CuongNhuka
Senior Master
There was an article in Black Belt written by an upper rank in Tae Kwon Do. The article was about useing Tae Kwon Do in practicle self defense, just not in the traditional sense. The author was writting about how statisticly, you are far more likely to suffer from a "life style desease" then be violently attacked (up to 43 times more likely). And that since many of these deseases are caused by a lack of exercise, and that since RBSD doesn't really do too much exercise, it is not really practical in preventing you from what you are more likely to have to deal with.
This article raises some intresting points, all of which, I have already been kinda thinking about. If you are training for "real life self defense, with no useless crap added", then shouldn't you learn how to defend yourself, from yourself? Shouldn't you learn things like how to install (and use) a home and car seciruty system, how to pick your freinds (no one who will get you into trouble), how use an alarm clock, how to avoid identy theft, how to exercise, and so on, and then learn how to defend yourself from the mugger you might encounter?
This article raises some intresting points, all of which, I have already been kinda thinking about. If you are training for "real life self defense, with no useless crap added", then shouldn't you learn how to defend yourself, from yourself? Shouldn't you learn things like how to install (and use) a home and car seciruty system, how to pick your freinds (no one who will get you into trouble), how use an alarm clock, how to avoid identy theft, how to exercise, and so on, and then learn how to defend yourself from the mugger you might encounter?