Is there Self Defense and Personal Protection skills to be found in the Classical Arts?
You Bet!!! Some of these arts have changed throughout the years and grown with a more modern approach and self defense applications for our current time frame and still maintained the link to tradition and correct application and knowledge of ancient techniques. However, sometimes it is harder to find legitimate people teaching these arts, particularly the Koryu arts of Japan, as many of them still only have students and teachers living in Japan! If you are interested in learning a system that is specifically geared towards Self Defense and Personal Protection then some of the modern systems such as Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, Chu Fen Do, Instinctive Response Training, Ed Parker’s American Kenpo, and Modern Arnis to list a few, may be what you are looking for! Now, all of these systems have a link to the traditional martial arts, and with that they generally have a Physical, Mental and Spiritual aspect to them, but some do not! These systems are primarily geared towards learning how to de
