People either don't realize the difference between Martial Arts and Real Self Defense or the don't want to admit that someone can be right about this topic.
Though in movies it may seem to look all the same, there is a quite big difference between these ways of fighting.
According to some sources, there should be three basic categories. Traditional-Cultural Arts, Sport Martial Arts and Real Self Defense.
To think that one is better than other would be wrong. Each has it's own added value for the one practising it and it should be in general knowledge of people to know what the hell they are training in reality.
Traditional-Cultural Martial Arts
As the title says, Cultural Arts are connected with each different nation and it's culture. Like Karate for Japan-Okinawa. That is a way of fighting that was developed not only as a fighting art, but also as a lifestyle. People did not train Karate, but they lived Karate.
It went through a lot of different changes and is literally deformed in many diverse types of martial art. Experts say "If you want to train real Karate, you have to go to Okinawa." And the same goes for other Cultural Martial Arts.
Some people say that in later ages people trained these martial arts and used it for regular field fighting. But that was long time ago. Far from now. And as mentioned before, people not just trained it but also took the martial art as a style of life.
Sport Martial Arts
In this category should belong all the martial arts you can see on TV. Kick Box, Box, Olympic Judo, Olympic Karate and so on. These are the ones based on dueling others. That means that real fights are occurring in it!s repertoire. What makes them different from the last category is that there are people and rules putting the hole thing under some kind of control.
You can see judges taking care of fair play of the fight. There is some kind of prepared fighting environment like a ring or tatami or alike. Rules that competing fighters must obey. You won't find anything like that on the street.
That is why we have the last category.
The Real Self Defense Systems
Here belongs all the nasty, fatal and super effective technique systems of field fight. Krav Maga, Musado, Savate and others. Nothing is forgiven, no nice looking techniques. Everything is aimed on the real fight itself. Techniques made for real life kill or be killed fights on the street or other places where the fighting is not bound to any rules.
Considered the most effective ones, used and modified by many international and national special forces.
Some people disagree with recognising these three types of way of fight specifications.. fighting against the idea that martial arts are not considered effective in a real - fight for your life - situations. Martial arts and self defense experts yet agree with this fragmentation and people who want to learn how to fight properly should result from it.
I hope you understand a little bit by now.
And that is far from what you can actually know about street fight and real self defense. There is much more you can learn.
You can find me on http://www.askthestreetfighter.com and I will teach you more about street fight and self defense.
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