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so many people study these days I think that an attacker may have studied some. It might only have been a short time or from a friend who had studied but many would be attackers have some experience these days IMHO.
Do you consider the fighting that is done in gangs or the sparing that is done among friends to be martial training or are you referring only to those that go to a open martial arts school and pay for their training
Honestly what do you guys think the likely hood is of being attacked in the street by some one trained in the arts?
Cheers
Sam:asian:
Cirdan said:Every other person seem to have a yellow belt in art x nowdays so it is as likely as not getting attacked by one if it is random violence in the cab line or whatever. Persons who have trained hard and reached higher levels of skill are far fewer and in most cases very focused individuals. As such they pick their fights carefully and those of violent or criminal nature are probably more likely to rob a bank than engage in street violence.
I don't think that the majority of people you'll face will be on the level of a pro fighter, but we shouldn't assume that they're unskilled. This isn't to say that the guy didn't attend a MA school at some time, but I'd say the majority of their skill will be what they've picked up from the streets.
Train for the worst case scenario, train hard, train with realism and aliveness. The arts don't make us Supermen, but they will give us an advantage.
Mike
IMNSHO probably at 30%, if we are useing a 100% range of scale. The reason being is because you used to not be able to throw a stick without hitting someone who did TKD at some point.
With MMA, NHB, and such being as popular as they are in most circles today, it is fast becomeing that way again only with {insert art of choice here, with emphasis on BJJ,GJJ,Submission Wrestleing, Striking}
I would say 7-8% of that 30% (and it may be higher) may possibly be a ranked practicioner.
I read somewhere, and it makes sense, that you will find the best knife fighters in the prison system.
Anybody ever see "Taxi Driver" with Robert DeNiro? :uhyeah:
While there may be some who actually physically train, there are far more who mentally train - and they're just as dangerous.
People who are making a life of crime spend time thinking things through - they have a plan, they have a backup plan, they talk about victimization, effective control of a victim, practice moves, etcetera.