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
Actually, what you call Martial Arts came from what would be called today “Combatives”.
Martial was another way of saying “Military”. We call it “combatives” so nobody confuses what we’re teaching you to do with “Sport” or “competition” Martial arts- where the goal isn’t to kill your opponent in the most efficient means possible.
While there are only so many ways to move the human body, that distinction is rather important. Because you fight like you train.