Poll: Do you know self defense?

[Kermi]

It's a pretty simple question.
I used to do Tae-Kwon-Do. I was a red-belt two-stripe.

Red belt two stripe? What does that mean?
When I did tae kwon do, I reached blue belt. I'd happily go back and finish the training.
But what do you mean 'two stripe'? Like, red belt with a black stripe? We always called that 'black tag'.

At my old tae kwon do school we'd tag up to the next colour, but before you could go to bo dan (juniour black-belt), which was a half red, half black coloured belt, you had to have three black stripes.

But pretty much every TKD school I've checked out has their own system, along with their own methods and timeframes for advancement. I've seen McDojo schools that promise a black belt in 1 year. Then there's the ones that are actually linked back to schools in Korea where to get your 3rd dan black belt (the qualification required to run your own school) you have to go to Korea and do your grading in front of a grand master.

So the colour of your belt is in a lot of cases little more than a mark of time served. People seldom fail their gradings at the coloured belt levels, I don't think they're particularly strict on you until you're going to bo dan - unless you fail spectacularly.

Uhh...I tried taking a Karate lesson once when I was about seven. I didn't like it and was only there for about two minutes.

I could ask my dad, he's a prison officer and while that doesn't sound very dangerous he's trained to deal with riots and unruly prisoners.

Doesn't sound dangerous? Anyone who thinks prison officer doesn't sound like a dangerous job needs their head checked. Prison officers can get completely fucked up out of nowhere if they aren't on the alert at all times, plus there's the risk of prisoners holding a grudge if/when they ever get out.

 

[spartan1077]

Used to get bullied a lot (still do but now I'm passive...) and I joined a martial arts class. I got to black belt then quit. Now I never do anything violent :/ I think if someone attacked me I would let it happen. I know self-defense but I don't think I'd use it. Unless it was life or death.

 

[thethain]

I'm can handle myself.

Except on an English paper.

 

[Thebiggestpanda]

A shot to the knee-cap does a rather unsurprisingly good job of discouraging aggression. Hence why I always carry my 226, only got to use it twice on human targets though.

Edit: They were both against armed robbers, both court cases decided in my favor. Duty to retreat my ass, retreat in a fucking body bag more like it.

You sound like you regret only being able to have shot two people?

Your awfully fast to judge others based on how little you know about that poster or the situations described.

And I can find his Biography where?

From reading what he said and particularly the way he said it, I was inclined to form the opinion that he "regrets only being able to have shot two people".

But you are right, judgements should only be made when all possible imformation is present. I'll make sure that I spend days researching every different point of view before I even consider forming my own opinion on a matter.

I applaud him. I personally would love to live in a world where it was perfectly fine to freely shoot some stupid S.O.B. for having the balls to try and mug me. Alas, I have to wait another year before I'm old enough for the conceal and carry license and by then I will be in airborn school hopefully. Not gonna go breaking any laws or anything, I'm just saying I would like the opportunity.

 

[Serenegoose]

If I can't run away, I'm probably doomed. This would likely be true even if I did know a martial art, however, as it's unlikely I'd be attacked by a single person, and there's no way I could beat up four people at once under basically any circumstances besides the outside chance that I get Major Kusanagi strength cyberbody.

 

[park92]

The best defense is a good offense.

Plus a shotgun.
TO THE FACE!!!!

Seriously though, I used to do karate, but I got impatient and stupidly quit. Course, my house packs more guns than an army base, so I don't really have to worry. Unless I go outside...

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Meh, I've got the Escapist.

i thought it was the other way around

 

[Eldarion]

I'm can handle myself.

Except on an English paper.

Its was a typo, you grammar Nazis are annoying.

 

[Sacman]

Only what I've learn from Street fighter...

Down, Diagonal, Back + Punch= Hadoken!!!

Its actually down diagonal forward + punch

I guess that's why it never works for me...

 

[darth gditch]

Black belt in Kempo.

But that was two years ago. I'm rusty now. .

 

[Peteron]

I do not need to know martial arts, because no living being or soul can defeat me.

 

[Sartan0]

I took a self defense class. I am no expert but I know what to do in most cases.

 

[Eldarion]

A shot to the knee-cap does a rather unsurprisingly good job of discouraging aggression. Hence why I always carry my 226, only got to use it twice on human targets though.

Edit: They were both against armed robbers, both court cases decided in my favor. Duty to retreat my ass, retreat in a fucking body bag more like it.

You sound like you regret only being able to have shot two people?

Your awfully fast to judge others based on how little you know about that poster or the situations described.

And I can find his Biography where?

From reading what he said and particularly the way he said it, I was inclined to form the opinion that he "regrets only being able to have shot two people".

But you are right, judgements should only be made when all possible imformation is present. I'll make sure that I spend days researching every different point of view before I even consider forming my own opinion on a matter.

If you don't understand why judging someone as a psycho based on a few vague lines of text is a bad thing, I guess I can't help you.

Forming an opinion based on info present is different from assuming things you don't know with inadequate information with witch to do so. Just an example, based on this conversation I could assume that your an overly judgmental prick, but common sense dictates I don't really know that do I?

Its not a question of not being allowed to have an opinion, its a matter of reasonable discussion.

 

[The Brocken]

Muay Thai and a bit of Savate.

 

[MagicMouse]

You know that scene in Indiana Jones were the guy with the sword does some fancy moves, and then he gets shot?

I'm proficient in whatever that is called.

 

[Warachia]

It's a pretty simple question.
I used to do Tae-Kwon-Do. I was a red-belt two-stripe.

Red belt two stripe? What does that mean?
When I did tae kwon do, I reached blue belt. I'd happily go back and finish the training.
But what do you mean 'two stripe'? Like, red belt with a black stripe? We always called that 'black tag'.

There are different versions of TaeKwon-Do, the GTF (Global TaeKwon-Do Federation), a sort of branched off school from after General Choi died, WTF (World TaeKwon-Do Federation), the original version created by General Choi, and ITF (International TaeKwon-Do Federation), created by General Choi after WTF because he did not want the government running everything.

As far as I know, WTF and GTF students have to earn their stripes seperately whereas ITF students consider it a step between belts. Feel free to correct me If I am wrong.

OT: I am currently a black belt, first degree in ITF.

 

[kikon9]

I know how to rip out somebody's eye in a few seconds. Does that count?

 

[Sacman]

Throat, balls, eyes, shins. Punch or kick any of these, they go down.

yeah you go for the eyes and the balls at the same time your bound to hit something...

 

[smeghead25]

Apart from the Squirrel Kick?

Nope.

 

[dfphetteplace]

I don't know any official martial arts, but I use defense tactics at work all the time. I'm a fire medic, and sometimes we get the craziest people in the ambulance that either don't want our help or want to kill us for whatever reason (best one was when we had some Glenn Beck worshiper who thought we were part of a massive conspiracy to rule the world that didn't make a damned bit of sense). And being a medic, you know the body pretty well and know how to subdue someone fairly easily without hurting them in the long run. I will note that if I don't need to and can get out of the scene, I will. I'm not going to attack someone.