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Originally Posted by Lyric
If you fight to protect and to not kill, but defend.
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Pretty close to how I see it... I simple word change should align it:
If you fight to protect and not to murder.
If I ever got into a serious fight--gun point robbery, home break in, anything of that nature--I would not hesitate to kill the guy if I thought it all necessary for my own well-being. But I would never use what I've learned to just go up to someone and simply kill them.
I'm not saying that I would quickly jump to lethal force. I'd rather disable the person--severely XD . Break an arm, kick the knee, scratch out an eye, stick a knife into their thigh and pull it down, etc. I DO jump to disabling force (and you can thank my kenpo instructor).
Entering a serious fight without the will to maim or kill your opponent is next to suicidal, unless you're absolutely certain that your opponent doesn't have that will. I learned this talking to a family friend from the USMC about my habit of carrying a knife with me everywhere. I didn't carry a knife again for several weeks until I was certain I'd be willing to use it against someone, lest, as he told me, "they take it away from ya and stick
you with it."
Tournament fights should be approached from a very different mindset. This is where my issue with Tenchu and Hyakushi lies, mostly. I mean, there's serious and there's too serious.