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Choosing Strikes For Self Defense - Dont Hurt Yourself While Trying to Hurt an Attacker
Choosing Strikes For Self Defense - Don't Hurt Yourself While Trying to Hurt an AttackerBy Christopher Roberts
I'm often quoted as saying: "Your job when attacked is to hurt the person trying to hurt you. It doesn't matter how you hurt him, just get the job done!" Although that does sum up a good part of my self-defence (the means of defending oneself from physical attack; the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge) philosophy, there do exist more and less-effective ways to accomplish that and much of that has to do with the strikes themselves.
First of all, never-ever punch someone, especially and particulary "in the face!" Punching someone indiscriminately in the face is one of the first things that most karate, tae kwon do and wing chun students learn and is also one of the reasons why most strip mall black belts get thrashed by experienced street fighters. Do so and you'll either break you hand, your wrist or both. Believe me! People told me this years ago, however I didn't believe them and I ended up learning the hard way.
Be very choosy in your arsenal of kicking techniques! Standing on one leg and kicking with the other is a very risky business. So risky, that its usually not worth it in a self-defence (the means of defending oneself from physical attack; the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge) situation. There are one or two kicks that can be effective on the street, and by that I literally do mean one very effective kick and another that "may be useful." Don't evereven consider using a head kick, side kick above the waist or roundhouse kick to the midsection. Trying to kick to the head usually results in you realizing that you should have stretched before being mugged, that your street pants are much more restricting than your karate uniform or that you fell (or the mugger threw you to the ground) and you have no idea how to protect yourself from being kicked into a bloody pulp by two degenerates while cowering in the fetal position.
The bottom line is that an open hand strike will allow you to more effectively attack a certain point and do so without fear of damaging your hand in the process and a lower kick will be faster, more certain to hit and damage the target and be less dangerous to you if you should miss.
Christopher "Bob" Roberts is an ex-soldier who relocated to Europe and now earns his living as a tactics and close-combat instructor for military, police and private security companies.
For more information and details about armed and unarmed self-protection, subscribe to his free newsletters at http://www.extreme-measures-institute.com and receive access to an exclusive video interview series, where he explains the fundamentals of truly effective self defense.
,Striking For Self Defense - Always Hit to Cause Damage, Not Just to Land Blows!
Striking For Self Defense - Always Hit to Cause Damage, Not Just to Land Blows!By Christopher Roberts
Hitting someone for the sake of hitting him never won a fight. You need to know where to hit to cause definite damage and definite injuries. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time and making your attacker more angry!
That's a mistake that almost every sport-based self-defence (the means of defending oneself from physical attack; the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge) system makes. You go to a Tae Kwon Do school, for instance and you're taught a few of punches and kicks, however are never told where to aim those strikes. Maybe you realize that something is missing and ask where you should be hitting and are told something like "punch him in the face," or "kick him in the head."
Listen, there are four very specific and very vital points in "the face" that I teach people to attack, however that is a far cry from just telling someone to punch an attacker in the face. There are very definite striking surfaces and angles used to damage those targets and most of the rest of the face is actually very strong and stable. Remember the old bare-knuckle boxer defence of nodding your head to allow your opponent to punch you in the forehead? You would barely feel the blow, however he would have broken his hand, leaving him with one weapon less to use against you!
Knowing how to hit, however not where to hit is a total waste of time and very dangerous because it creates a false sense of confidence. Merely learning a striking technique will just make you look like youknow how to hurt an attacker, while true damage is only done when you know where and why to land those blows. That is one reason why a good self-defence (the means of defending oneself from physical attack; the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge) teacher first teaches where to hit and what effects to expect from blows to those areas and then teaches how to attack those areas.
The bottom line is that a complicated punch or kick won't usually work in the chaos of street combat, however if you know which vital points will show the most damage, you can always select a way to sense an opening and attack it, even if the situation doesn't permit you using a picture-perfect stance or strike!
Christopher "Bob" Roberts is an ex-soldier who relocated to Europe and now earns his living as a tactics and close-combat instructor for military, police and private security companies.
For more information and details about armed and unarmed self-protection, subscribe to his free newsletters at www.extreme-measures-institute.com and receive access to an exclusive video interview series, where he explains the fundamentals of truly effective self defense.
,Make Striking Your Self Defense Priority!
Make Striking Your Self Defense Priority!By Christopher Roberts
Self defence training should revolve around ways and places to hit an aggressor. Period.
The simple reason for the importance of striking is that hitting an opponent is the easiest and fastest way to hurt an attacker and, in a self-defence (the means of defending oneself from physical attack; the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge) situation where someone is trying to hurt you, the only way for you to survive is to hurt him first. The sooner you hit him, the sooner you hurt him and, the sooner you hurt him, the less odds he has to hurt you first.
Compare what you've just read with the belief that most self-proclaimed self-defence (the means of defending oneself from physical attack; the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge) instructors promote. You know, "just use these simple moves to control an attacker without hurting him and then wait for the police to arrive." Ok, that sure sounds good, until you realize that those "simple" moves are pretty hard to actually make work, even with a willing training partner and under the watchful and helpful eye of the instructor. Just believe me, when I say that joint locks, throws and grappling won't work when confronted with a real street fight, mugging or rape attempt.
Sure, there are "holds" that can be worthwhile to learn for self defense, however we'renot at all talking about the typical holds that are taught in most self-defence (the means of defending oneself from physical attack; the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge) courses or combat sports. The holds that we're talking about are really just techniques for grabbing, squeezing and, eventually crushing the vital areas of an attacker, however even they can only be effectively used in certain situations. Because it will almost always be possible to strike, that's where you should concentrate your training time.
In a close-combat situation, striking always has and always will provide the most return on your training investment.
Christopher "Bob" Roberts is an ex-soldier who relocated to Europe and now earns his living as a tactics and close-combat instructor for military, police and private security companies.
For more information and details about armed and unarmed self-protection, subscribe to his free newsletters at http://www.extreme-measures-institute.com and receive access to an exclusive video interview series, where he explains the fundamentals of truly effective self defense.