Self-Defense Tips

Self-Defense Tip 25 Realistic Defenses vs. Phony Defenses: Striking and Kicking Attacks

If in your practice strikes and kicks are done wrong, your defenses against them will be useless in real fights This self-defense tip continues the issue of the necessity to be proficient in the methods of attack for developing effective defensive skills. In the previous self-defense tip (tip no. 24) I gave an example of […]

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Self-Defense Tip 24 Realistic Defenses vs. Phony Defenses: Grappling Attacks

If in your practice grappling attacks are done wrong, your defenses against them will be useless in real fights Being proficient with the method of an attack is necessary for realistic practice, and thus for acquiring effective self-defense skills. People who do not know what makes attacks work can be persuaded to practice useless “defenses”

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Self-Defense Tip 23 Individualization of Self-Defense Instruction

Why some fighters prefer defense and others counterattack or attack, and how to fit instruction and training to various personality types This self-defense tip deals with individualization of instruction. A competent instructor, preferable with university-level training in physical education and sports training, will make exercises “flow” during workouts, will know which games and drills are

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Self-Defense Tip 22 Selecting a Gym or a Martial Arts School, Part II

Check workouts for safety, effective instruction, sound methods of developing fitness, a smooth flow of exercises, with each subsequent exercise building upon the previous one In this self-defense tip I continue the subject of selecting a gym or a martial arts school and instructor. The previous tip dealt mainly with the material factors that affect

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Self-Defense Tip 21 Selecting a Gym or a Martial Arts School, Part I

Is the instructor competent, training area and its surface safe, showers clean, little children and grown-ups do not mix in one group? This tip will deal with selecting a gym or a martial arts school. The first concern is what precautions are made against injuries, whether sudden or gradual-onset. Ask the instructor if he or

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Self-Defense Tip 19 Freezing Up When Physically Threatened

Can mental toughness training prevent a freeze response in a street fight? Mental toughness is more important in self-defense than in sports. The price of “freezing up” is much higher outside the competitive arena than inside it. Here are two questions from martial artists on mental toughness training and the answer from Dariusz Nowicki, author

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Self-Defense Tip 18 Non-Contact Systems vs. Knock-Down Systems

Striking martial arts (karate, kempo, kung-fu, etc.) — non-contact vs. knock-down (popularly called “full-contact”) I just read an article — “The Night I Met Bruce Lee” by Chuck Sullivan in Blitz, October 1999 (vol. 13, no. 10, p. 38) — reporting an argument between Chuck Sullivan (9th dan Kenpo) and Ed Parker (Grandmaster of American

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Self-Defense Tip 16 Selecting a Self-Defense System, Part III

Reputable sources of self-defense instruction, other than full-contact martial arts and sports In an earlier self-defense tip, I discussed the benefits and gave a warning about the limitations of self-defense instruction from a full-contact sports system, such as boxing, judo, or wrestling. In this issue, you will learn about some alternative to these systems from

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