Best comment so far.
The value of "martial" art training is that it gets over the surprise factor.
Dealing with a stranger being in your personal space, grappling with you, pushing you over, and/or hitting you: you don't want an actual attack to be the first time your child experiences any of those.
If the child is somewhat used to those things, she has a chance of thinking clearly enough to make herself a chance to run away. Otherwise the third "F" reflex, freeze, will take over.
> Then shout and run.
Everything else you do in a fight should just be in order to get to this step.
Re:The History of Karate
by skinkestek on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:14PM
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Exactly.
It is unclear to me however if anything I wrote contradict it or if you just wanted to stress it.
Just wanted to stress it because that quote contained the essence of what I was always taught in Karate.
Re:The History of Karate
by skinkestek on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:15AM
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Thanks!
I teach my girls to fight.
My intention is 1. to keep them out of fights 2. to make sure they can escape or win any fight someone else forces upon them.
Play dumb, hide your worries, try to talk yourself out, if it doesn't work hit, grab and twist or kick with the intent to cause severe pain. Then shout and run.
An armed society is a polite society and I do my part.
If an assailant get hurt I can live with that. The bloke I gave a beating some 25 years or so ago actually became a better person as far as I could se.