Are Martial Arts Self-Defense?
On this page: Self defense | So What Is Self-Defense? | Do They Work? | Are You Helpless? Quite frankly, when it comes to the realities of staying safe in a modern urban environment, most martial arts suck — especially strip mall schools. You will be far better served understanding crime, home security and avoiding high-risk behavior than being able to break a board with your big toe. And yet, we are constantly asked what sort of martial arts someone should take to learn about ‘self-defense.’ Self-defense If you are looking for self-defense training, know right now, that most martial arts schools cannot offer what you are looking for. This is because of three interrelated issues. One, violence comes in many different levels; • from a threat display that escalates to a physical contact, • to an argument that goes physical, to a date rape, • to having to ‘sit on’ a quarrelsome drunk friend, • to a fight, • to a robbery, • to someone trying to kill you with a weapon, • to a SWAT team off
Related Questions
- Why can teaching the physical martial arts alone, without the Mental Self-Defense component, be dangerous to children?
- What is the difference between competition, fitness, self-defense, tradition, or self development martial arts?
- Why choose this type of self-defense training over a traditional martial arts class?
