There has been some really interesting posts in the martial arts and self defence area of the blogosphere lately and I wanted to mention them here for the readers of Low tech Combat.
Firstly, Mark from
MarksTraining has written an excellent post
comparing self defence and fighting skills and discussing if aptitude in one means you have aptitude in the other automatically, plus more.
And I quote from his post:
You can be the best fighter in the world. You can have the best grappling, the strongest and fastest punches, kicks that can knock anybody out, and a self belief attitude that can never be shaken. Does this mean that you are an expert in self defense? No. Does it mean that you have a basic level of self defense skills? Maybe.
So accurate. Self defence, well at least complete self defence across the
Full Spectrum of Low Tech Combat, involves so much more than just fighting skills.