Difference between Gym/Dojo Martial Arts and street self defence!

There is a BIG difference between gym/dojo
based martial arts and 'street self
defence'

"In combatives there is no sparring,
fencing or reciprocal exchange of blows.
The physical action on your part is
completely one sided.

The mindset and well defined goal of
the combatives trainee is to be single
minded in your objective to DEFEAT the
enemy.

Combatives were born out of REAL experience
and designed purely to counter violence.

Any method that worked by doing just that
is considered combative.

I would like to touch on the subject in
a little more depth.

Let's start by looking at the martial
arts as they are practiced today both in
the traditional sense and within the field
of Mixed Martial Arts and combat sport.

The latter has produced athletes of AMAZING
levels of physical and mental prowess.
NOTHING can be taken away from these modern
day warriors who practice Vale Tudo, no holds
barred and cage fighting. They are truly
immense within the field of what they do...

But what they do is in one way or another
governed by certain rules pertaining to
certain do's and don'ts that define a
sporting spectacle.

Such matches don't include the pre-conflict
'interview' stage, which consists of conflict
indicators and possible criminal acts.

When one person scores the final point or
the bell rings, the fighters are automatically
separated, therefore the match will also lack
the post-conflict stage, in which an escape,
citizens arrest or police involvement may take
place.

The outcome of the match will dictate a
winner and a loser, but this is NOT a life or
death struggle nor is it a matter of self
preservation."