If your partner had any form of training in martial arts or fighting skills, would you want them to teach you a few things?

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Yes and I would ask them on my own

Yes if they propose it to me

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Answer 1

Therisinghero12

Xper 7

Heck yeah! I love fight sport things and I would love to know what I can improve or if I can hold my own against that kinda thing, sense I just kinda do what feels right in the situation.

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Answer 2

Avicenna | 190 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

Yeah, especially Muy Thai or Krav Maga

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Answer 3

Duckysback

Yoda

I’m always down for learning more. Chances are pretty good I could teach them a few things myself.

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YHL6965

+1 y
Really? What do you practice?
Duckysback

+1 y
I haven’t in a few years. Used to do kickboxing. And a few MCMAP techniques
YHL6965

+1 y
Oh, nice

Answer 4

YHL6965

Really? What do you practice?

Answer 5

Duckysback

I haven’t in a few years. Used to do kickboxing. And a few MCMAP techniques

Answer 6

YHL6965

Oh, nice

Answer 7

mrfoox

Yoda

Yeah, would be both helpful and you know, could potentially turn it a little naughty later 😂

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YHL6965

+1 y
Ohoho, now that's interesting.

Answer 8

YHL6965

Ohoho, now that's interesting.

Answer 9

msss98

Yoda

My boyfriend does a bunch of grappling and he's tought me some basics, but he also said he feels more comfortable with me being smart cause size matters when it comes to fighting and so does having a weapon so knowing something like grappling is better as a push and run kind of thing more than self defense

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Answer 10

jennifer_bloom | 97 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

I don't like to ask for favours but if they volunteered to teach I'd be happy - I used to take karate lessons at school when our university was offering 3 free lessons to all students to promote the paid lesson package you could buy if you wanted to continue the lessons once the 3 free lessons were over - I didn't learn karate for self defence - I just thought it was a fun and interesting pass time so I took the 2 free lessons and then disappeared.

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Answer 11

Prettygurl12

Master

Yes lol

I'm a cop. When I was in the academy and we were doing PT and defensive tactics I would come home and make him let me practice my holds and finger locks on him 😂 He wouldn't let me touch him lmao

Always game to learn more.

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YHL6965

+1 y
As someone who has done some Krav Maga, I would not mind if my partner wanted someone to practice her moves.

Answer 12

YHL6965

As someone who has done some Krav Maga, I would not mind if my partner wanted someone to practice her moves.

Answer 13

Obtuse

Yoda

I'm always down to assimilate some of my SO's interests whether it's martial arts or art history or even cosmetics (not to apply myself, but just to understand the art and terms better -- I like being able to see the world through my partner's eyes in a sense). So I'd likely ask and take lots of interest.

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Obtuse

+1 y
I'm also a kickboxer so we might be able to exchange notes. Ideal to me would be to learn grappling from SO -- it's my ultimate weak point as a pure striker.

Answer 14

Obtuse

I'm also a kickboxer so we might be able to exchange notes. Ideal to me would be to learn grappling from SO -- it's my ultimate weak point as a pure striker.

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alice55 | 72 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

Not particularly if he wanted to train me I would let him do but I wouldn't ask for him to train him. I wouldn't want to be a bother to him.
I'm not skilled in fighting and don't particularly enjoy it (i just used it as a defense things, as a child I used to mainly used it as attack which lead me to trouble).
Only stuff I know how to do is throw a good kick, some keys and using someone strength against them (using their strength to make them fall on the ground).

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Answer 16

Levin | 78 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

I'm a martial artist. And I won't be teaching my partner any stupid krav maga 'gun disarmaments'. I'd love to teach a girl though, if she's interested.

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Snakeyes7

Guru

Hell yes. My parents tried to put me in a martial arts class but I didn’t learn a damn thing thanks to my auditory processing disorder. That was in first grade and I was never allowed to return because they think I will fail despite having enough therapy to function normally.

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Answer 18

Inexpensivefurniture

Yoda

Oh definitely. I don't have the money to take classes or I would have started some form of self-defense classes a while ago. I'm a really small dude so pretty much everyone is bigger than me. If I ever had to defend myself, I would want to know how

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Answer 19

Wowgirl30q

Guru

I wouldn't teach him and they only ask to learn once. If he practiced a different form I might get tips

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Answer 20

MorticiAddams

Xper 6

Yes! I love learning new things from anyone willing to teach them! And such a practical skill, too!

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Answer 21

Anonymous

Only if they teach me something realistic. not some bullshit that won't work in real life like disarming someone with a gun like in your picture.

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YHL6965

+1 y
Dude, I think if special forces used that kind of techniques before it even was taught to the public, I'm pretty sure it works.
Opinion Owner

+1 y
lol. it works in theory, not in real life. the gunman would pull the trigger before the other guy got that close.
YHL6965

+1 y
Well you're not going to run to the guy if you're too far, it's dumb but, if the guy is dumb enough to get too close (like when some random thug wants to take your wallet), then you can disarm him and steal his weapon. That's what this technique is about and trust me it's quick and efficient once you know how to do it.
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Opinion Owner

+1 y
oh please dude. the trigger would be pulled before the other guy could do anything. totally unrealistic.
YHL6965

+1 y
Well, you probably have not seen how fast these techniques are. Of course, if you're not smart, run at the guy, don't wait until he is less jumpy or something like that, it won't work. But, if you think about what you're doing at least a bit, you will know when the time is right.
Opinion Owner

+1 y
so they're faster than a bullet traveling at 2,500 feet per second? lol.
YHL6965

+1 y
Except you forgot some things : the reaction time, the time between the guy realizing what is going on and him shooting accurately, the panic and surprised induced from the sudden reaction that could make you gain some precious time and that could cause him to miss too. It's not you move a hair and bam you're dead. Realistically, there are more factors.
YHL6965

+1 y
Besides, as you grab the gun, you move yourself away too so they will have to redirect their aim if they want to hit you.

Answer 22

YHL6965

Dude, I think if special forces used that kind of techniques before it even was taught to the public, I'm pretty sure it works.

Answer 23

Opinion Owner

lol. it works in theory, not in real life. the gunman would pull the trigger before the other guy got that close.

Answer 24

YHL6965

Well you're not going to run to the guy if you're too far, it's dumb but, if the guy is dumb enough to get too close (like when some random thug wants to take your wallet), then you can disarm him and steal his weapon. That's what this technique is about and trust me it's quick and efficient once you know how to do it.

Answer 25

Opinion Owner

oh please dude. the trigger would be pulled before the other guy could do anything. totally unrealistic.

Answer 26

YHL6965

Well, you probably have not seen how fast these techniques are. Of course, if you're not smart, run at the guy, don't wait until he is less jumpy or something like that, it won't work. But, if you think about what you're doing at least a bit, you will know when the time is right.

Answer 27

Opinion Owner

so they're faster than a bullet traveling at 2,500 feet per second? lol.

Answer 28

YHL6965

Except you forgot some things : the reaction time, the time between the guy realizing what is going on and him shooting accurately, the panic and surprised induced from the sudden reaction that could make you gain some precious time and that could cause him to miss too. It's not you move a hair and bam you're dead. Realistically, there are more factors.

Answer 29

YHL6965

Besides, as you grab the gun, you move yourself away too so they will have to redirect their aim if they want to hit you.

Answer 30

Lemia

Explorer

I'm always happy to teach my girlfriend and her sisters if they ever want me to

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Answer 31

Voruund

Xper 4

I've trained in a few fighting styles and have been in enough fights to know i can hold my own fairly well. Nearly everyone I've dated has wanted me to teach them at least a few things.

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Answer 32

sp33d

Guru

I am trained, yes, but that doesn't make me an instructor. She'd be better off learning from specialists.

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Answer 33

SomeGUYonGAG

Xper 5

Already do MMA and BJJ, if she knew some things we didn't I'd bring her to the dojo to teach the whole team some stuff.

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Answer 34

Anonymous

Yes, I would be very interested.

Just I already have ~15 years of training done, so it would be interesting...

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Wowgirl30q

+1 y
I raise you five

Answer 35

Wowgirl30q

I raise you five

Answer 36

DanOh2018

Yoda

Yeah if any gals out there want to teach me I'd like it.

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Answer 37

SarahsSummer | 78 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

sure. We've already kick boxed together.

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Answer 38

Agape93

Master

Yeah I’ve asked but she’s not sharing lol

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Answer 39

TheUniqueOne96 | 72 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Guru

Yes and I would ask them on my own.

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