that kind of commitment

“Knowing an art (martial art, style, system or discipline: my words) does not give you that kind of commitment, ruthlessness (rewritten for brevity by me) or the kind of grim endurance or that willingness to descend into savagery to stay alive. Just knowing the art (martial art, style, system or discipline: my words) does not make you a fighter (knife fighter in original quote). That willingness to wade through hell and come out the other side.” - Marc MacYoung, Talking Knives

Comment: Martial arts in modern times has become an educational, social and self-egoistic form of practice based on things not validated in reality. Combat takes a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-set and mind-state where commitment along with a ruthlessness becomes necessary to combat evil. Martial systems of modern times has a huge disconnect to reality as it pertains to conflict, violence and violent conflicts.