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Despairbear
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Greetings all,
Here is my thought; I was talking to a friend of mine who has served as a police officer for many years and he was telling me that a knowlage of martial arts tends to work aginst you in a court of law. When the subject of "self defence" comes up martial artists tend to be charged with assault more often than a non-martial artist in a similer situation. The thougt behind this as I understand it is that a martial artist should be able to defend himself with more controll (AKA: with out harming the person attacking you). I think this stems from a lack of understanding about martial arts, some one who has a black belt in "whatever" is not bullet proof but is often seen that way by people who have no martial training. Too many "Kung-foo" movies I guess. Any thoughts questions comments?
Despair Bear
Here is my thought; I was talking to a friend of mine who has served as a police officer for many years and he was telling me that a knowlage of martial arts tends to work aginst you in a court of law. When the subject of "self defence" comes up martial artists tend to be charged with assault more often than a non-martial artist in a similer situation. The thougt behind this as I understand it is that a martial artist should be able to defend himself with more controll (AKA: with out harming the person attacking you). I think this stems from a lack of understanding about martial arts, some one who has a black belt in "whatever" is not bullet proof but is often seen that way by people who have no martial training. Too many "Kung-foo" movies I guess. Any thoughts questions comments?
Despair Bear