Martial arts

[Dream Sphere]

I also agree with how martial arts training could cause some overconfidence in a person where they'll be like "don't worry I'll take care of this..." and end up with much worse results and harm being done in the resulting conflict, than if they had fled or even submitted

It does, one time i was at work and left really late, i got out at about 24:00 PM and a friend was expecting me at that time to hang out,, we had went to get some food and on the way on our road a homeless man came to me and asked for some food and i gave some of what i had.

And after i did this..and walked away i could hear him scream behind my back, he was attacked by some drug addicts or something..they were in a very bad condition and they were very angry with him as they tried to rip of his food and water...and of course i was so stupid to intervine with ”a fight” and unfortunetly i hit one of them so bad that it fell and he didn t rise up...blood was spreading on the floor and i got so scared, but also that gang that ran away after that....what shocked me is that at that point i was thinking that i may have killed him...instead of just sharing some food...of course he managed to get up and walk....and even to this day i feel so sorry that i approached in a non-peacefull way..since i could end that conflict since i had food, and still i had plenty...from that time i changed myself a lot and seek to use non-violent ways if there are such issues.

And i did not had problems ever since...but if there is something i do not stand..is that here people watch and do nothing if they see violence, as such if it is something normal in a society...i really hate that.

indifference makes people a part from the problem i guess.

Thank you Dream Sphere for encouraging me to make this thread, i am thankfull that i did not disturbed, yet encourage as well conversation and exchange of information.

Yeah, I now see (something which I had in mind but didn't write) since reading your post of a place where I could clarify something, that when there is a conflict, besides the options of flee, fight, or "submit" (if it may reasonably result in the least harm, between the options,) that as another option for if you can find another way to resolve the conflict, (like giving them your food in that situation, if that would have likely worked, though that seems a bit like submitting in a sense, and would cause some minor harm towards you as a little sacrifice, but it may be for the greater good) then that may be the better thing to do then than any of the other apparent options. I guess rather than saying "submitting" as being an option, I would rather now say in a general sense to just look for some other practical solution rather than fleeing/being indifferent, or fighting. Though that may include submitting in some ways sometimes.

[Unknownfromheaven]

There is a fine line between Impulse and reason, and i lost my battle than because i lost all reason in my desire to fight back of that of what seemed to me as unjust, though these were victims as well.

So if i cannot turn back time, at least i can learn from it.

[Jebus]

Which styles of martial arts do you think are the best?

Out of the traditional styles, wrestling seems to be somewhat effective for people who don't continue on to become experts. The moves are straight forward and easy to remember even for someone who is a bit out of shape and who hasn't practised in many years. Thai-boxing is by far the most effective of the striking arts but it does require the practitioner to be fairly well trained. From the grappling arts, jiu-jitsu (particularly Brazilian jiu-jitsu) is the most effective but I think one needs to put in many hours before it becomes effective.

If I were a young man today, I would either start training overall mixed martial arts from the start or I would simultaneously learn Thai-boxing and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu