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Lupin1
Black Belt
Joined: 15 Dec 2009
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Location: Naples, FL
Styles: Isshinryu
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| If this is true, and I'm not saying it isn't, then why has the number of abductions,rapes, and shootings/ murders seem to be an every night occurance. I will admit is better than what it was a few years ago? I stopped watching the news altogether because every night there was at least one shooting. Depressing to say the least. I'm no statistical expert but I can tell you I didn't see that every night when I was a kid. It was shocking to see that on the news. Now, it's just par for the course. |
It most certainly is true. http://www.freerangekids.com/crime-statistics/
The reason you see it more now is because news moves faster and is EVERYWHERE. Someone sees someone who kinda creeps them out in a park in LA and within minutes it's shared on social media with people all over the world (even if literally nothing comes of it because it was just a normal, innocent guy walking in the park). You're just exposed to it more. |
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Lupin1
Black Belt
Joined: 15 Dec 2009
Posts: 1637
Location: Naples, FL
Styles: Isshinryu
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| MatsuShinshii wrote: |
| If this is true, and I'm not saying it isn't, then why has the number of abductions,rapes, and shootings/ murders seem to be an every night occurance. I will admit is better than what it was a few years ago? I stopped watching the news altogether because every night there was at least one shooting. Depressing to say the least. I'm no statistical expert but I can tell you I didn't see that every night when I was a kid. It was shocking to see that on the news. Now, it's just par for the course. |
It most certainly is true. http://www.freerangekids.com/crime-statistics/
The reason you see it more now is because news moves faster and is EVERYWHERE. Someone sees someone who kinda creeps them out in a park in LA and within minutes it's shared on social media with people all over the world (even if literally nothing comes of it because it was just a normal, innocent guy walking in the park). You're just exposed to it more. |
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Tempest
Green Belt
Joined: 31 Aug 2006
Posts: 424
Location: Dallas
Styles: Judo, HEMA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| MatsuShinshii wrote: |
| If this is true, and I'm not saying it isn't, then why has the number of abductions,rapes, and shootings/ murders seem to be an every night occurance. I will admit is better than what it was a few years ago? I stopped watching the news altogether because every night there was at least one shooting. Depressing to say the least. I'm no statistical expert but I can tell you I didn't see that every night when I was a kid. It was shocking to see that on the news. Now, it's just par for the course. |
It most certainly is true. http://www.freerangekids.com/crime-statistics/
The reason you see it more now is because news moves faster and is EVERYWHERE. Someone sees someone who kinda creeps them out in a park in LA and within minutes it's shared on social media with people all over the world (even if literally nothing comes of it because it was just a normal, innocent guy walking in the park). You're just exposed to it more. |
I agree with the crime rate being at it's lowest in decades...except for the fact that according to 538, murder is up for the 3rd straight year in a row, although not as much as the previous 2 years. Now this applies only in the U.S., but it is an interesting statistic to consider with regard to crime rates.
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singularity6
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2017
Posts: 958
Location: Michigan
Styles: Jidokwan Taekwondo and Hapkido, Yoshokai Aikido, ZNIR Iaido, Kendo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Tempest wrote: |
| Lupin1 wrote: |
| MatsuShinshii wrote: |
| If this is true, and I'm not saying it isn't, then why has the number of abductions,rapes, and shootings/ murders seem to be an every night occurance. I will admit is better than what it was a few years ago? I stopped watching the news altogether because every night there was at least one shooting. Depressing to say the least. I'm no statistical expert but I can tell you I didn't see that every night when I was a kid. It was shocking to see that on the news. Now, it's just par for the course. |
It most certainly is true. http://www.freerangekids.com/crime-statistics/
The reason you see it more now is because news moves faster and is EVERYWHERE. Someone sees someone who kinda creeps them out in a park in LA and within minutes it's shared on social media with people all over the world (even if literally nothing comes of it because it was just a normal, innocent guy walking in the park). You're just exposed to it more. |
I agree with the crime rate being at it's lowest in decades...except for the fact that according to 538, murder is up for the 3rd straight year in a row, although not as much as the previous 2 years. Now this applies only in the U.S., but it is an interesting statistic to consider with regard to crime rates. |
A friend of mine is a reporter for a major TV station down in Detroit. She says that they sometimes don't report on some murders, simply because there aren't enough reporters to cover the stories on a given day. Frequently, those stories that do get airtime do not get followed up on due to the time/manpower constraints.
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MatsuShinshii
Black Belt
Joined: 15 Aug 2016
Posts: 1423
Location: Kentucky
Styles: Machimura Suidi Rokudan, Ryukyu Kenpo, Kobudo, Judo
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Those are depressing stats no matter how you look at it. Depressing to say the least.
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16430
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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New school masters lose their passion for teaching, as well; the old masters don't have the monopoly on that. Share and share alike, I say.
Reaching burnout does happen within our industry, and it can be a sad thing, but an even more disheartening to witness, and even more alarming to experience oneself.
Does that mean that that instructor, old and new, is worthless? No. It means that they're human after all.
I've experienced that burnout myself from time to time. Check this KF link...
http://www.karateforums.com/instructor-burnout-vt39059.html
Whether it be deemed as losing ones passion for teaching or it being deemed as burnout, it happen to a lot of instructors, no matter the circa, no matter the individual, and no matter the cause(s).
Knocked down 7 times, but getting back up 8 times!!
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Alan Armstrong
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Prototype
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| What bugs me the most with traditional instructors is their rigorness/fixation on precise, microscopic stances, instead of trying to teach correct execution, which is what ultimately matters. Stances are fluid, not rigid, in real combat, . |
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Alan Armstrong
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| What bugs me the most with traditional instructors is their rigorness/fixation on precise, microscopic stances, instead of trying to teach correct execution, which is what ultimately matters. Stances are fluid, not rigid, in real combat, . |
Body flow like this is better?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFExFYctrB0 |
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singularity6
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2017
Posts: 958
Location: Michigan
Styles: Jidokwan Taekwondo and Hapkido, Yoshokai Aikido, ZNIR Iaido, Kendo
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| What bugs me the most with traditional instructors is their rigorness/fixation on precise, microscopic stances, instead of trying to teach correct execution, which is what ultimately matters. Stances are fluid, not rigid, in real combat, . |
Our master instructor focuses a lot on our stances, but also focuses on our technique, in general. He says that if we ever need to use what we are learning, we won't have perfect technique, but we will be close enough to make things work.
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on the post.
