Chris Parker
Grandmaster
Looks like we started out on the wrong foot (from my thread) but you are right in saying that I am inventing possible scenarios since the topic is entitled, "This guy would kick 90% of BlackBelts ***".
No, Sherman, we didn't start out "on the wrong foot"… you have posted some very flawed videos, and honestly, I was being incredibly gentle with you (as that was your intro thread)… although I did suggest that you should be posting them in other areas, such as this forum, if you wanted actual feedback. But here's the thing… my thinking that your videos, your post here, and your explanations are all incredibly lacking isn't us starting on the "wrong foot"… it's that you're getting honest appraisal. I, and others here, are under no obligation to like what you're presenting… nor are we required to agree with it… and we're certainly not, in any way, needed to encourage that you continue to present such dangerous advice as legitimate, safe, or even good.
When it comes to you inventing possible scenarios based purely on the topic title, it might help if you actually consider the discussion that, at that point, had been going for some 11 pages before you… the thread is about the person in the OP video, yeah… but it's a particular scenario presented… and that's what the discussion has been about.
The assumption I am making is how you are going to handle a person like this with his two friends who is out to hurt you. I am not taking the exact scenario in the video.
The problem there is that, well, that's not an assumption, it's a question… but, a little more realistically, it's a question that has no single definitive answer. It's just too vague, and misses all of the information that would inform an actual response from being formulated. Of course, even when we ignore that, the advice and scenario you were describing was thoroughly internally flawed, legally questionable (to say the least), tactically lacking, mechanically ill-advised, contradictory to actual human behaviour and reality, and more.
In other words, even if we just take it as these guys getting a bit aggressive and abusive (but not physical, allowing you to ask them to join you for a drink), then 95% of what you said was just bad advice, not to mention downright dangerous, and illegal.
Anyway, it is clear that you are not interested to discuss nicely (have I once answered you snarkily?) so I am going to refrain from replying to you any further. Thank you.
Believe me, this is me discussing nicely… and this is far from me being "snarky". I haven't called you "son" yet, for instance… close, but not yet… I do have a tendency towards bluntness, but you're presenting yourself as giving this advice as legitimate self defence strategy, and say that you're aiming your videos at non-martial artists… that scenario alone means that I'm going to apply quite a high standard for something to be passable… and what you present doesn't come close. The best result that I can think of here is that you stop, take a step back, and try to take on board what you're being told… before you get someone badly hurt. I'd hate for you to have that on your conscience… and I like the enthusiasm you have. But your knowledge, understanding, and skill level need a lot of development before you're in a position to realistically be giving any advice in this area.
So, even if you don't reply, I hope you read this… and I hope that you see that what I'm doing is with the intention of helping your development… and to help you to eventually be in a place where you can actually provide what you want to.