{"id":3340,"date":"2022-02-09T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2022-02-20T19:40:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:40:15","slug":"real-fights-dont-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/real-fights-dont-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Fights Don&#8217;t Last"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It still amazes me how many of my students regardless of age have never been in a fight before, never been hit in the face.  I guess I grew up in a rougher area and a tougher time, where a wise comment could result in a fat lip.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I understood two sayings that seem to no longer be understood.  <br><br>First, &#8220;<em><strong>Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;.<br><br>The Second was &#8220;<em><strong>If you are going to talk the talk you better be able to walk the walk.<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n<script>\r\n document.write('<hr style=\"width=75%; border-top: 2px solid #000; margin: auto;'>');\r\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The other thing I find interesting is people have a lot of ideas about fighting.  My guess is these ideas mostly come from the Movies where fights can last for a quite long and the individuals can take a ridiculous amount of abuse (and walk away!).  In Reality most fights are over in seconds not minutes.  For example&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Below is a video of two people having an altercation.  I do not know the circumstances or who started it.  But it is clear who finishes it.  See for yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/knock-out.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">One person seems to be emotionally upset and intent on harming the other person.  The other person is fairly calm and understanding this won&#8217;t stop waits for an opening and acts.  Notice that the fight is over in under 5 seconds.  One hit and it&#8217;s done.  While that doesn&#8217;t happen all the time with such precision it does happen with a dazed or stunned person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">From watching this I would say the emotionally upset person probably has never been in a real fight, just lots of bluster with no consequences, hence his lack of understanding that the other person may hit back.  The calmer person obviously has probably been in a real fight and understands the rules.  Either way the results are powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We hope everyone involved was Okay, learned something and walked away a little wiser.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<script>\r\n document.write('<hr style=\"width=75%; border-top: 2px solid #000; margin: auto;'>');\r\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It still amazes me how many of my students regardless of age have never been in a fight before, never been hit in the face. I guess I grew up in a rougher area and a tougher time, where a wise comment could result in a fat lip. 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