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Don J. Modesto wrote:
Conveniently, no one has operationalized self-defense--what do we mean when we say it?
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Empirical evidence suggests that the best self-defense is avoidance, of which confidence plays no small part. So if TaeBo or Forzan or Knitting-Needle-jutsu impart confidence, might they not be doing as good a job in teaching self-defense as other more traditional pursuits?
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Absolutely true -- which helpfully points out why aikido and other koryu arts are NOT, REPEAT NOT, self-defense. Martial arts are about entering into conflict, not starting it unnecessarily, but not avoiding it either. The child of Mars approaches life and death with the same attitude.
Playing at anything is fun, too, but cap guns and cops and robbers games are not small arms training either. People are disserved to confuse them in this way
Cordially,
Erick Mead