press in the USA.
Without naming names, there are a lot of guys claiming hundreds, and in some cases thousands of fights (streetfights) undefeated.
I was surprised when I started reading this board recently and read stuff about Paul Vunak losing fights. Mike Brewer has "admitted" to losing fights in a recent thread on here as well. The reason I think these examples are noteworthy, is that they are the only examples I can think of where well known instructors have admitted to have lost as well as won.
What do you guys think about guys who claim hundreds of fights undefeated?Is it even feasable?
I am NOT calling people who claim these records liars, I wasn't there and so I don't know. Just that in my old age I am getting more sceptical and suspicious.
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