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Well in the first place, kicking someone in the head IS generally a bad idea. It's too slow, and no matter how fast you are an oblique kick to the knee will come in much faster than a round kick to the head.
In the second place, Phaenx is insinuating that all, or at least most, martial arts teach BS like this. Not true. My dojo, along with MANY others, teaches NOT to kick to the head.
Phaenx also doesn't seem to realize that an art doesn't have to come from Japan, China, or Korea to be a martial art. Western boxing is a martial art, as is kali, JKD, etc.
Phaenx continues to display his endless ignorance of the real world of martial arts. I get the sense that he reads Black Belt and all their BS articles, and disagrees with them, but then projects that image onto ALL martial arts. He suffers from oversimplification syndrome. Phaenx, while you're correct that SOME martial arts teach play-fighting kidrate BS that will virtually guarantee you will lose in a real fight, not ALL of them do.
Also, you say you have to fight or watch someone fight before you will believe they're good at fighting. Does that attitude extend to other skills? Do you have to fly with or watch the pilot fly the plane before you will trust him enough to get onboard his airliner? Do you need videotape of the cook in the restaurant before you will believe he's a good enough cook not to undercook your food?
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