Most Dangerous (as in Useless) Self-Defense Technique Taught?
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Balrog
Master of Arts
Possibly. But in any case, if they are given a ration of crap, they ain't having "nun" of it!Obviously those are nuns who work as teachers in schools, not nuns who work in hospitals
WingChunChick
Yellow Belt
It's just one of those things that shouldn't make sense yet in really it's true. if you're a woman it's a sad world, and shouting fire is far more effective trust me.
I guess it depends upon context. Inside a private portion of a building, it might be less useful than in a more public area.
RTKDCMB
Senior Master
This one:
I don't see the problem. Clearly, he's using The Force to stop the actual knife arm, so he can play with the other. Much safer on that side of the body.
What's not to like?
RTKDCMB
Senior Master
The funny part is that he actually stabs himself performing the technique.
Well, he had to, didn't he? It was obvious the other guy wasn't going to get the job done.
JR 137
Grandmaster
No idea why I didn't post this sooner. This one never gets old...
And he didn't even restomp the groin. Slacker.
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
That is shockingly close to some of the kenpo stuff I was referring to in my earlier posts. So much so that I think there is crossover there.
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
I'm gonna guess that this found a place in his curriculum because it worked against him, once upon a time.
JR 137
Grandmaster
Ashida Kim has to be a strong influence on the creation of the Master Ken character. Way too many similarities IMO. Yes, I know the character is based on a lot of different people and situations "Master Ken" has come across (whatever his real name is), but I just see too much Ashida Kim in Master Ken for it to be coincidental. And yes, that's a good thing.
Sami Ibrahim
Green Belt
When teaching techniques for "self defense" what I think is useless is teaching things that a student lacks the attributes to apply effectively. So it is student dependent. If for example teaching a women's self defense class with 10 females, none of whom have real experience with violence/fighting and the instructor is teaching techniques that will require good timing, excellent balance, flexibility and tremendous accuracy and an ability to control range when the 10 female students lack all of the above, the methods shown are useless even if they would be excellent methods if only the students had the time to develop the attributes that would allow the methods shown to be successful.
RTKDCMB
Senior Master
Part of the reason for teaching self defence courses is to inspire the students to seek further training.
Another example of this would be teaching vital striking points to people in a self-defense seminar who do not already know how to hit well. Better to teach them one easy striking method and get them practicing.
Agreed, and that can be done without teaching them techniques they can't use. I typically demonstrate some movements that are more advanced versions of what they've been taught in the seminar.
No matter what he chooses to call it, this is martial arts rather than self defence.
If we are posting the most useless martial arts techniques then we can't ignite Ed Parkers Leap Of Death, which also has Master Ken written all over it
If you are teaching women fighting skills then I would say shouldn't be running a female self defence course, as you clearly haven't looked into the types of violence women we most at risk from. Fighting in the street/ bars is typically not high on the list.
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JR 137
Grandmaster
No matter what he chooses to call it, this is martial arts rather than self defence.
If we are posting the most useless martial arts techniques then we can't ignite Ed Parkers Leap Of Death, which also has Master Ken written all over it
This isn't self defense, martial arts, fighting, nor anything else remotely close to a synonym of any of those terms/concepts.
To call it anything other than asinine or a synonym of asinine is asinine.
Edit: Maybe pathetic, sad, delusional, tragically comical, etc. would fit well too.
