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February 28

William E. Fairbairn`s Combatives

Hi

Someone posted a question about the effectiveness of martial arts some weeks ago ("Do Martial Arts Work" or something). This prompted me to look out for some military combatives and I found this thread "https://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121448". In this thread, members claim that the combative system of William E. Fairbairn does not work and is mostly useless. Given my lack of knowledge on the topic and my utter absence of any martial arts training, I was wondering whether the criticisms are genuine or not. Are these people right, do most combatives teach useless stuff and is the system of Fairbairn specifically inefficient? Or are these guys completely wrong on what they are saying? By the way, could you give me some evidence or reference, how I could distinguish between effective, useful combatives and non working ones?

Thank you for your response--2A02:120B:2C02:5DD0:A859:922:DA6E:3CE9 (talk) 17:29, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dude, sorry for the late response. First off: sportsmen are rarely qualified to judge combatives, and they usually don't know shit when it comes to real violence, otherwise they wouldn't teach all this useless stuff at their dojos (including the suicidal knife disarm garbage). Second, their criticisms are more funny than anything else: one of these buffoons seriously asks why the techniques are so simple and why Fairbairn only uses gross motor movements, which is the freaking point! You really don't wanna go through 280 techniques when you are extremely stressed, suffer from tunnel vision and have a pounding heart (never mind the the potential injuries). So no, their criticisms are useless and baseless. Forget it.

You also asked "could you give me some evidence or reference, how I could distinguish between effective, useful combatives and non working ones?". Well, the serious answer is that no set of techniques and no martial art will be really bulletproof: although I have never seen a martial art that is remotely as all-encompassing than the military combatives I have learned back in my service days. One good evidence is, that the combatives are very simple and (like said before) do not rely on complex movements and complicated techniques (ask yourself: have you ever seen someone in reality do any flashy martial arts movements and techniques in real, physical alterations?). If you have a Krava Maga school close to you, that might be the training you are seeking (but be careful, there are many fitness systems that also use the name "Krav Maga" for marketing purposes, while mostly being based on aerobics and gymnastics). I hope that this answers all of your questions.--2A02:120B:2C02:5DD0:8C9F:CCDA:25BE:BF47 (talk) 15:54, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is the Viewer Discretion Advised music on "The Mick"?

If the episode of The Mick (TV series) requires a warning, this music is heard at the start of the episode on Fox Broadcasting Company. I don't know whether you can hear this online. You may have to listen to it on Fox.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:11, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It might not be online, but just in case, can you find any videos online? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:01, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the last available full episode but it just started without any kind of warning, after the commercials. The next episode airs Tuesday at 9:30 Eastern and maybe it'll have the warning and someone who posts here might see it.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:13, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, when I clicked on the link to the Fox web site, there was the most scary photo of Mickey.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:33, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just went there and offhand I didn't see anything scary. Which photo are you referring to? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:49, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It may be just your opinion. Actually, Mickey looks scared.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:35, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But which picture? There's a bunch of them on that page. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:16, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Somehow you're seeing a different picture than I am.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:45, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Let's get back on topic. I have a recording on a TiVo Roamio of a Mick episode that starts with the warning and the music. How might I send the recording to someone? With the promise that we are not trying to violate anyone's copyright, but that the recipient will merely listen to the music at the beginning and delete the recording.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:53, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]