Okay, but Im a 100 pound weakling. How am I supposed to stop a 200 pound person who is much stronger than me?
One of the central principles of martial arts (and one of the key reasons why they are useful for self defense) is that they are not based on size and strength. In particular, hard style techniques are based on mechanical efficiency. While an untrained fighter might swing at you using only their arm strength, a person trained in Karate will use their arm, shoulders, hips and legs to generate power. The fact that their entire body is acting together allows them to hit harder than their inefficient larger opponent. Likewise, Jujitsu is based not on strength, but on breaking the opponent’s balance. Once the opponent’s balance is broken, it becomes much easier to throw them since the Earth’s gravity is assisting you. Furthermore, very few people know how to mount a counter attack once their balance is broken. Every throw starts with a balance break. To paraphrase the Ferengi, “The first rule of (balance) acquisition is, `Once you have their balance never give it back!’ ” All this being s
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