weapon fighting

“Empty hand fighting is not the same as weapon fighting - it requires different body mechanics, different ranges, different timing and, “Most Importantly,” en emphasis on movement that is not found in most kicking and punching arts.” - Marc MacYoung, Talking Knives

Comment: Empty handed fighting is often ruled by the rules of social conditioning toward survival, survival of the individual and group both individually and cohesively toward group survival. One cannot truly survive without the other. To separate and understand leads to knowledge that leads back to understanding so that the two do not cancel one another out. If one applies the mechanics, etc., i.e., the principles, toward the wrong form of attack then the results will be bad. If you know what you know, you learn and know what you don’t know then you have a chance, take that chance and run with it.