Dave Liepmann

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May 21	comment	Martial Arts Vs Self-Defense Even if it gets closed, you'll still be able to edit the question. Closing only prevents new answers.
May 21	comment	Martial Arts Vs Self-Defense I think this question needs a little work before it's specific enough.
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May 20	comment	How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? Your second paragraph is strange: my instructors in both sport and non-sport martial arts have talked copiously about how to apply "cheating" techniques, emotional states before and during a fight, and using techniques to outsmart someone (e.g. with weapons of opportunity) in a self-defense scenario.
May 20	comment	Is “choondu marmam” in Kalari Payattu real? @stslavik I tried to say that with "If choondu marmam is taken out of its mystical context, we could defend it by saying that some people do intimidate their opponents. That's not objectionable, and is quite easily proved. Intimidation is a merely social skill." Do you see a way to improve my phrasing?
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May 20	comment	How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? @Lex I think the fascination many martial artists have with life-or-death situations is twisted and sad. If you want to learn to kill people, or experience life-or-death situations, join the military or get involved in a drug war. I think it's much more healthy to just wrestle or box (taken broadly, encompassing BJJ/judo/kickboxing/etc), thereby developing hand-to-hand fighting skills without the obsession with life-or-death scenarios.
May 20	answered	Is “choondu marmam” in Kalari Payattu real?
May 20	comment	How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? @THelper We decided in meta that such questions would only be off-topic if they were low quality. I think that this question uses "champion versus physical specimen" as a concrete example of a broader philosophical question and is therefore both on-topic and constructive.
May 20	comment	How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? @Lex My opening and closing paragraphs made reference to such issues. On the psychological side, martial arts do not (and should not) prepare an individual for murder and so on, but combat sports do prepare the trainee for the adrenaline dump of a fight, through competition.
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May 19	revised	How easy or hard is it for a combat sport champion to defeat a much stronger man? video examples! for proof and justice
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