(Before sending this post I gotta say, I'm so sorry for any grammar/vocabulary mistake I make writing this. English isn't my first language and I've been working for the past 9 hours, so my brain is a bit melted. Also, I'm writing this having in mind that first course of action is preventing, then avoiding, then complying, and finally striking, and my post is about the last one of the steps.)
Hey guys, I've been thinking for a couple of days now about something. There are different layers in self defense, being the first and most obvious one to comply, give belongings and avoid contact. Then, depending on situation, one could just run or even strike and run. I believe that's why in this subreddit, all of the discussions are about how to strike and what to train to strike, because it's the most complex of all the steps in my opinion.
Even in self defense training, at least in my experience, they teach how to take certain actions in order to reduce or incapacitate the attacker, so when you get hit training those things, I don't believe you're getting hit in a realistic scenario. Even if you train boxing, BJJ, or most of martial arts, you don't get hit like you would in the streets. The most realistic way of getting hit with that premise would be Muay Thai, but I believe that when they spar they ease on elbows and knees (for obvious reasons). When I say "realistic way of getting hit" I'm having in mind bare knuckle punches and elbows/knees, because when you get in this kind of scenario, you don't get to ask the perpetrator to put on gloves or anything.
Anyways, I don't know if it's necessary or even if it's something that you can get trained on, but in my opinion, when you have to get into it, it's difficult to be prepared to receive the kind of hits that happen usually in real scenarios. Apart from weaponry related strikes, is it important to train getting hit in more real scenarios? And if so, how would you or how have you?
Submitted January 30, 2025 at 03:12PM by Ok-Entrepreneur7681 https://ift.tt/eadVUw3
