The biggest lie in the martial arts is that once you get your black belt you will be able to defend yourself.
The idea of subduing armed, determined attackers is has been dangled in front of everyone who ever went in to a martial arts studio.
There are more instances that the martial arts inhibited someone’s ability to fight.
This goes for the majority of all martial arts taught today.
To their credit, the Gracie’s realized what lacked in the majority of martial arts in America and seized the opportunity by creating a venue in which they could excel.
The Gracies called out every commercial style of martial arts and kicked some ass.
So everyone who was interested in getting punched in the face started training and “mixed martial arts” was born.
Now people think mixed martial arts is real street fighting.
Now, if you think mixed martial arts is something new, try picking up a book.
The problem with mixed martial arts is that it’s still a sport.
The person who wastes their time and money training in a traditional style or sport oriented martial art is incapable of fighting their way out of a paper bag.
Here’s a little secret: the VAST MAJORITY of reality self defense “experts” who have claimed to have “traditional martial arts” experience have never spent more than a handful of years studying a few martial arts here and there.
Maybe they were unfortunate enough to spend a great deal of time in a martial art, thinking it was getting them ready for a real fight and when the rubber hit the road, well you know the story.
Or some guys fore go the real training and just make up a false background or fabricate an entire martial art system and mythology behind it.
Now, most people who are quick to talk down traditional styles of martial arts really couldn’t hack it in a real dojo.
So why do people study martial arts? If you want to learn how to fight or you want to cut through the B.S. and want to learn how to stab a man so he dies in less than 10 seconds, I can show you in about 1 minute.
I think Jigoro Kano said it best when he said, “Jujutsu is the art of self protection and judo is the art of self perfection”.
Why is it that in spite of the UFC, Reality Martial Arts do traditional style martial arts and boxing and wresting still exist? Why are they more popular than all of the mixed martial arts and close combat training centers? Simple, because learning how to fight is one dimensional.
When everyone begins that martial arts you have the same thought, I want to learn how to kick someone’s ass or defend yourself.
That’s where reality martial arts and mixed martial arts are stuck.
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