Cracked says Average Martial students Sucks

[RurikGreenwulf]

Well another Cracked screw up you may say
But there is quite a lot of true in it, how many Krotty Mcdojos and TKD fun time praticioners are ? vs the alive and hard sparring arts?


"Take up a martial art. Don't have any fantasies about utility. Experts can defend themselves, but the average martial arts student couldn't defend himself against harsh language
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http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-tips-n...up-college_p2/

[Vince Tortelli]

Well another Cracked screw up you may say
But there is quite a lot of true in it, how many Krotty Mcdojos and TKD fun time praticioners are ? vs the alive and hard sparring arts?

And? We have an entire forum called "Your martial art sucks", and BJJ, Sambo, Muay Thai, etc. are a drop in an ocean compared to Ninjitsu, kung fu, wing chun, reality based self defense, Keysi Fighting method, and so forth.
Nothing to see here, citizens. Move along.

[BJMills]

Cracked is right. Unfortunately.

[W. Rabbit]

Cracked is still not funny.

[battlefields]

I am not an average student, so there's that.

[Like Water]

Well another Cracked screw up you may say
But there is quite a lot of true in it, how many Krotty Mcdojos and TKD fun time praticioners are ? vs the alive and hard sparring arts?

The article is about things you should do while in college, not MAs.
There's a lot of specifics missing for us to make any judgements on the accuracy of his observations.

Meaning that if you do a couple years worth of training maybe twice a week so that it doesn't interfere with your load of schoolwork - well then it doesn't really matter if you choose an alive art or bullshido, you shouldn't "have any fantasies about utility". MA as just a hobby = fun exercise and not much more.

[PointyShinyBurn]

Even if you can reliably win streetfights the utility is highly questionable on a cost/benefit basis.

[thrutch]

Even if you can reliably win streetfights the utility is highly questionable on a cost/benefit basis.

Unless you're taking your calsses at college/Uni, where they tend to be pretty cheap.

Thrutch Jnr's college does free kickboxing classes, and a lot of classes at uni clock in at much less than the cost of a pint. You might not come out of them ready to step into the cage, but if you're getting a decent workout a couple of times a week for not much money then there's value in it. Plus there might be chicks there.

[Fuzzy]

When the clubs at my university demonstrated, karate were kicking their way across a hall, Shaolin were calling out the summoning of Captain Planet en masse, BJJ were using real-life 40-hit combos and the Aikidoka were practicing how to fall over without hurting themselves. The choice was obvious. And while I still have the street-combat ability of a curbside sofa, unlike most martial arts students, I got real use out of my skill on nights out.

I think he's admitting to being an Aikidoka.

[erezb]

I kind of agree with that, i mean taking TKD, or what have you twice a week for a year or two won't make you a good street fighter, and you better be realistic about your abilities.