Politics Thai immigrant, 84, Fatally Attacked by a PoS

I briefly had a Tai Kwon Do instructor who taught self defense at West Point. We through a dinner buffet for him after our public demonstration. He was korean and none of us knew anything about Korean food or language at that time. We did our best but it was probably pathetic.

 

I took Tae Kwan Do at Cal. Very effective for street harassment. The assholes who abused women on Berkeley streets started calling me "that karate bitch", hands down my most favorite nickname. Unfortunately the teacher left and the other Tae Kwan Do teacher wouldn't teach women.

 

Aikido is where it's at....100% defense

 

didn't realize we were arguing....ok ..my last word...if you avoid getting hurt in an attack and repel it ...you succeed...it's not about winning...it's about not getting punched out and protecting yourself from harms way....I'm not an expert at all...and I keep a baseball bat handy just in case

 

I can just picture Riverman now confronting a burglar with a baseball bat: "Don't come near me mother fucker, I played semi-pro ball in Taiwan!!!"

I used to want learn aikido for the exact reason you mentioned, but came to learn that aikido has a really bad reputation in the martial arts world. I saw a video of an Aikido instructor sparring against an MMA fighter and his aikido was not easily applicable to fighting in a non controlled environment. The aikido instructor later quit aikido and began training in MMA.

 

Bring back the Rooftop Koreans

 

I beat an entire street gang performing Koryo.

 

Is that why they teach it at West Point?

 

Probably a wee bit more than a wee bit.

 

no it's not....unless hollywood is your measure of the art....you may not hold Aikido in high regard but that's sort of like saying you don't hold Tai Chi in high regard....and it's far from nonsense. It's fine that you enjoy contact fighting...that's not what Aikido provides....apples and oranges. You're the first martial artist I've heard speak condescendingly about it. Not sure if you know @speeds here but he posts about MMA and boxing on his forum here without many members....you might have a lot in common with him ..for the 84 year old Thai victim in the thread...aikido would have helped protect him from the fall more than punching the punk that attacked him...at 84 your bones can't withstand punching someone but you can sidestep them and guide their fall into the gutter if you are practiced. As to Steven Seagal ...he runs like a little girl and that's probably an offensive comparison to little girls

 

Why don't they put that in the Olympics?
Are you also demeaning Karate?

 

My point is if it's head and shoulders better than what's in the Olympics why is that.

However, I'm tired of this banter. I like you for far too many other of your stands.

 

Aikido has morphed in modern days..like most things it has offshoots ..traditionally it sprung from judo in I think 1920 and had another name in 1937 or so...it was designed to allow religious zen buddhist or taoist monks to not retaliate but disarm or neutralize an attacker without causing harm to anyone......some cool shit. Wrist control is a great defensive technique . I think all peace keepers should learn from it...

 

What is TMA?