I was reading some of his stuff on and off while at work. While I find myself agreeing with most of what he says, I get two different messages from him.
He implys that martial art training is different from self-defense training. He writes that self-defense training involves people skills, knowing the law, and other non-physical things. So if a martial art were to include all these things (I believe most "traditional" arts teach very good people skills), would it then also become self-defense training?
In some of his other articles, I am a little fuzzy on this, he was replying to questions like, "Which martial art is best for seld-defense?". He goes on to say that it depends on the instructor. While I agree with that, it seems to me he is almost disagreeing with himself when he says that martial art training teaches something other than self-defense. Perhaps he meant the physical part in self-defense, but I don't see how a martial art can not adequtely train someone in that aspect.
I am totally misunderstanding what he says? Am I making sense?
