Is martial arts really that useful?

Tekkip20@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 124 points –

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

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definitely don't run towards them if they have a knife though. although I wouldnt know what to do against a knife wielding attacker if I couldnt run away in general

The old addage is "nobody wins a knife fight". Only solution is to disarm them and you are 99% going to get cut. Just gotta believe you won't get cut bad enough to stop you from stopping them

The old addage is "nobody wins a knife fight"

One guy loses on the pavement, the other guy loses in the ambulance