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I'll be very honest with you, I never wanted to be a professional competitor. My first fascination with Karate (at the impressionable age of 14) was always 1) self protection and 2) the idea of mastering a fascinating and complex art and doing amazing things with my own body that a lot of people cannot do.
As of late that 2nd reason has been growing bigger and bigger to the point where it almost completely overshadows the 1st motivation and I wish to spend the rest of my days learning and trying to master everything that has to do with Karate including exploring, learning and incorporating ideas, drills, fighting philosophies from other styles of Karate.
As for self defense/self protection, my formula is basically:
1). Awareness
2). Avoidance and hard targeting
3). Deescalation
4). Preemptive attack
5). Prioritize the use of weapons and tools over empty handed combat
6). Do just enough to stop the threat and get the hell out of there (no need to go over board or stick around)
if you spend your entire life training and learning a martial art, at some point, you have to teach what you have learned to people. You know what I mean?