Self Defence

untill one day you actually face those things and freeze up

no, we practced for over two hours, and a lot of it is instinct now. we did suprise attacks as well, and I still remembered how to do it.

One good lesson -- when in doubt, use the nails!

yerss, why are you invisible?

well, today it was for playing, in a few weeks or whenever when it's for real you won't remember it at all

negative muchly! and it wasn't playing - I have the bruises and scratches to prove it!

I mean, the tutor didn't really had the intention to rape anyone
if it happens for real, like you walk in a dark alley and someone wants to kill you or whatever, you won't have those responces of "hey, I have to do this now and pinch there" and stuff

I agree with Yerss, you may have it down in your head now, but what happens two years from now and if the attack was by surprise? You may freeze up, or your mind goes blank, or the first shot the person gets in will cause a natural reaction to curl up and protect yourself instead of trying to defend yourself.

I truly encourage you to continue training in self defense, I'm not in any way trying to boo-who your training. It's great to learn and I very much wish you luck with your training. I would just say to keep your confidence level in check. Two hours of training isn't going to turn anyone into a good figther. I've trained for years in martial arts and I've seen a few people who had that natural instinct and many others who didn't. I also question the training, because when they're teaching stuff it's usually "I'm going to punch you, and you block it and take me down like I showed you." But in the street, nobody's going to come at you in a training way, and they're not going to go with your motions because they know what you're going to do.

Again, I'm not trying to be a downer, but I'm just giving you some things to keep in mind. All I can say is, practice as much as you can, with people of different sizes, and different fighting styles. Practice so much that it becomes a reaction and not a thought process. Good luck! 😎

Exactly Taz,

you can't predict how you'll react to extreme duress all of a sudden

Phoe, wouldn't that stuff be more useful to those in Keighley and such places 😉

It's a good idea taking a self-defence course, but let me tell you. I do kick boxing, which means I could possible defend myself, but if it were necessary, it wouldn't possibly be enough.

and that's why we got legs... to run... and to do other fun things 😉

Yerss, why are you invisible!?! 😑

*checks in mirror*
yeesh! phoe, unfortunatly I'm not 😖 *puts bag over head*

but your lightbulb is white...

my what? 😖

Straying massively off-topic as it is, she means your lightbulb on her buddies list is not lit.

Talking of topic... hint hint...

oh... erm... lightbulb broke and need to replace it? 😖

*gets almost blown away by the subtle hints*
well, tazz rephrased it in a much better way: now you can do it, but in two years orso and with extra stress... I doubt you can remember things

Originally posted by Dark_Psylocke
It's a good idea taking a self-defence course, but let me tell you. I do kick boxing, which means I could possible defend myself, but if it were necessary, it wouldn't possibly be enough.

Traditional kickboxing, or Muy Thai Kickboxing? I trained in Muy Thai (that's where I got my nickname Taz), brutal stuff which is good for self defense. You should mix a little grappling in with your training. If you're good fighting on your feet, you have a pretty good chance of ending the fight while still standing. However in most cases people end up shooting in or grabbing the other person and turns into a wrestling match.
My TKD instructor leveled a guy on the street with a spin back kick to the lower abdomen but it was something he didn't recommend, and with reasons. He was just very fast and very accurate, and the other guy's reactions weren't very quick, he looked at me and said it was luck.

taz, how long have you trained muay thai? I've been training for about two years in thai, and brasilian jujitsu combined with some wing chun kung fu (great for close in fighting), and kali/escrima which I think is the most practical form of weapon fighting there is, it emphasises sticks and knives. ive also taken concepts of jeet kun do which I found to be a more practical form of tkd and karate both of which I took when I was a kid but found to be impractical. anyway I really love muay thai. it is by far the most effective stand up fighting style available imo. I'm 6'4" 250lb and played college football for four years, so I could kick really hard even using the more traditional kicks of the jeet kun do style, but that can't come close to comparing with how fast and hard I can kick sinse starting thai boxing. I recomend any one of these systems to anyone looking for practical self defense.

no need for self defence

not that its any of my buisness but dont you think that this thread would fit better if we put it in the sports section?