Great Myths about “Self Defense”

This Sunday, September 9th, I am holding another self defense seminar. If you are interested you can learn more and register at https://events.membersolutions.com/event_register.asp?content_id=76051. I guess that is why these “great myths” about “self defense” come to mind.

#1: People will tell you that in “self defense” you want to use your open hand, i.e. your palm. They will tell you about how delicate the hand is and how you can break it etc etc. Yet, since we were first human beings we’ve been balling up our hands into FISTS. And when “sh-t gets real” we seem to still ball up our hands into FISTS.

#2: People will tell you that “real fights” are over quickly. Yet in the age of the cell phone and “worldstarhiphop” 🙂 we seem to see over and over again protracted fights in which often fatigue plays a large part.

#3: People will tell you that you don’t want to “grapple” in a “real fight”. Frequently the possibility of weapons is inserted into this discussion; yet the three most praised and proven knife defense methods of our era ALL are based upon GRAPPLING.

And weapons aside, we still see plenty of grappling. We can also find more than a few videos in which people with clear training in either wrestling or Judo used their skills in “real fights”

#4: And related to argument #3 and one of my favorites, is the idea there is no “ground fighting” in a “real fight”. To paraphrase a great author, “you might not be interested in a ground fight, but a ground fight might be interested in you”. So what would you do if you find yourself on the ground and you have no skills to escape?

#5: The greatest lie is that taking a “martial arts class” will get you ready for “self defense”. Most martial arts classes today have NOTHING to do with self defense!

So, again, if you are interested in self defense, free free to register for this Sunday, September 9th, self defense seminar. Learn more and register at https://events.membersolutions.com/event_register.asp?content_id=76051.