- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Psyched
Usually they are trained to take blows as well. I think I'll look into that.
They learn how to punch, but when they actually spar, they pull punches, so they don't know what it's like to take a full hit. I've got 3 friends that take martial arts, all 3 are blackbelts, and only one of them would last30 secs in a street fight. The other 2 are blackbelts in taekwando, but they became blackbelts because they have mastered all the moves and know all the information, yet they couldn't bench 150 lbs if they wanted to, and they don't know what it's like to get hit, or what it's like to hit another person.
In boxing, I get hit, so I've learned to take the pain. I've also hit other people, so i know how to hit hard. I don't know what it's like in other countries, but most martial arts in America don't get you in shape for a real fight. Even the Judo which i take wouldn't be extemely useful unless the other person decided to only use legal judo moves, and let me grab hold of him.