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Why Do They Work?

Why are diet books always best sellers? Because all diets work! Try any diet and it will work, at least for a few weeks. Why? First, anything you do to reduce calories will work. Second, starting a diet requires you to be aware of and watch what you eat. This in itself will cause you to loose weight. However, if you did this every day, you would lose weight without a "diet." This concept also applies to the martial arts.

First, all martial arts "work." When it applies to self-defense, practically any type of martial art training is better than none at all. Second, being aware of self-defense and practicing a martial art will make you feel more confident than you would with no training. When you train in a martial art, become more proficient at it, and are around it all the time, you tend to believe your martial art is the best. The best tool to use to drive a nail is a hammer; however, with enough practice, you can drive a nail with practically any hard object.

How Well Does It Float?

Sometimes a martial art may appear effective and may initially float when thrown into the water, but it may have so many holes that it gradually sinks. Sometimes a martial art's techniques appear effective, especially when used during training classes and demonstrations, but when they are tested in the water of an actual attack, the holes in the techniques allow attacks to penetrate and the martial art sinks.

Sometimes, when a martial art is thrown into the water, it will plunge beneath the surface, but, if it is a true floater, it will quickly rise to the surface and float. For example, an aggressive attacker or multiple attackers may seem at first to be overwhelming, but effective evasion, blocks, and counterattacks will bring a good martial art back to the surface.

Do not be fooled by the shiny new speedboat sitting in the dealer’s showroom. It may have a lot of gadgets and features, but if it has holes in its hull, it will be useless when put into the water.

If you enjoy training in your martial art, then keep training, but do not be fooled by the hype of the martial art. Look at what is happening in the ring and in the real world and then use your reason, logic, and common sense to evaluate the effectiveness of your martial art and to see if it floats.

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