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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Synicism" data-source="post: 380922" data-attributes="member: 489">This is a point I always try to keep in mind. If you know how to read someone and observe a situation, you will know when you can run and when you have to stand your ground.One thing I've discovered about TKD is that I wouldn't want to use it to someone I didn't plan to send to the hospital or mess up for life. It's all in the application of the technique to the situation.Everyone knows that if you go to kick someone in the head, you're probably going to get yourself hurt unless they are already reeling, at which point you should just run and not worry about finishing them off, which will land you in jail. But if you aim that same kick to the kneecap, the groin, or any of a number of soft, squishy, and rarely defended spots, you can really hurt someone.If someone is quick, and you go to try a locking technique against him, he may well be able to read you and pound you as you try and close. But if you kick him in the knee or punch him in the nose or throat first, well, you have your pick of things to do. My favorite is simply to shove him really hard and book it (which does look funny, yes, but it's damn effective. I want to protect myself, not maul other people).At their core, any martial technique is a weapon. There's no such thing as an "ineffective" move. If a move was ineffective, it wouldn't have been invented. It is a matter of how and where you apply the move to achieve the effect that you want, whether it's to deal with a real attacker or to score in a competition situation. Translating from one paradigm to another can be difficult (I am having one hell of a time adapting to olympic point sparring from a more traditional system), but I'm learning to apply the moves I know in a different way.I am glad that there are so many of us here who are into the arts, and who have found one that suits them. That is really cool. All of us have things we can learn from each other, and it's great that so many of us have had an open mind about these things.</blockquote>

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