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i have to wonder how many instructors have actually been in fights before.
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Good point.
Given most instructors who “preach the teach” at you also display a noticeably bad case of “belt bulge,” you have to wonder just how poor their level of basic physical fitness and agility is.
Gunfight, fist fight?
Some of these alleged been-there/done-that guys are fighting just to pull their pants on in the mornings.
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I used to box, i also grew up in a bad neighborhood so a fist fight was pretty common. once my family moved us out to AZ from chicago i was truly shocked at how big a deal it was to punch someone in the face. i see alot of internet tough guys boasting about all their gear but i have to wonder how much real life true experience do they have?
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Some may well have a similar background, but it might as well have been 100-years ago because they let their fitness level slide.
It’s one thing to
attain a high level skill-set in the marital arts or in gunfighting that’s equivalent to, say, a “black belt” level, but it’s another thing to
retain that skill-level over time. So what Eviltravis said in the first part of his post above about fitness is correct.
That requires maintaining basic physical conditioning (fitness) and, separately, a regimen of regular training in executing the core skills - whether it’s in the dojo or on the range - and especially with a defensive firearm such training has to involve a lot of non-static/non-stationary drills that reasonable mimic what a gunfight might look like on the street or inside a structure.