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