The last statement isn’t true at all. Here is why. Many people who take martial arts are the street fighter types. Because so, how could they become less fighters due to self defense training? Of course they couldn’t or wouldn’t. Secondly, flying through the air isn’t what martial arts schools teach for basic self defense. Those who can really “fly through the air” are typicaly very advanced, and would wipe the street with the average bar fighter who usualyy only has a good knockout punch, or is a big strong guy, or is a ruthless guy. The average tough guy can’t even block a good jab-cross-hook combination, much less fight a trained martial artist. BTW, this is an Aikido board, and harming somebody is the exact opposite of what Aikido teaches.

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