THE DANGERS OF THE UNORTHODOX “There are some things that can beat smartness and foresight? Awkwardness and stupidity can. The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him; he does the thing he ought not to do; and often it catches the expert out and ends him on the spot.” -Mark Twain I remember one of my old martial arts instructors telling me that the two most dangerous people to fight were a black belt and white belt. My instructor explained to me that Black belts were dangerous because they knew what they were doing and that white belts were dangerous because they didn’t. White belts would do crazy goofy crap. I have found this to be very true. When two people share a discipline and enter an engagement the two ...
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