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Originally posted by DisturbedToo
Originally posted by SFlowers
Sorry if this is a repeat, I searched and didn't find anything....
I've read a little bit of the 'What do you consider as the best martial art in the world' thread, but my question is more specific. I'd like to know what, in your opinion, the best form of martial arts for a young female with little upper body strength but very strong legs to learn that would help her get out of a genuine life-or-death situation without causing any extreme or lasting damage to her attackers?
I'm looking for something that you can learn quickly that focuses more on self-defense, and is good to know if someone that was very dangerous dangerous, say, came to your apartment and tried to kill or hurt you or your family.
Thanks in advance
If you're being attacked, causing extreme and lasting damage should be your main priority!
If someone tried to kill my family, I'm not going to smack em on the wrist and shoo em away.
You must eliminate such a person or you are putting others at risk. Think about that for a while.
If your state allows C+C Get a gun and be professionally trained with it. Go to the shooting range often and become proficient with your new firearm. Carry it with pride. If C+C is not an option keep it securely in your home but easily accessible to you and your spouse, but not your children.
The bottom line is eliminate your attacker, don't disable him!
Good luck my friend!
Originally posted by DisturbedToo
If you're being attacked, causing extreme and lasting damage should be your main priority!...The bottom line is eliminate your attacker, don't disable him!
Originally posted by passenger
Originally posted by DisturbedToo
If you're being attacked, causing extreme and lasting damage should be your main priority!...The bottom line is eliminate your attacker, don't disable him!
This is the most sensible things I have ever seen written about self-defense/martial arts.
Whatever art you study, there are a few rules you need to know and abide by. If whatever master you are studying under doesn’t teach or understand them then you have the wrong art and/or teacher.
First: In a real fight, expect to get hurt. Even if you win you still might get hurt. If you cannot stand getting hurt then run away or get a gun.
Second: Even though you probably will get hurt, hurt the other guy more than he hurts you. That’s the essence of winning a fight. He splits your lip, so you break his arm. He blackens your eye so you choke him out. As DisturbedTool said, “ causing extreme damage…should be your priority”! ( I would argue the “lasting” part but that’s another matter of debate)
Third: There are no rules in a real fight. I’m not talking about a punch-up with your buddy over a girlfriend. I’m not talking about a shoving match with some idiot that cuts in line in the local Quickie-Mart. I’m talking about a real struggle with someone that is seeking to hurt you. In this case, there are NO rules. Eye gouging, biting, kicks to the groin, punches to the throat are all allowed – and encouraged. If you have a school or trainer that says. “Well, we never go that far” or “that’s not really our style”, get out.
Originally posted by loner007
Personally I would go for Jeet Kune Do
Originally posted by Rhadamanthus
I learned a long time ago in a class on how to get out of that. It does not take a lot of skill to get out of a wind pipe choke at all.