Maybe you've all been asked this question before but here goes. My SIL received her BB in TKD and is now pursuing Ju Jitsu. Her first class is next week. She told me that if you become a BB (or the Ju Jitsu equivalent...I know nothing about your art...sorry ) that you have to be "registered as a lethal weapon". Is that true? If so, who do you register with...local, state or federal agencies? Thanks for bearing with my ignorance ! Kelly
Yes you do You register with me. It's £99.99 for hands or feet individually and a bargain £149.95 for the whole package. Paypal accepted* *Sever - gladly separating fools and their money since whenever the hell I felt like it As you may have grasped; I'm taking the ****. No, this is one of the stupider of the few million stupid martial arts myths doing the rounds
Yeah, it's a complete load of rubbish, and whoever told her that was either having a laugh or is fairly clueless about the matter themselves
Kelly ..........no this is a myth ..ignore the sarcasm from some .. this question is asked time and time again ....and not in any particular state or country... kind regards Smurf
yea we have all heard the question many many times and ive heard that rumor too. The first reason i never believed it is because it would be almost impossible to enforce and monitor, it would be more trouble than its worth. Im suprised though because so many people know its complete myth yet it continues to be something that soo many people think. Its also kinda weird how it seems like since she got her BB in TKD she moves to ju jutsu like she is done with TKD since she got a BB. Maybe its just me who sees it like that
I think this rumour comes from the fact that in some courts your martial arts experience may be taken into consideration when the discussion on reasonable force crops up. If they feel you could have controlled the situation without resorting to kicking them in the balls, uppercutting them in the face, flipping them onto the hard floor, jumping on their head a couple of times then breaking all four limbs, you might not be getting off on a self defence plea!
OK, well that part has some merit. If you get in a physical conflict with someone your black belt could actually be a detriment. Keep in mind the court and/or jury probably has watched a few martial arts movies and expects anyone with skills to control a situation without serious damage to the other person. Your training may give you an edge in a conflict but a prosecutor could use your training against you and make you seem like a lethal weapon who got out of control.
You were definitely right to! But maybe if we had to register as slightly less than sane, we'd qualify? Anyone?
Rhea has the correct All I know is that any of our BB's who owns certain training weapon has to have it registered at their local police station or something like that. Nothing about registering yourself as a 'lethal weapon'
The USA does not do that. I almost asked one of the BB in class when I first started if they had to because I had heard that as well, but someone did ask in class and our teacher then started to go on about how there are so many myths about martial arts.