Is Previous fight experience enough for self defense

I have fought before in different disciplines over the years, boxing, sub wrestling, tkd etc

The older I get the more I lose interest in the gym setting, I still keep up with fitness I'm my own gym 4 days a week, I still work the heavy bag and do mitt work with a partner but I don't have an interest in fighting again for sport, recently had children my mind is just on other things

The only thing I'm interested in doing now is protecting my family, I just don't want to freeze up without sparring if anything were to happen, I can obviously still throw a punch but not competition level cardio anymore.

Anyone have any advice on what the best thing to do is? Is my previous experience enough to get me out of trouble or do you guys think it's something that needs constant sparring to keep on top of.

Thanks for any advice

Submitted February 26, 2026 at 05:12PM by hugh_mungusxx https://ift.tt/S6muODk

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Submitted February 26, 2026 at 03:55PM by Churros_Cremoso https://ift.tt/9ZbaMln

How do you properly defend yourself? People have become aggressive

I don't have any experience in fighting

I've hit the gym for couple of years but haven't gain much significant weight

Fear controls me like crazy despite that I have anger burst episodes home alone thinking I can out take anyone who might come for me

How to control this fear? Fear of that striking someone might not cause any harm

Like these nightmares where your punches are slow and weak

I'm devastated...

Submitted 2026-02-25T10:13:18+00:00 by Many_Vegetable_309 https://ift.tt/kuzPISO

Is the taser pulse + water resistant

I know the pulse 2 is apparently but is the pulse +?

Submitted 2026-02-24T22:20:26+00:00 by imnotadiscordmod1 https://ift.tt/JcYqurU

How to protect myself as a young female college student

Hi all. I go to a major university in FL, I live away from my parents, and recently I have been hearing all the scary things about my area. Police reports of men peaking into college girl’s apartment windows (thank god I live a few stories up), trying to open locked apartments, following girls around Target and into their car, snapping pictures of them, etc.

I’ve come to the realization that I have nothing to protect myself and that needs to change. My girlfriend has old shitty keychain pepper spray in her purse, but that’s it. I’m 20, and my ideal goal is to get my concealed carry for a gun. I keep telling my parents that I don’t want a trip to the bar for my 21st but gun lessons, lol.

What can I do now? Should I get a taser? Knife? Pepper spray? All 3? When is the best situation to use each? Thank you in advance for your help.

Submitted 2026-02-24T18:56:23+00:00 by ConfusionContent6857 https://ift.tt/38T0xuA

What would motivate you to sign up for a class/instruction?

So many people know that self defense is important but they wont actually sign up to learn. Even if it was online or just one session. What would it take for you to sign up?

Submitted 2026-02-24T17:29:09+00:00 by darkninjaangel https://ift.tt/bzhqJXc

What are the safest places to punch someone in self-defense?

I'm a decent bit larger than most people in my environment (I do weight training but not martial arts), so I'm not very concerned about "winning the fight" as I am with not accidentally causing excessive injury or killing someone in an altercation. So, I want to ask about places where you can hit someone to create a big enough opening, so I may disengage if I wasn't able to do so before the person has already attacked me.

My most likely situation is that I get into a fight in a bar or restaurant due to an argument with another patron, who is possibly somewhat drunk, definitely unarmed, often slightly foolish and stubborn but not trying to kill me, and about 20-30% smaller than I am. My goal is to leave the fight safely, with as little damage to my opponent as possible. If I can punch the person once, get him to stop grabbing me, or to be gasping or vomiting for a short moment, that's a good enough result for me to leave safely.

Is punching the abdomen generally the best way to do this? It can cause enough pain, sometimes vomiting if my opponent has been drinking/eating, and it's relatively unlikely to cause permanent damage...? or is it actually highly dangerous?

I think going for the head is a bit too dangerous, probably? It certainly has a high chance to look bloody should the police be involved later. On the other hand, punching the arms or legs would be somewhat ineffective (or occasionally too effective if a joint is broken) so probably not those places either? Chest is basically worse abdomen because there are breakable ribs rather than squishy internal organs, so again, probably just punch the abdomen?

I'm also curious if I should discount grappling in favor of punching, because the environment can be chaotic and if I grapple I have much less control in what happens. Even if I do something as light as just shoving the person, what if he lands on a table with hot food on it or a beer bottle that shatters, for example? I also think grappling is not as effective in creating a clear exit condition for me compared to punching. I don't know if this is indeed the case though, or if I should actually prefer grappling to punching if my goal is to avoid accidentally causing permanent injury.

Thank you very much for reading the post, and for any thoughts on the matter, or your experience with self-defense against smaller opponents.

Submitted 2026-02-23T19:38:52+00:00 by LogLongjumping https://ift.tt/1A9uVjZ