Sh*t you're liberal about/Sh*t you're conservative about

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[J.K. Gregg]

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[Indy]

@JKG

EXACTLY! Exactly exactly exactly! This is what I'm saying! The terms don't apply, and too often those who are using them don't realize they're not even what they claim to be.

I should explain what I meant by JKD for those of you non-martial artists out there. Up until this man came along (say, pre-70s), if you did martial arts you practiced a "style": Kung Fu. Karate. Boxing. Judo. Nin-jutsu, whatever. All claimed to be the one all-encompassing combat system that you would ever need to handle any attacker. Become a black belt in Karate and you're good to go! It's the "ultimate" style! (Irony of that term comes in... 3... 2... 1...)

For concrete evidence of how this totally did NOT work, I refer you to the original... UFCs. Ooof. There you'd see karate guy get slaughtered by boxing guy, boxing guy get creamed by wrestling guy, kung fu guy get knocked out by muy thai guy. Royce Gracie beat everybody because nobody knew what BJJ was--and that was the point, the whole thing was essentially rigged as an advert for BJJ. It worked.

Funny thing is, back in the 60s some guy figured out that there IS no one style that fits for everybody/wins every fight, you should pick and choose from each style what WORKS, and that can be different things to different people depending on their skills/body type, etc. That guy was Bruce Lee. And the system (of literally having no system) was called Jeet Kune Do, or JKD.

It is now what is called "Mixed Martial Arts" or MMA, and what you see when you turn on the UFC now. You can't just be a boxer or a wrestler or a kicker--you have to create a hybrid of styles because THAT gives you the best chance for success against any opponent--as they have also trained the same way. Unless you're pinning your hopes on luck. Sure, your speciality may be BJJ or striking or wrestling, but it's not your entire style.

So why oh why when it comes to national issues do I need to herded into taking one of... two positions? Who said it benefits us all to only learn two "styles" and approach every problem with just those two options?

It reminds me of the old LOL line from the Blues Brothers movie: "We got both kinds of music here: country AND western!"

[The Comrade]

[Precocity]

[J.K. Gregg]

[J.K. Gregg]

And for all of you who that it wasn't possible, read it and weap.

[Precocity]

Based on political parties? Won't happen because both parties like keeping it down to a 2 way fight. You are either for us or against us train of thought. Multiple parties will cloud that because they like lines drawn in the sand.

[J.K. Gregg]