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Critical Factors You Must Get Right, When You Learn Self defense, If You Don’t Want to End up In Hospital.

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It is my belief that everyone should learn self defense so that they prepare themselves with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves in the event of being attacked, whether it be in the street, a bar or even in the home.

Although the majority of us want to live peaceful lives in which we can enjoy life and achieve the aspirations that we have, there is a darker element in our world that live their lives by violence and this is often brought to bear on those of us that just want to live a quiet existence.

The sudden presence of a threat to our safety is a very traumatic experience that we are usually unprepared for and results in a confused state of mind that makes us very vulnerable to attack.

There are a huge number of self defense techniques available. Some are very efficient and deal very effectively with real street situations, such as “The No B.S. Street-fighting and Self Defense Guide”. However, many are very poor, usually based on pure classical martial arts systems, and often the techniques used restrict themselves by working within their systems philosophy and have little practical use when dealing with a real street attack

I must also emphasize that the techniques used are a small part of the self defense capability package. By themselves, no matter what the system (street effective or classical martial arts system), they are quite useless and must be supported with several underlying principles and concepts which I will briefly discuss in this article. This discussion is by no means exhaustive but covers the most crucial factors.

Awareness: Developing an awareness of potentially dangerous situations gives you the ability to avoid a confrontation or prepare a defensive response. You must cultivate an awareness of the environment and the potential assailants within it, together with their verbal and body language that will signal a potential threat. Learn to read your environment, situation and potential attacker’s intent.

Distance & positioning: Once the situation has reached a point that a physical confrontation is unavoidable it is absolutely critical that you establish and maintain a safe defensive distance and position that allows an effective response within the space available. This is probably the biggest mistake made by people when confronted by an assailant.

Commitment: Another major critical factor required for an effective self defense response is commitment. Particularly when faced by a determined attacker that has a history of violence. These assailants don’t think or operate the same as the majority of people who have no desire to enter into any conflict, particularly a physical one. When they have decided to attack someone they will attack and there is nothing that you can say that will stop them.
When you are faced with this situation you must develop a similar attitude and totally commit yourself to neutralizing the attacker. Cultivate a mind-set that clears your mind of interfering self-talk and self doubt. Learn to focus completely on dealing with the situation fast, efficiently and effectively.

Efficient Tactics: There are many ways to neutralize the various attacks that may occur in a physical confrontation. However, when seeking out techniques to train you must assess them for practicality in a real street situation. The techniques must be simple, fast and effective in dealing with attacks from bigger and stronger assailants. The more moves in a technique and the higher the complexity the greater the chance of something going wrong during their application particular in the chaotic conditions of a street confrontation.

Adrenal Stress Conditioning: A crucial factor in a self defense confrontation is the adrenal stress response, more commonly known as the fight/flight/freeze reflex. For most people a potential street confrontation is a traumatic experience resulting in an inability to recall or use any of the techniques that they have learned. Their minds shut down and they become easy targets for attack. This is probably the biggest problem with most self defense training and must be addressed so that the techniques taught can be used in a real self defense situation. Drills that use mental visualization techniques and physical surprise tactics that compromise the recipient’s ability to handle the situation will assist in providing conditioning to deal with the adrenal stress.

In summary, there are many self defense techniques taught in the various systems, some specific to so called street reality systems, others to the various martial arts systems.  However, there are several essential factors that must be addressed, when you learn self defense, if any of these techniques and tactics are to be of practical use in the street self defense situation. For a really great self defense guide developed from both martial arts and real street fighting experience check out “The No B.S. street-fighting and Self-defense Guide” by clicking here.


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