| Have you ever heard of "Murphy's Law"?It | | | | in real street-fights. It's never pretty and |
| basically says, "whatever can go wrong | | | | nothing ever goes the way you think.And yet, |
| will."And in a street-fight, this is more | | | | strange as it may sound...this is actually |
| true than anywhere else.In fact, if there's | | | | GOOD news for you.Why?Because Murphy's Law |
| one difference between a martial artist who | | | | applies just as much to the guy (or guys) |
| has never been in a real fight, and a martial | | | | you're fighting as it does to you.Believe me, |
| artist who has been in real fights...it's the | | | | they're going to have the same things go |
| knowledge that anything and everything can | | | | wrong for them. It's not going to be all |
| and will go wrong 99% of the time.In other | | | | peaches and cream for the bad guys, |
| words, you can practice a kick or punch all | | | | either.And that's why, if you know, learn and |
| day long for a year straight. You can have | | | | understand street-fighting -- which is |
| pin point accuracy and know where all the | | | | completely different than tournament arts |
| vital areas are. You can be the "best" in | | | | like tae-kwon-do, for example -- you'll have |
| your martial arts class and have multiple | | | | the immediate ability to adapt and improvise |
| black belts.But in a real fight, where dirt | | | | when things go wrong.But your attackers |
| can be thrown in your eyes, people can pull | | | | probably won't.Which means, when you are good |
| weapons, and even your immediate surroundings | | | | at street-fighting, Murphy's Law almost |
| can get in your way (a patch of ice or snow, | | | | becomes one of your secret weapons. An |
| for example), the chances of you pulling | | | | "ally" that can help you out of a jam, |
| everything off exactly as you do in training | | | | instead of making matters worse. |
| are zero to none.Trust me on this. I've been | | | | |