Why are people so stupid on Yahoo Answers Martial Arts?
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I challenge you my friend.... to a mighty THUMB WAR!!!! and i have a few questions...\n\nthe first.. which would win... peanut butter or Jelly?  If they were of equal age and size..\n\nthe second.  Where are some Karate schools in my area.?\n\nThe third.  I am a Chi master, does anyone else believe in it?\n\nthe fourth...  Does anyone know the outcome of the Dana white Ortiz fight?\n\nThe fifth... Does anyone watch UFC and if so Who is the best fighter!\n\nWHAT SAY YEE!
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Michaye they are probably ignorant and scared, it takes all types of people to make the world go round, sinners and saints. you gotta let stupid people be stupid, they eventually will forget how to intake oxygen
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Yeah i think there are a lot of immature people that come here on Yahoo answers but then again there are a lot of mature people like ourselves as well so stupid questions like that will occur from time to time and i usually just ignore them cuz clearly i can see that the person who asked that is young and immature.
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Well like you said they are very immature. Alot of people that comes on this site dont take real life situations seriously. To be honest with you it pisses me off too. I take yahoo answers seriously because there are real people out there that truly seek advice and need help and for those that act like it's a joke yes it is messed up for them to even commment about it if there is no intelligence in thier opinions. But then again what the h*ll can we do. I guess us being the mature ones can only ignore the ignorant and continue doing what we are doing. As long as I feel that I helped someone out before the day is out, I feel pretty damn good. Dont let them stop your urge or fire to be someone to help another individual.-
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cause they are idiots
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some people are idiots.
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People who ask silly questions aren't really interested in this, in how it works and why-- they're just bored people vegging out in front of the computer instead of the TV.  If they're doing this and still bored then it's not something to do for fun or to learn things but a way to kill time-- dead!  They turn into zombies in front of the computers and ask no important questions (to them or anyone else) and give few or no good questions to others' answers, then complain of boredom.  That's because they aren't really thinking or becoming involved in what they're doing, they're just vegging, like I said-- or more like becoming zombified.  By the way, my favorite stupid question was when someone just asked, "Hello......?"
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because pepole are so stupid
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cause they're like, stupid?
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people asking stupid questions?
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Based on the appalling written language skills you have displayed here. I think you are far to stupid to do anything other than fight. I recommend you take boxing lessons as soon as possible. It's that or MacDonald's for you moron.
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Definately some people wanna fight, or try to make others look stupid.  Some just want to discuss, educate, debate, preach, or legitimately learn.
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Because they are stupid
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Because people are dumb and stupid. They are bored and having nothing better to do in their lives then sit online and pick fights with people they don't know. And then they make the rest of us who are trying to find out answers to real questions fustrated and mad:) They are dumb.
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Most people are just stupid I think. That about covers it. They like to assume stuff cuz they like to be upset. But sometimes the questions people ask in that area come really close to being disrespectfull themselves. So it's easy to see how people can get pissed off and say stuff about the asker. Some people aren't smart enough to put their answeres into words that make the asker look like the totall idiot they are, without directly insulting them. So they just insult them instead.  The mere knowledge next to idiocy exposes it for what it is, but not everyone has that.
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It ultimately depends on what martial art you are talking about. As the other guy mentioned, some martial arts have been invented to counter different organizations or different styles at different points in history, which might render these particular styles innefective in todays street situations. \n   The truth is that there are many fake *** artists out there today and this probably makes up for about 75% of "martial artists" today. Some arts are mostly meant for demonstration and if you find yourself trying to apply your demonstration technique in a life or death street situation, you might find yourself dead pretty fast.\n   One of the things a REAL art will provide is incredibly strong concentration and it will help you to keep your cool in a deadly situation. Strong phsycology and negotion skills can give you a serious advantage over your average thug, thus opening the gaps, and letting you get inside to drop a bomb. I dont recommend trying it like they do in the movies and attempting to dodge bullets; you need to be practical. The best way to dodge a bullet is to not even be in the situation in the first place. Be intuitive and you need to develop neurologically and keep your senses sharp as a razor blade. Mental techniques like this help you pick apart certain situations and completely avoid them all together, like a ninja.\n   As far as efficiency goes? You need to use the given situation as your technique. Theres absolutely nothing pre-determined in a fighting situation, regardless of what your phony instructor might tell you. You need to understand the evolution of martial art and that it does involve more weapons than it did during times when the art may have been invented. Shotokan Karate was invented by the Japanese simply because they didnt have any weapons, and they needed to turn their bodies into lethal instruments.\n   Some say that if you are 1 guy that destroys 6 thugs on the street, that you are "lucky". For the average phony martial artist, that might be true. But for a master mind that doesnt even need the title of "master" to begin with, he may have it all calculated from the beginning. \n  Is martial art effective on the street? Its extremely effective, provided that you know a REAL art. The mixed martial artists in the UFC are not necessarily real Martial Artists. Most of them are only interested in destroying others for their own satisfaction. During their game, in the cage, they have the advantage. Obviously they can apply what they know to a real fight. But on the streets, a complete fighter always has the advantage.\n   What is a complete fighter? Think of the evolution of combat without limit. No boundaries. Wouldnt this involve weapons?
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I've got 32 years experience in a southern Chinese style of kung fu - (a five family system of Tsoi-Li-Ho-Fut-Hung ga) and hold a Master's rank.  This is a fighting style, not show or artsy style of kung fu.\n\nAs you said, there are hundreds of Chinese styles and some are mere showiness, with little, if any, actual fighting prowess.  However, there are also many which are devastating fighting arts.  They are brutal, direct, and deadly.  It depends on the style as well as the teacher and the student.  The best fighting art in the world is useless if the teacher can't teach it or the student refuses to do what is necessary to make the art effective -  i.e, train, work correctly, and not namby-pamby about as if the name of the art itself was like some magical talisman which protects against all comers.\n\nI have seen some outstanding Northern Shaolin style fighters! and I do NOT use the term fighter loosely.  These people were world class fighters by anyone's definition, anywhere.  I've also seen some who were so caught up in useless idiocies that all an actual fighter could do was to laugh at their sheer lunacy.\n\nThe sad thing is that many schools, not only Chinese, but Japanese, Korean, Thai, etc., in the country have degenerated into sort of McDojo's - run to get as many people thru as quickly as possible with as little skill as could possibly be imparted.\n\nThere are also some absolutely top FIGHTING schools in almost all of the arts (I'm not one who believes all styles are equally worthwhile - some are simply for show or sport ) but I am one who firmly believes that if someone in a good fighting style doesn't train well, doesn't take it seriously, doesn't fight full out when it's necessary - then that someone will be creamed by someone who's trained in an inferior art, but who took it very seriously.\n\nSo to try to answer you question a bit more directly - I think kung fu (again remembering that we're talking about hundreds of styles when we use this term) can be one of the most effective fighting arts on the planet.  It can also be one of the biggest jokes, depending on which art and which student we're discussing.  \n\nIf you are looking at any particular art for yourself, the best thing to do is to visit the school  Don't make your decision based on one day.  Visit a few times.  See how the people interact with the instructor and with each other.  If they don't even seem like they like each other or are obnoxiously cocky - run, don't walk, to the exit.  Are you required to sign a contract or do they go month to month and want you there because you want to learn?  (Both have their advocates, I'm a definite no-contract kind of guy).  Do they charge you to test? Or is the testing part of what they do because they are supposed to help you learn?  All of these are things you should find out and evaluate for yourself.\n\nIf you want a fighting art for self defense, find out how much time is actually put into that.  How much into form work.  How much into weapons skill.  If you are looking for competition, then find a school which specializes in that - not necessarily stuff that's actually effective on the street - but stuff that wows the judge and the audience.  So, basically, find what you want and go with it.