Disparaging Remarks Unintended

In my posts it may be perceived that I am making a statement that one thing is better for fighting and self-defense. I am simply showing a preference. In my inexperienced opinion, an academic understanding if you will, all things are good for sport and martial applications. The critical factor is not what you do physically. It is rather what you have mentally and what you do mentally - mental attitude is everything.

Mind-set at the get go is critical. Knowing what to look for and knowing what to do and then doing it is part of the mind-set. You can practice and train in all the real-world-context reality stuff but if the mind-set is not trained, if you don't give yourself permissions and if you cannot make it work mentally in the heat of battle - your going to receive damage.

In my entire martial lifetime, Marine lifetime and Sensei lifetime the one constant through out it all is the mind-set intention of the practice, training, and application of martial arts, fighting, self-protective defense.

So, it it appears literally or by supposition that I am saying what you may be doing is wrong or incorrect or impractical for defense - ignore that part. That part is to make a point about another part. As I say, all bottles are good, they all serve a purpose and that is truth as long as the proper mind-set-intent is applicable and sufficient to get the job done. It is very interesting to know that it is always the physical that comes first, it is always the physical that gets the attentions for training and the mind/mental training is always either left out completely or assumed. Interesting that the more important is pushed to the rear of the bus, by the monkey driver.