Self Defense Evolution

I and some like minded individuals have started a new Martial Arts facebook group called "Self Defense Evolution." As a martial arts consumer advocate I am very concerned about big picture trends in the martial arts community, and take very seriously issues a lot of martial arts instructors want to ignore:

1. Are beginners getting enough free sparring time to develop physical self defense skills?
2. Are the free sparing practices both safe and realistic enough?
3. Are the full ranges of techniques being advocated for actually being taught? (For example if your grappling instructor says to "just run" against a knife, is he teaching you dive rolling over fences so you don't get stabbed the first time you run into an obstacle?)
4. Are the range of techniques being taught appropriate for the two key self defense scenarios people are worried about? (These would be being attacked my multiple opponents or by a knife.)

All Martial Arts are in a constant state of evolution even if they don't admit it. I hope you will join us in Self Defense Evolution if your are interested in this change and what we need martial arts to be going forward.