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This follow up video just makes him look worse than before
This follow up video just makes him look worse than before
I'm sure he has nice techniques but he just seems more theory based, at least to meHe isn't wrong about the prison part. lol
Terry Thompson just got 25 years.
What about him or his teaching do you not find to your liking?
I'm sure he has nice techniques but he just seems more theory based, at least to me
You can not adequately prepare for a "self defense" scenario as you would a sporting contest.
BJJ, boxing, mma, karate, wrestling etc you can conceptualize what your match will encompass. There is data to assist you.
Self defense has sporadic data meaning it comes in so many different scenarios. There are not a set of rules, techniques, weight classes, number of participants, etc.
Also take into account self defense is different for different people with a greater range of possibilities.
Training for a sport has a much more narrow focus.
The guy choking him was still doing a shit choke thoughYou can not adequately prepare for a "self defense" scenario as you would a sporting contest.
BJJ, boxing, mma, karate, wrestling etc you can conceptualize what your match will encompass. There is data to assist you.
Self defense has sporadic data meaning it comes in so many different scenarios. There are not a set of rules, techniques, weight classes, number of participants, etc.
Also take into account self defense is different for different people with a greater range of possibilities.
Training for a sport has a much more narrow focus.
I'm sure he has nice techniques but he just seems more theory based, at least to me
And yet, there is a high correlation between what is helpful in a sporting contest, and what would be helpful in self defense, isn't there?
Assuming this statement to be correct for the sake of argument, we're all playing with the same data. Wouldn't this mean any speculation on self-defense, whether from a "sport participant" or a "street master" is equally pointless and useless?
I'm not sure what this means, if anything.
In so far as training to fight humans only has a more narrow focus than fighting dragons, yes, realism has a more narrow focus than fantasy.
The guy choking him was still doing a shit choke though
I'm not going to give you a detailed breakdown because you seem triggered like many on Sherdog.
Personal example of self defense: I trained and competed sport. H.S. wrestling, boxed under a USA Boxing sanctioned gym, also spent some time in a combat setting. I am in good shape and am often a subject for lab tests for the local university's ex phys dept.
I had a situation with one guy. Went unresolved. Next time I saw him, he had 5 or so guys with him. I was surrounded. Sport training meant nill in that self defense setting. More variables to consider.
Well that's a real easy stance to take, aint it.
And how would anything Master Wong has shown helped you in that regard?
You can not adequately prepare for a "self defense" scenario as you would a sporting contest.
BJJ, boxing, mma, karate, wrestling etc you can conceptualize what your match will encompass. There is data to assist you.
Self defense has sporadic data meaning it comes in so many different scenarios. There are not a set of rules, techniques, weight classes, number of participants, etc.
Also take into account self defense is different for different people with a greater range of possibilities.
Training for a sport has a much more narrow focus.
As far as M Wong is concerned, he hasn't helped me personally, however, self defense has a ton to do with mindset. I spoke of how Terry Thompson applied a choke outside of Denny's, thought he was acting in self defense, and he just got 25 years.
I had a situation with one guy. Went unresolved. Next time I saw him, he had 5 or so guys with him. I was surrounded. Sport training meant nill in that self defense setting. More variables to consider.
The things you can train for SD is somewhat the same when training to shoot a gun: being able to hit the target and making sure the weapon damages the target. Other factors involved are much more variable.
Sorry, but Thompson's case is not SD, even if it started from one. You do not shoot a downed and unarmed man, even though he was armed a few moments ago. In the same vein, you do not clamp on the choke when you got a numerical advantage in restraining a person (Chauna Thompson was there and helping).
The most important definition of self-defense is the one the local laws refer to. As long as everyone adheres to this standard (and should be: it's the law) it won't take 'forever' to talk about it.