[4Freedom]

No argument there. The Dojo and the street are two different things also for that matter.

[MonroeDNA]

In Black Belt magazine, around 15 years ago, a small add apeared in the back.

It issued a challenge: a no-rules fight until the loser gives up or is dead. Winner gets 100k.

The add raised a storm, and martial artists protested. Bad for the industry, etc.

Secretly they were scared.

The challenge was by Gracie Ju-Jitsu, the amazing family from Brazill. It led to The Ultimate Fighting Contest. Where the Gracies won the first few years. UFC 1, 2, 3 available at blockbuster.

Never got beyond green belt in Aikido, Tae Kwan Do, or Gojo-Ru (Okinaowan "hard" Karate). Learned to shoot & carry instead.

Gojo-Ru made us break boards in mid air, with fist. Tough on the knuckles.