the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell - Latest Comments on straw man attack https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Jam [Visitor] in response to: straw man attack Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:13:24 +0000 Jam [Visitor] c32130@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>There problem here is really, imho, labeling modern martial arts as &#8220;self-defense&#8221; classes. Martial arts are primarily ART, as I see it. The point is to be graceful and lithe and to win *tournaments*, where everyone IS following the rules of the game. While these forms were derived from what was originally self-defense, the way they stand now is anything but&#8211;for the reasons you mentioned of course.</p> <p>It is much better to look at these things as sports and art than self-defense, and anyone who pretends otherwise is lying.</p> There problem here is really, imho, labeling modern martial arts as “self-defense” classes. Martial arts are primarily ART, as I see it. The point is to be graceful and lithe and to win *tournaments*, where everyone IS following the rules of the game. While these forms were derived from what was originally self-defense, the way they stand now is anything but–for the reasons you mentioned of course.

It is much better to look at these things as sports and art than self-defense, and anyone who pretends otherwise is lying.

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