When is it considered appropriate to go karate on someone?

Can you only karate chop someone who attacks you first? What if you think they are going to attack you and so you just attack them first. |||Don%26#039;t listen to these pacifists. They all have no experience when it comes to fighting for real. So this is the deal.





If they come within an arms distance, they are a treat. Neutralize it.|||The only time any martial arts should be used is for the defense of self or others. By this, I imply not the defense of having agitated someone on the street until they want to beat you up, but rather, for a situation where you have no other options but to resort to violence. Some such examples would include preventing a rape, stopping a mugger who you think might kill you, protecting someone else from being beaten up.





The whole point is to not fight, and if there is an alternative, it should be used. As for those who would welcome violence, it is because they have not truly experienced it themselves. The pacifistic attitude is one developed through experience, meditation, and philosophical study.





We must train to defend ourselves and our loved ones for situations that are unavoidable, but must never seek this violence ourselves. For this reason, Martial Arts should never be taught to street thugs, and other violent persons. To do so is dangerous and destructive to society.





If someone has attacked you, you must defend yourself, and use the force you deem necessary. If possible, restrain them, if necessary hurt them, if you cannot do either of these, and the person poses a danger to yourself or others, then use all resources available to you to stop others from being hurt. If you think they are going to attack you, then leave, or call the authorities. Don%26#039;t be too proud to walk away.





For those who seek violence, they have much to learn. Evil begets evil, Action causes reaction. He who lives by the sword, dies by it. There are countless phrases to emphasize what is nature%26#039;s laws, not mine. If you seek violence, you will suffer violence. If you seek peace, you will find harmony. Through giving and compassion, you will find happiness.|||I would think one should never Karate Chop anyone, period. Unless you%26#039;re doing a breaking demo or starring in a movie, the only time I can think of where one would actually find a practical use for a Karate chop on anyone is when the other guy is already stunned long enough for you to try chopping him behind the neck or in the throat without worrying about missing the target and that%26#039;s a dangerous thing to do and can land you in jail even if he started it. Why don%26#039;t you just try slapping him instead, much safer for both you and the other guy and less likely to miss : P|||If the guy is really being a jerk towards you, and if you think you are capable of beating his a$s then you should. Some so called trained-guys think they can just walk over anyone but once they try to prove themselves they get mauled by this totally unskilled person. So make sure you have the tools for handling these kinds of thugs.|||there is no such thing as a karate chop.


it is called a knife hand strike.


if you took martial arts you would know the answer to your question.





martial arts is suppose to be use to defend yourself. and not for petty arguments or if some one insults you,|||What if you%26#039;re crazy? You can%26#039;t attack somebody because you%26#039;re delusional.


Get help.


Do you even train Karate?|||NEVER! Stop training if that is your goal. And while you are at it, you should go seek help with all your thoughts of persecution.|||Whenever they over step the boundary|||wen u acktually n33d 2 :)