Danjo
Master Black Belt
Throughout history people have trained to fight for various reasons. Soldiers trained to fight in battle, guards trained to protect people or places, policemen trained to apprehend others, gladiators and Olympians would train for sporting reasons, bouncers etc. etc. Each would train for the type of thing that they encountered most often. Today, we still have those professions where certain training is needed. Some of them are the same as above, others are a bit different. As a High School teacher of behavior conduct kids, I usually end up breaking up fights between others a few times per year for instance. What I need is mostly restraint stuff, though I certainly don't limit my training to that in Kajukenbo. I want to know why people train? Is it merely for the excercise or for some other reason? Do you see yourself as a displaced warrior of old, or merely a 21st century sportsman? Would you train if you had no pressing reason to, i.e., your job or health requires it? Personally, I think I'd train no matter what.