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Post by AngelaG on Apr 5, 2006 12:03:45 GMT
Do you think martial arts is totally misrepresented by the media?
The front page of our local paper today has a headline:
Karate expert robbed and left in street
I read the story with some interest to find that this "expert" is in fact a purple belt. Hardly an expert, in my opinion.
A comment by her in the paper states,
"Whoever did this was taking a risk because I'm a purple belt in karate, so I can look after myself." Over-confidence? Perhaps backed up by the fact she was out walking by herself at 2am...
Anyway, it just goes to show that the media pretty much takes any belt in karate to be an expert. I wonder how that would be portatrayed if the attacker was the "expert" in karate...
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Post by AngelaG on Apr 5, 2006 12:10:03 GMT
P.s. The online version doesn't go into so much detail, and doesn't have the quote from her... but to me the story sounds well suspicious. StoryInsurance job? |
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Post by andym on Apr 5, 2006 12:16:59 GMT
Karate expert and female bouncer!
Insurance job? Possibly....she had expensive jewellery and a lot of cash on her.
Expert? Definately not! I don't even class myself as an 'expert' even at Shodan.
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Post by nkudahc on Apr 5, 2006 13:04:04 GMT
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Post by andym on Apr 5, 2006 13:05:50 GMT
She wore one showing UK time and one showing US time as she has family over there.
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Post by nkudahc on Apr 5, 2006 13:09:05 GMT
yea, i read that too. but come on, really...who does that?
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Post by andym on Apr 5, 2006 13:10:17 GMT
Well I don't! But then I don't have family in the US!
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Post by AngelaG on Apr 5, 2006 13:12:13 GMT
With her £1000+ platinum ring and she just *happened* to go to the cash machine first. Oh and she's not sure if she did get attacked, or maybe just fell over and then got robbed after. (more balance training needed in those karate classes, lol)
It might be the country air but I smell bullshit.
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Post by nkudahc on Apr 5, 2006 13:13:41 GMT
plus didn't is say that she didn't realise she had been robbed until 5pm the next day?
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Post by nkudahc on Apr 5, 2006 13:17:12 GMT
 i mean surely in all that time spent at the emergency room she would have wanted to look at her two watches to see how long she had been waiting...not only in the UK but also in the US...and realise she had been robbed before she got pissed off because she waited so long, jumped in a cab and couldn't pay for it. |
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Post by AngelaG on Apr 5, 2006 13:21:36 GMT
That's very true! Especially as I know for a fact that Torbay A&E does not have clocks plastered around.
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Post by nkudahc on Apr 5, 2006 13:25:52 GMT
but anyway, i would definately say that martial arts are misrepresented in media...i mean look at movies for example, and some of the advertisements i see nowadays ("after a short time your small children will be able to stop any attacker...blah blah blah").
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Post by andym on Apr 5, 2006 13:57:43 GMT
"Be a Black Belt in 6 months - GUARANTEED"
;D
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Post by random on Apr 5, 2006 22:30:02 GMT
In most cases where the word expert is used I usually take it with a pinch of sault especially where MA are involved.
Expert (exspert is made up of ex something in the past, spert a drip under pressure)
I guess the general rule of thumb is that if it isn’t fully understood by the author of a piece then it isn’t going to be favourable, this doesn’t only apply to MA. The common denominator is the McDojo mentality that has already been described filling peoples heads with nonsense, it is no good them saying they were taking a risk, if, and in this case it is a big if, you have just had your arse kicked.
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Post by whitewarlock on Apr 6, 2006 5:05:48 GMT
It doesn't sound altogether implausible (concussions can really mess with your sense of what/where/how/who), but it sounds like she may have 'embellished' on what she lost, probably for insurance purposes.
In any event, had she been struck from behind... it gives light to her not developing her 'soft skills' (hehe, bleeding topics).
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i mean surely in all that time spent at the emergency room she would have wanted to look at her two watches to see how long she had been waiting...not only in the UK but also in the US...and realise she had been robbed before she got pissed off because she waited so long, jumped in a cab and couldn't pay for it.