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I've been thinking about martial arts and how really it is useful these days since a lot of places will have criminals hiding firearms or in the U.S. some states have conceal carry.

Whilst it contains discipline and it is enjoyable to train in a club for, say Karate, I just think it might not be that useful in places where firearms are commonly held, all it really takes is for someone to take safety off, aim, pew pew and that's it.

I suppose I probably get this thinking from kung fu where it's seen more of an art form then actually being a serious bone breaking form of combat

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

This is a difficult question.

If you're a bouncer, then yeah, mixed martial arts is definitely useful (e..g., something like both muay thai and Brazilian juijitsu). For a typical person that's unlikely to ever need to defend their life, probably not.

As far as which martial art you should take, if you're going to take one... It depends on what you want. If you want a physical activity that doesn't have to be practical, then take up something like kyudo, kenjutsu, or aikido. If you want something that's practical, then look into juijitsu and things based more in grappling. If you seriously worry about getting into a confrontation with someone that's armed, then look up Shiv Works, and see what they have in your area.

A concealed carry permit can be useful, yes, but it's very, very situational, and requires practice. Moreover, ever single bullet you fire outside of a range has to be accounted for.

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago

As a rule of thumb 5 years of martial arts is equal to a knief. If the knief user gets 30 minutes of knief fight training that goes up to 10 years. you can train for years on a kneif. if you expect to be in a weabons free fight martial arts are better than nothing but you should be looking to not be in a fight, or if you must get yourself an advantage. If you worry about a gun fight than guns and training to use them is relatively cheap. Or as others say it isn't hard for most people to not get in a fight.

The media plays up gun violence but it isn't that common. You should worry about cars or cancer not guns.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today -4 points 2 months ago

Carry a knife.

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