FLESH,BLOOD & BONES-PART II

We might also term this topic as Blood,Guts, and Bones, as I mentioned elsewhere, and some more 'observations' and comments are in order,none of which will appeal to most martial artists or to others,for obvious reasons. This discussion is limited to consideration of one-on-one defenses and attackes, unarmed, and possible approaches....of which everyone is entitled to their own specific opinion... If you are attacking an opponent,or an assailant/attacker, as an act of self-defense or in actual combat to kill someone(but without weapons) you modes of attack will be limited to certain things and conditions, a great number of factors and situations, no doubt.... If you only attack or strike or hit flesh you will soon see that some difficulties will present themselves. If you attempt to hit and demolish or injure bone(s) other things will arise, and attacking blood(veins, arteries, heart,etc.) will also present some factors so that the conclusion might well be that to merely strike just one component will not always be sufficient and certainly not lead to an easy death or destruction.....So, what is next? It seems logical to assume that an attack involving at least two of these components has a better chance of succeeding and furthermore an attack on all three will be the most successful if the goal is to kill or subdue or injure,etc. The next step will be, if it can be called a step, is to select or utilize effective methods, techniques, blows, kicks,etc. that will involve all three components of blood,bones, flesh as possible and as quickly as can be done..... There are two basic approaches to this and they are well-known and have advocates and partisans and experts,etc. but can be described as THE HARD SCHOOL and THE SOFT SCHOOL.......and the methods they use form the basis of many, if not most, martial arts systems, styles,etc. found in the world today, that is, those that are more deadly and dangerous and therefore, can kill people...... The training in these two methods or approaches varies considerably the more one investigates the killing arts. Of the the two approaches, the Hard School is the more popular and the more followed while the Soft School or approach is more complex and 'flowery' and proceeds along a different line usually....and then there are those who attempt to blend both and come up with various hybrids.....none of these I shall name or discuss beyond the general descriptions I will make use of here in this discussion as most everyone can supply their own examples and favorites...... In the next part, I will try to examine these things but for now it will be sufficient to 'digest' what has been placed here under this topic and the preceeding one on the same subject....