At the end of my comment, I said that I am all for people taking martial arts. I absolutely encourage it. So, for the record, my comment wasn't meant to be a flame.... I'm just curious.
As a programmer, my clients will almost never attack me. And if they do, I have the right to defend myself as much as I have to.
As a social worker, your clients MAY attack you. And if they do you have a responsibility to not injure them.
That is why social workers taking TKD is a topic that gives me pause. Training to injure an opponent, and then putting yourself in a situation where your training is likely to be needed, but not being able to use it...well...that seems like it could cause some issues.
Furthermore, martial arts training is NOT something that can be turned off. If you have decent martial arts training, when someone attacks you, you're going to use your techniques. You can't think about it and process it, and pick how you handle the situation. It's got to be instinctual. Otherwise it's useless. Do you see the conundrum here? If my training is good, that makes me dangerous to my clients. If I'm safe with my clients, I'm ineffective on the streets.
So, it has very little to do someone taking TKD with the intent of using it at work. You train with the intent of using it when/where ever it is needed. It's not a weapon that you put down and lock away.
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Re: Martial Arts and Social Work.
Date: 2002-03-21 10:24 am (UTC)As a programmer, my clients will almost never attack me. And if they do, I have the right to defend myself as much as I have to.
As a social worker, your clients MAY attack you. And if they do you have a responsibility to not injure them.
That is why social workers taking TKD is a topic that gives me pause. Training to injure an opponent, and then putting yourself in a situation where your training is likely to be needed, but not being able to use it...well...that seems like it could cause some issues.
Furthermore, martial arts training is NOT something that can be turned off. If you have decent martial arts training, when someone attacks you, you're going to use your techniques. You can't think about it and process it, and pick how you handle the situation. It's got to be instinctual. Otherwise it's useless. Do you see the conundrum here? If my training is good, that makes me dangerous to my clients. If I'm safe with my clients, I'm ineffective on the streets.
So, it has very little to do someone taking TKD with the intent of using it at work. You train with the intent of using it when/where ever it is needed. It's not a weapon that you put down and lock away.
Does that make any sense?