The Truth About Self-Defense?

True or False???

http://www.attackproof.com/

1. It doesn't matter whether you know one technique or a thousand
YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT EXACTLY HOW YOU'LL BE ATTACKED.

How is a no brainer, where or why is the hard one.
There’s actually only 3 ways you can be attacked, one is struck, grappled or attacked with a weapon.
Everything else is just a variation of these.



2. Ask any cop or soldier who's seen real mayhem: once the spit hits the fan,
all pre-planned counters go right out the window.

Totally untrue, that’s when training takes over, time to think is not an option so a solider or cop needs to stick to the proper procedures.
You can’t control what other people do but you have got total control of how you respond to it.


3. If you've been programmed by training a specific response to a specific
attack, your self-defense will FAIL if the attack changes by even one inch from the way you've trained. Your unrehearsed response will be your only
response.

Yes that’s true if you only practice drills, if you actually spar or roll against a fully resistant opponent then you learn how to deal with the real shit.

4. An attack in progress can CHANGE in an instant...and keep on changing
until you're dead.

That’s basically the same question as 3, an attack can only change like that if it’s a multiple attack, even that scenario has a certain sort of logic, which you’d quickly learn if you practice swordsmanship. A single attacker is practicable to a trained fighter, because that’s what a trained fighter deals with all the time.
Now I’m talking about a thug attacking at trained professional, a professional against a professional has more of a dueling element to it, be it boxing, sword, knife or grappling.



5. Believing that One "Magic" Technique will work against a hundred different attacks is a suicidal myth. IT IS FAR BETTER TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO IMPROVISE ANY STRIKE FROM ANY POSITION SPONTANEOUSLY WITH POWER, ACCURACY AND BALANCE THAN TO RELY ON CHOREOGRAPHED TECHNIQUES.

If you don't practice choreographed techniques you can’t learn basic stuff like how to bring power into you’re punches, after that you can improvise to your hearts content. But you can’t pull something out of your ass and expect it to work unless you have a logical foundation to build on.
It’s important to spar against a fully resistant opponent otherwise you’re just fooling yourself.


6. Real self-defense is about IMPROVISATION, SURVIVAL and ESCAPE and not fancy acrobatic dueling or sport fighting in the Ring.

All those statements are true but thinking that you’re a badass because you can beat plebes up in the street is wrong.
I’ve been hearing this street fighting bullshit for years, so called street fighters always get their asses handed to them in hats when they go up against a trained fighter. Even if it’s no hold barred.
Street fighting gives you no more insight then fighting in the ring. Probably less!


7. Real self-defense recognizes that trying to grapple or otherwise CONTROL the enemy exposes you to more danger each additional second you're connected to him.

Whoa that really does get my goat, does anyone remember UFC's 1 to 4, this guy is obviously a nutcase, a trained grappler can do a takedown, mount the opponent, and ground and pound him into a bloody mess in under a minute, if it comes to close contact.

8. Real self-defense requires training to deal with the reality of MULTIPLE ASSAILANTS--because if you're focused on grappling on the ground with only one attacker, his buddies will have an easier time kicking your head in.

WTF! That comes from his wide experience of being spontaneously attacked by a hundreds people in the street! I guess? These streets self defense Wally’s always come up with scenario’s they’ve never actually had to deal with themselves.
(I was being sarcastic there!) Learn to beat one person before you worry about being swarmed by the hordes of Midian.
If a hundred people attack you, run away, don’t go to ground if there are 3 other people trying to attack you (Well Derr!), that’s what training and experience is all about!


9. Real self-defense should work even if you're NOT an Olympic athlete.

So you can be fat and slow and still be a badass! You can be okay at defending yourself but not be Mr. Universe, but to be really good you do need a level of fitness.

10. Real violence is ugly, unpredictable and CHAOTIC by nature. Your attacker obeys no rules and neither should you.

Well I do tend to consult the rulebook when being attacked, but I do have some recommendations about fighting, one is that once the attacker is unconscious or helpless don’t keep hitting them, or choking them. That’s how people end up in coma’s and die.
Just enough force to protect yourself and once that’s done its over, forget about revenge or punitive damage.
 
the truth about self-defense is about ability , mind set , and experience

read the bio's on Bruce Lee and Steven Segal

Bruce Lee and Steven Segal were actors, they perpetuated the myth of the power of tradition martial arts in the 60's, 70' and 80's. Now Bruce was least philosophical in this training and did have some insights and tried to ditch the baggage of ritualized MA, but he could only build one what he already knew which was flawed.
And Segal’s so full of shit he told everyone he was in the CIA. He got choked out by a septuagenarian Judo teacher and wet his pants.
1994 marked the death of myth of the power of traditional martial arts, but people seem to forget why Fred Ettish ended up bleeding on the canvas.
 
you obviously know nothing about martial arts.. i want to see you take on a woman that has a blackbelt in anything.. and if you read my post i was talking about killing in my example IE someone attacks you and you kill them.. or someone attacks you and you break more than 1 bone like a leg and an arm ur in the wrong. heres a link to a dojo defence attourny

http://www.ittendojo.org/articles/general-4.htm

he also states use of deadly forcue is not acceptable unless you conclude that the assalent intended on inflicting sever dmg to you.. even then if you are a 250 pound male and the agressor is a 95 pound male use of deadly force isnt applicable unless the assaliant again has a weapon

Man are you barking up the wrong tree, Visceral Instinct, knows what she’s talking about. And she's not a fat ass Mc Dojo Karate bitch that Couldn’t defend herself against a feral budgie. She's the real deal.
 
Now Bruce was least philosophical in this training and did have some insights and tried to ditch the baggage of ritualized MA, but he could only build one what he already knew which was flawed.
Aside from the kicking I see Bruce as a western Martial artist in that his biggest stylistic influences are boxing and fencing. He used the straight lead like a sword.

He made a list of the pros and cons of various arts in his notes, which were later turned into several books after his death.

This is what he had to say about Thai boxing:

Pros: Elbows, knees, actual combat.

Cons: Jab is poor, uppercut almost nonexistant, hook is inadequate, gloves prevent use of fingers and palm, no grappling, economical structure is missing, no sophistication in cadence, timing and broken rhythm.
 
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