7 Self Defense Myths You Should Know Are Myths
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- Self defense can be a matter of life and death. Knowing the right information can save your life, yet believing in the wrong self defense myths can actually dramatically increase various self defense related dangers. Thus in this Martial Arts Explored Episode we will take a look at seven biggest and most dangerous self defense myths to debunk.
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While how likely it is that you will be attacker, depends on what part of the world you live in, the risk of it, one way or the other, exists pretty much to everyone. Sometimes, whether we will be able to successfully defend ourselves or not, may even be a matter of life and death. There are plenty of people who were able to defend themselves without knowing martial arts, or having any formal self defense training, yet that is not always the case, and when it is not - the results are tragic. Knowing the right information about self defense may dramatically reduce the likeness of being attacked, and increase your ability to survive an encounter, yet knowing the wrong information, may put you into even a bigger danger.
For this reason, in this Martial Arts Journey video we will take a look at seven biggest myths of self defense, to remove from your knowledge, and increase your overall safety.
Number one: Self defense is about biting, kicking and punching
Many people when they think about self defense, they think about the physical aspect of it: such as biting, kicking and punching. What is very important to understand, is that effective self defense is actually much more than that. Proper self defense includes not only the physical aspect, but also personal safety and prevention. Knowing how to detect a possible threat, and avoid it, may dramatically reduce your likeliness to being attacked. Also, finding a creative solution, such as de-value’ating yourself, in the midst of an encounter, is also a great possibility. At the same time, if you think of self defense as just using physical force to protect yourself, you are much more likely to miss other opportunities, and engage in a physical confrontation, while risking, sometimes unnecessarily, severe injury in a direct physical confrontation.
Number two: The first line of defense is kicking to the groin and poking the eyes
This is probably the most common myth in people who have never trained self defense, or were engaged in a questionable self defense program. A number of people believe, that if a self defense situation arises, the best solution is either to kick to the groin, or poke your finger into the eye of the attacker. The reason this is a myth, first of all is because a kick to the groin will not always “incapacitate” the attacker. Sometimes, it may cause less pain than intended and won’t stop the attacker from continuing to attack, and in other cases a defender may simply be unable to kick to the right place, given the stress of the situation and many other variables, such as distance, height of the person and more. Pretty much the same applies to the gauging the eyes. Not only it is difficult to train this movement, since you can not keep poking the eyes out of your training partners, and it is risky to rely on a movement that you have not trained, the eyes are also a very small target on a head, which will not be staying in one place. Presented with the adrenaline, stress, and the chaos of a real life encounter, there is very little chance to use this technique effectively, while much more could be achieved with more effective solutions instead.
Number three: Size doesn’t matter
Some self defense systems claim that self defense techniques exist, in which size doesn’t matter. While at first this sounds attractive, it’s actually another dangerous and irrational myth to believe in. Not only height makes a huge difference, such as the reach of the persons arms, also it may be close to impossible to strike the chin with the palm of a much higher attacker, or even more so “to try to gouge the eyes out”. Size also makes a big difference in the force that a person generates. It is no wonder that there are weight categories in all combat sports. While there is a difference between combat sports and self defense, even there, the huge difference that size and weight makes - is acknowledged, as there is no panacea to removing the difference this aspect makes.
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Which self defense myths would you add? If you haven't seen the "5 most common myths of martial arts", check the video here: th-cam.com/video/9YRGkRmHuMs/w-d-xo.html
Myth 8, you can learn self defence and martial arts from watching video's and online courses.
If anyone can point to a master or decent fighter that has done that, i would be greatly amazed.
Not really. People use online training or pick up things from TH-cam and such, as the examples in his video. Of demonstrations. There are people teaching an entire black belt courses and everything, with the false notion they will become experts. It's simply not true. The only way to get good is to find a good teacher in person to train you.
It's the only way it should be, but it isn't the only way it is. Mind you, there are some less than honest mcDojo's out there too unfortunately.
While i now see where you are trying to come from. To me, to defend yourself, sure you don't need martial arts necessary, you need a mentality prepared for violence. To be able to use martial arts methods effectively how ever and increase your ability to defend yourself, you do need to be a fighter/martial artist.
My issue with these "self defence" experts, is they try to teach fine motor skills to people who can only accomplish gross motor skills at best. Trying to train with untrained friends are as pointless to me as doing it yourself, expect both can be hurt from improper understanding.
It's like teaching someone swimming steps and expecting them to suddenly be able to swim like seasoned swimmers.
But martial arts is even more complicated because of how varied things can be.
I would put a trained fighter who spars to adjust better in self defence than someone who never pressure tested it any day.
I have heard that Krav mega do try to pressure test things, which i think is a good step in the right direction.
Good advice in general mate.
A kungfu master once proclaimed he knows the best way to defend against a holdup at knife point. He then reached into his pocket and handed out his wallet.
the importance of a drop wallet
That is how real master should teach his student.
Then this man is closer to a master than most. If it is clear that the attacker is after more than just your wallet, run. If you cannot outrun the opponent, find anything around you to use as a weapon.
but what if he proceeds to attack? Compliance only emboldens some attackers.
@@TexasHoosier3118 refer to my comment above
"winner of a knife fight bleeds in an ambulance where as the loser bleeds out at the allyway"
Two types of people engage in knife fighting. Those who have been slashed and stabbed and those who are going to be slashed and stabbed.
I'm happy to see that the Krav Maga teachers I had were very open about these myths. I learned:
1. Best to run away
2. Focus on deescalating
3. Don't expect to come out unharmed
That'll only work for knife attack right? What about bare hand to hand combat? Should i run away? Or fight?
@@soloassasins9407 krav maga recommends quick strikes and then running away to safety. If your attacker is on the ground or running away do not follow. Your opponent could gain the upper hand, go for a hidden knife or gun and you just put yourself in unneeded danger.
Thank you. That is exactly what ueshiba the founder of aikido said, the best fight is the one you do not fight...
Bruh, imagine running away, but the guy turns out to be on the track team back in highschool and rushes to you.
Or what if he throws the knife at your fucking back
NoBodyPlayz knife throwing is extremely difficult, chances are he won’t hit you anywhere important.
I can't fight at all, but I'm really good at staying out of trouble and avoiding conflict. This has served me very well in the past.
You win 100% of the fights that you don’t enter
It's true that violence is the nuclear option, but the actual nuclear option has lead to decades of relative world peace so it's nice to have it if possible
Situational awareness should be taught
I'm doing this even if i know i can win a fight. Worked 90% of the fights. I practiced professional fencing more than 13 years and mixed it with many fighting styles ( kyokushin, kickbox and now mma ). But i guess this is what martial arts and sports are supposed to teach you. I prefer to run away from a fight. The only times i don't do it is when family, girlfriend or friend is in danger.
I outrun 3 guys once... they chased me for 2 blocks and they stopped.
Myth: Your enemy will chase you for a long time... just like in movies.
Reality: Most people aren't fit enough to run 200m. Even at 100m they are huffing and puffing.
For the average person, it takes an average of 40sec to run 200m, 15-20sec for 100m. If you can run for 2 mins non stop, you would outrun most people.
Everybody has a plan until they get the first punch.
Exactly.
So true
Paulo Pina it’s “until they get punched in the face...” if they “get the first punch”...what’s the problem...🤣
The best and ultimate plan for self-defense is to run faster and longer than your opponent. Fast legs almost always will get you out of trouble.
I agree the best response to an assault is to escape whenever possible.
Everything is fair game when your life depends on it.
That's not a myth! (I get your point though and wholly agree!)
Lawyer of the attacker will have different opinion. Believe me. If somebody attacks you, he knows very well how to make laws works for him when you hurt him, because it's simply his way of life so he know it very well.
So? Lawyer up yourself. There are some who specialize in self-defense rights; they usually also specialize in gun law as well since the two are intertwined.
I know there are many great lawyers that will be able to help you. I am only saying that the moment you hurt him visibly, even giving him only black eye if the attacker lives form mugging others he already have a story to tell the police. In best case scenario the police will lock both of you and later think who tells truth. Unfortunately in most cases his story is so good that they will lock you up first and they usually have some witness that happens to walk by and will confirm their story, not yours. People who lives from robbing others are not stupid, they know what life they have and are prepared for worst outcome.
Yeeeah, try the traditional Southern Rough and Tumble defense, and see how many years in prison you'll get. Don't get me wrong, I agree that people will resort to every means to defend themselves in a life-or-death scenario, but I don't think the courts would necessarily agree, given modern cultural norms.
fightland.vice.com/blog/rough-and-tumble-the-deeply-southern-tradition-of-nose-biting-testicle-ripping-and-eye-gouging
What I've always told students is that the techniques are just tools. Just because you can swing a hammer and drive some nails doesn't mean you can build a house. The techniques are means to an end, and just like a any other tool used out of context or unnecessarily, they may not work or even backfire against you. There is a larger goal you must be aware of.
Joel good job sjw 😂
@@KingBr33ch I'm anything but a sjw. Lmao. You make me laugh
I completely agree with this but now I'm just imagining someone who knows how to build a house... but not when to build a house. "Would the man in isle 5 please stop building a door frame." or "Jacobs, you were supposed to walk the dog. Why is my driveway covered by an extension to the neighbor's house?"
You must be a great teacher. Most great teachers I have had never stop learning and always stay humble. The funny thing about that is I experience martial arts masters that this this form of humility. It turns out very dangerous and ends up in stupid situations.
two months ago, i was taking a walk at night, 1 am when suddenly, someone started running at me from behind. it turned out to be just a girl heading to the bus station, when she ran past me, but man did she startle me. the adrenaline kicked in of course and kept me nervous for a couple minutes and all i was thinking was, whether i could really pull off any of my martial arts when im this shaken and that wasnt even a serious situation. i'd say this is what self defense should be all about, learning how to handle a situation in which you are unusually nervous and shaken.
Good news. You did not perform a back kick toward her.
There's always an extent where you can't prepare for the unknown.
Can't prepare fully for war without practicing war, and you can die anytime, even when training...
I’ve been mugged three times. Well... three times were actually dangerous situations and the other four were non threatening. I suppose one of the four was more of a pickpocket that wasn’t so smooth. In 5 of these seven situations I was completely surprised and in the three dangerous ones I was shocked into compliance. No amount of training would’ve made me confident in my ability to protect myself from two attackers, especially where one has or in the other situation where I was 12. (I walk around a lot/use public transport and don’t have a car furthermore I live in a country with a very high crime rate)
I was told once that once you experience the adrenaline dump you lose about 50% of your fine motor skills. That makes it difficult to grasp the assailant's wrist in a precise way, move your feet in the correct pattern, and execute a technique even though you may have practiced it many times, in a well-lit facility with mats and with a compliant partner who knows they're supposed to get thrown and are already leaning in that direction.
My teacher in college always made it a point to work on reaction time and practicing so that muscle memory takes over. I can attest that it works. He'd always say that you don't want to have to download what you're going to do it a fight, should just come automatically but to vary what you practice and not against any specific technique or with any specific response so that it doesn't matter as much what someone would throw, you could just react and let your body take over.
People need to remember "self defense" only means you lived through an attack by not giving them your life. You fought to stay alive even if you ran. Like you said, in the street, there are no rules of engagement. Just utter chaos.
Underrated self-defense maneuver: Be crazy. Throw ALL dignity out the window and just start twitching, drool, embrace the energy of that weird homeless person that is not part of this world.
Nobody likes to be against someone too crazy to comprehend lol
That's what the hognose snake does
Bro if you knew Russian language I'd recommend you a tiny book where a guy guiding security firms said EXACTLY same point. There was a line like: "In a hypothetical fight between a 80kg martial arts pro with a knife and an absurdly crazy angry woman with just a simple awl I 95% bet the woman defeats the guy"
Only someone like Tyler1 could pull this off.
Start biting, spitting jn the eye
Pull your pants off, that’ll throw them off.
Restomp the groin
How did you get the attacker on the ground though lol you already won
although I don't get this reference I'm sure it is one
ReasonableRadio check out master ken
ReasonableRadio Master Ken of Enter the Dojo here on YT.
Lol, Master Ken & the deadly martial art of Ameri-do-te!
7. is correct. I've train in MA and never been attacked. This is because I watch my surroundings, move cautiously, and look to defuse the situation quickly.
Not only that I find that I am much less scared of close contact. I know what it is like to have someone sit on my so I'm less scared of what will happen in a fight even though I know I can get beat up easily. I think that a clearer mind can help you not make stupid choices in fear of being hurt.
5:50 = #7
and you are, in all likelihood, not an affiliate of organised (or in my case it was disorganised) crime - i no longer participate, im now a store manager, but i used to run around with a 'young team' - we were a bunch of lads from the area tipped to be made men because we were all little hooligans with a head for scams, i was attacked every week by people who wanted to be hard, or people that wanted money or drugs - stabbed 3 times by 17, the third time i moved away to a different city, i couldnt take the heat, and i dont ever want to again
Myth 8/9: You can defeat multiple opponents.
A guy tell me he now someone who beat 5 other dudes. 😂
@@goodbro2046 if those 5 were drunk, snowflakes or knows nothing about fighting
Yes if you have an Apache helicopter
Up to 3 untrained guys with similar build , I feel confident that I can avoid getting surrounded and cut angles, if any of those variables change not a chance without getting some serious damage
Depending on the numbers it's possible though no likely. Chances go up if you can line them up in an alley or you can narrow it down to one guy at a time. Note "possible" not likely tho. If they surround you it's game over, idc if you're a tai chi grand-master, some MMA champ or the hermit who been training in the woods all his life.
One of my fav quotes "if you sit by the river long enough, you'll see the bodies of your enemies float by. The key is alot of the time the best defense is to not fight at all.
The last one actually works the other way around. Knowing how to defend yourself, or how to fight, vhanges your posture and how you walk and how you look. People who train in an effective fighting art actually have a lower likelihood of being attacked, due to potential thieves/etc seeing them as a confident person thus an unideal target. They'd rather pick on someone with bad posture, who avlids eye contaft and has no intensity, which are attributes trained martial artists rarely exhibit
That exactly according what the police say. They have a good feel who is the easy victim and who not. They will wait for the easy victim.
@@jpsholland A fun story to tell:
A friend of mine walks in a park with his mother during dark hours, the country is in Europe, so despite some small crimes here and there it should be considered very safe, yet a woman is always alert.
She stay close to his son and state her concern that they may be mugged in the park, because the lights are not making it that bright (and the park is huge, so a lot of vegetation to obscure the vision).
My friend stops for a second and thinks - he is 190 cm/6'2 tall, weights 140 kilos/300 pounds and is really muscular - no more then 15% body-fat, shaven head and big beard - basically most people will avoid messing with him if there are easier targets out there, and the probability are in his favor.
You are very right! But also people in martial arts, when someone knows how to handle themselves against anyone who they come across won't start fights that are not necessary. Many fights can be avoided.
Thats complete bullshit tho. Even claiming such things are based in fantasy. Your casual posture do not change just beacus you practice martial arts, unless your posture was so bad before that you had to correct it before training. He should add this statement to his list.
@@khurgar8120 It's not posture it's a confidence in your posture.
Really though it's size and strength. Humans attackers are like hyenas, looking for the elder/injured gazelle, not the lion.
Take the camera/purse off the elderly woman tourist, not the 6'0 in shape 25 yr old guy.
Two ways to protect yourself on the streets:
1) Bring friends
2) Bring weapons
3) Hire Bodyguards
@J M Archer More like paid BEST friends, LOL!
@Thej Yhome 5)And an aeroplane....when she catches up to me, won't be no time to explain....
0) *RUN*
Blopa Blop What if you can’t run away?
Myth: Stand and Bang. After years of training, if someone approaches me with a knife, I'm giving them my wallet. If I am in a barfight, I'll do what I have to do, but will avoid the situation at all costs. If I win, I could still go to jail. Not worth the risk.
Also myth: going for submissions on the ground. Unless it truly is one on one, you risk other people attacking you while you're on the ground. Use your jits or wrestling to get up!
Casey P
Absolutley Right!! to continue the fight makes you the aggressor. You get maybe 2 or 3 simultaneous block/strike combos at best open hand or blade. once aggressor is shut down you need to disengage and call 911. Caveat: For the Open Hand or Fist Fighter, If for any reason you gave your best 1-2-3 and they aren't shutdown....it's gonna be a long day! For the blade guys like myself We have to be careful. Our society allows you to shoot people, but if you cut them Jurors tend to see us as guys wanting to start trouble.
Casey P yes, give them what they want. if they would want to kill they would just shoot u from behind
Casey P - If it works 1 on 1 then it's not a myth, it's a useful strategy for a specific situation.
Casey P
Agreed. I’m not sticking around to defend a knife. I train BJJ and I feel confident on the ground against any untrained fighter, BUT I’m Not going to the ground if there’s the slightest chance his buddy is gonna stomp my head while I’m there. I’m not even gonna engage multiple attackers at all unless it’s last resort. I believe my BJJ can keep me standing or get me back to my feet so that’s the plan unless there’s no doubt it’s a 1 on 1 fight with no weapons.
The best advice for self defense is four things in my opinion:
1) Like the video says, the point is to survive, not to win. Swallow your ego and run at the earliest possibility. There is a chance your opponent could be carrying a concealed weapon, or just dragging out the fight increases the chance of injury or death.
2) It doesn’t matter how but gain experience in fighting, whether it be through boxing, martial arts or anything else. The brain will be able to react and think properly during scenarios it is used to. In this way, specific techniques aren’t what is going to help you but being desensitized to the experience is. Those who are more level headed have a lesser chance of making a mistake and also have a higher probability of making a run for it.
3) Build size, either through muscle, fat or both. A bigger person is less likely to be targeted by others and in the event they are, a bigger person has a higher chance of overpowering a smaller opponent. Women in particular have the most to gain through this, as their increased muscle helps with overpowering men and can help them move faster as they flee. Guns pretty much make this point invalid but its not always certain your attacker will have one.
4) Make it a habit to constantly be aware of your surroundings when alone. If someone trails too close for a suspicious amount of time, you can get away from them with a good enough head start, or by moving into a more populated area. It’s a good idea to look behind you every so often.
I always struggle with the idea of whether or not I should look behind me when I feel that I'm being followed. I think: if I look back now will that person start running at me sooner?
5) bring a gun.
@@llOathkeeperll Looking or not, the predator is intent on running at you and will do so when ready. The predator's plan has already started to fail once the prey is aware of his presence. Once he realises this, he will either abandon the hunt or precipitate his attack... while you are already aware and not in best position for his attack.
So don't struggle with the idea. Do it. Be aware and show that you are aware. Predators stalk easy preys, not ones that they think will be able to escape them or give them a fight.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache Thing is, that’s only applicable to some countries.
A big myth I see a lot is the idea that all of the skills you develop in combat sports go completely out the window when there are no rules, or even that training in a sport environment will only make you worse at defending yourself in such a context. Now, it is possible that training in a sport environment can cause you to develop habits that would be a bad idea in a self-defense situation. However, any combat skills you may develop against resisting opponents in a sport environment can still work against a resisting opponent in an environment with less rules. Yes, you will have to be wary of new things that you haven't trained for, and this is where taking some combat-oriented self-defense classes would be a good idea, but the closer you train to reality the better. Being trained for some aspects of real self-defense is indefinably better than none whatsoever, and therein lies the value of combat sports.
Yep a combat sport will all ways translate better into a self defence situation than a non sparring combative martial art.
There’s no substitute for using your brain. The brain is what protects you in self defense.
Yeah and the opposite is also a myth. That "because I do MMA I'm prepared to defend myself". You've gotta spar if you wanna be ready but you also have to drill techniques that can't be allowed in sports. If you are prepared to go for joints, the throat, and to rip ears off and have the stress management that you get from sparring you'll be even better prepared.
Very good analysis, nobody 11. This actually what I have realized over time. And this is why I laugh when Îsee guys at my karate dojo when they take it so seriously regarding having their knee in such or such position when in a kokutsu or regarding any other sort of beautiful perfection of any technique. Some really think they it and that the beautiful perfection of their technique makes them undestroyable. But they shift themselves when it comes to a mere Kumite. So it all depends on what frame of mind you’re in when you’re training. If that frame of mind is self defense oriented, all the time, understanding there will be no rules in the street, that it will be chaos, then martial arts can be effective. Otherwise you might just as well practice ballet dancing.
Turner Duraski - If you haven't trained the techniques in a realistic way then you're unlikely to pull them off in a fight. Drilling is not realistic training.
I know you covered this briefly but it can't be stressed enough: If you land a groin strike on an adrenaline filled attacker and don't follow that up with something to capitalize on it, now all you have is a very pissed off, adrenaline filled attacker.
Really been liking the videos you've been making, they're definitely effecting the martial arts community (at least on TH-cam) in a positive way. Keep it up brother!
That's exactly what I think. My first martial arts instructor was a bouncer at the most violent bar in town. Boy, he had some stories to tell. Where most people get into trouble. For example, a groin kick. He said that he would groin kick a guy 3 or 4 times. If that didn't work. he would eye gouge him 3 or 4 times. If things got in close, he would repeatedly knee him in the groin while biting a piece of his face off, and when he bit he BIT! He said if you bite somebody BITE THEM!! HARD!!! I think people get into trouble half assing these dirty techniques. They think one groin kick, or one weak eye gouge is going to end a fight. Just like Mike Tyson. Punches in bunches.
What half of people seem to forget is that groin strikes are a diversion. You are unlikely to do big damage with it, because it is one of the most sensitive body part so most aggressors will be able to protect it.
You don't throw a groin strike to incapacitate. You throw it so they overdefend while you throw an actual incapacitating shot (leg quick, arm dislocation or straight up knock out punch).
01:10: Having pants that can be yanked off in a split second is bandy for scaring off an assailant.
Coming from someone that's had to defend multiple people in different cases. It happens faster than you'd ever imagine going into it - you will have no thoughts only reactions so train under stress. And besides basic blocking skills, your best bet is awareness, empathy, and verbal de-escalation skills. The ability to emphatically say, "what's wrong and what's going on." has saved more than enough fights - where posturing or "what's wrong bro." would've clearly escalated the situation. If you don't like guns, at least pepper spray is a decent alternative these days.
Trying to poke someone’s eyes in a chaotic fight situation is an invitation to get your fingers injured if not broken.
Loved the mouse with the helmet...
Please make an interview of Master Ken
That's a great idea!
I would love to see Rokas with master Ken! That would be amazing! :D
@@MartialArtsJourney It would be so funny
Best of all, worst of none. Master Ken for life.
Dear friend Rokas. I practiced aikido for more than 10 years and in the begining I used to like the sensation I could use the techniques in self defense situations, because I was taught so. However, the more I trained the more i understand by myself that self confidence feeling was dangerous, specially because it could make beginners to believe they could use those techniques efficiently. It is a hard issue, indeed.
Over confidence is very dangerous true. But I also think that to some extent self defence starts as soon as your opponent sees you. If you carry yourself like a victim you might become one. I think the confidence martial arts training can make you carry yourself in a way which makes someone think twice about attacking you because there are easier looking targets. Of course this isn’t universally true,but I think there is some truth to it.
Ian Alexander yes, i agree
Muryllo Amalio de Souza
I remember hitting a technical wall after about 3 years training, and I quickly went from thinking, "hey, I'm starting to get really good at this!" to "I am never leaving my house again!"
It's nice when your wakeup call does not involve an ambulance showing up ;)
Trained for 15 years in Karate and then Aikido- and the more you do the more you realise you don’t know and your limitations
You win every fight you avoid.
That was the phrase I was looking to express myself. Thanks
The first thing my judo teacher said when talking about self-defence: if you can, run away. So true. Avoiding confrontation is the first step in keeping yourself safe.
While studying Kenpo I have learned to never underestimate anyone . As a police officer though I have used pieces of striking etc not as a means of fighting but as a means of stunning and stopping an overt action. Pieces of all training can come into play. Timing I guess . Nothing works like in a dojo but little pieces of things can open up for you if you can see them . That only happens with training . Striking opens things up .
The state of mind is the most important thing tho.
Roberto Luongo It is always good to consider the 3 A's: Able, Armed, Assisted. Always consider that the individual is able to fight (maybe has skills better than yours), that they are armed and, that they will be assisted by friends.
Curt Holzendorf
That’s why BJJ has its disadvantages for the street . If I took someone down or fell to the ground my immediate concern would be getting my head caved in by another assailant ! As a police officer I always assume an individual is armed and dangerous
Roberto Luongo Did you use basic strikes (jab, cross etc) or did you use knife hands, palm strikes, etc?
ComplexBlackness
ComplexBlackness a solid vertical punch right in the centerline puts people flat on their ass period !! I have used palms to the jawline yes fits like a glove
Lol. "...since you cannot keep gouging out the eyes of your training partners..." That was awesome.
But there's definitely ways to train it without doing that. Are boxers hitting their training partners' gloves practicing punching?
@David Hernandez 1st I would have said sparring partner if I meant that. Let me rephrase it to thregional mitts. Then they'd hitting hard af. Also when I did kung fu we would practice on people but we would wear goggles or we would pull back before we contacted the eye.
You dont need to gouge the eyes twice once and its over
Agree to all of these. As I have experienced some of them myself in street fights.
When I was walking on a dim sidewalk at the evening, a man suddenly came out from bushes and rushed to attack me. There was space about 5 meters between us. But since I was confidence about my "self defence skill", I stood guard, put my stance instead of running away. Like, Come on Bring what you Got!
When he entered my range, I was about to finish guessing what move he would perform. Kicking? Punching? No problem. I could take that.
Too bad, he threw a palm sized rock straight to my face. Not fair! I thought. I did a side evasion to the right, but that stone still able to wound my left forehead.
He run back to the bushes, I fought the urge to run after him fearing that there might be his friends waiting.
Got stitches until now it left marks on my left forehead.
Many lessons I learn from this mistake. About range, prevention, unfairness of street fighting...
I love how you showed Master Wong when talking about good techniques and then the next shot about bad techniques was the terrible self defense video 😂 great stuff man
Thank you you :)
jay ortiz the most of Master Wong techniques are pretty much good.... Not all and not 100%,but yeah i like him too. Real nice martial artist and VERY good Shifu
Master Wrong is not taken seriously in the martial arts world. He is just like a clown in the circus.
Another amazing video. 10/10 Would restomp the gorin
Thank you!
*always restomp the groin. always.
Rule #2: Double-Tap
Probably the biggest myth is perpetuated by stuff like Krav, that you can pop 3 move fine-motor combinations off in a physical confrontation. Self-defence, if it's come to violence is a fight for your life and it's a messy gross-motor caveman affair. This is the essential truth that is avoided - violence is a messy chaos, not a choreographed fine motor fan dance. This is especially significant for women in self defence. Get real very quickly. You need to access that wild animal nature and there's nothing dignified lycra and boxercise smiles about it. You may be bloody, spitting ears, headbutting somebody's nose to pulp.
Street boxing UK I do krav most of the time it tends to just devolve into a mess of strikes until you can run away or the attack goes down. Essentially it's just learning how to strike effectively and to keep on striking until you can get to safety. Main benefit from it is the pressure drills which I tend to find the most helpful.
Jaden Randall yes, the pressure drills are good.
Krav Maga is based on "gross-motor" skills not fine-motor skills. It is not genuine Krav Maga if fine-motor skill techniques are being taught. You will not be able to execute fine-motor skills techniques during a genuine Krav Maga stress drill.
Curt Holzendorf I've never seen anything but fine motor krav. Anything with branching techniques and changes on the half beat is fine motor to me. If you take krav back to gross motor it's the same as combatives which is well and good but not marketable as a glossy gym product for hipsters like its current facade. Look at this stuff - th-cam.com/video/N-ss_OfxsgA/w-d-xo.html this is IDF - these are fine motor skills that need to be honed over years - little flicking movement, switches, combinations, transitions - 8 or 9 movements in a second or two - reality doesn't go down this way, not even for professionals in this game.
Quite frankly, i don't like those kinds of demonstrations. My understanding of fine motor skills vs gross motor skills is as follows: A fine motor skill is the coordination and movement of small muscles, usually involving the synchronization of hands and fingers with the eyes. Gross motor skill movements come from large muscle groups and whole body movement. So, if someone grabs my shirt and I execute a wrist lock, I consider that a fine motor skill. Whereas if I decide to punch him in the face, I consider that a gross motor skill. Knife disarms (of which I am not an advocate) use fine motor skills. At one time, a lot of Krav organizations were doing knife disarms, but what I have seen lately is that most have come to realize that they are futile and have abandoned them.
I agree with your comment about combatives not being marketable as a glossy gym product for hipsters. :-D So many people come into a gym looking for that dim mak technique. They're in for a rude awakening in the real world.
I think few people believe “size doesn’t matter” myth. I’m 6’ 9” , 250lb, and I can walk through the getto, no problem. I most probably can’t fight at all, but being so big makes people too scared to find out. That and they most probably know that they won’t get any money off of me since I have to spend it all on food.
a 6ft3 mma pro 170-205lbs would tear any 250lb non training dude limb from limb.........heck i train and some of my sparring partners are 240lbers
feminism and other liberal equality myths have trained people to think size doesn't matter. The fact is it does, and your sex also plays a huge role. Women simply don't have the muscle mass and strength that men have by default. Not to say there are not a few scary ladies around, but by and large this rule applies.
@Dzintra I'd like to know the practical applications of flipping a car or bending steel rods in the context of a fight. I don't think a 250 pounder with no experience could ever "rip off the face" of a 205 pounder with wrestling experience.
I got held at gunpoint when our group got jumped because I was the tallest @ 6' 4
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The groin attack myth is valid. I liken it to the way some people believe that shooting someone once with a handgun will stop the person. You shoot until the the attacker stops. Note that I did not say shoot to kill. Shoot until they stop. Depending on the circumstances and at an opportune moment, I will attempt a groin kick, but it is immediately followed up by punches, elbow strikes, knee strikes, headbutts, etc. I want to do as much damage as I can to stop them so that I can disengage and get away.
I think the idea behind the myth is the idea that you can avoid having to develop real combat skills through pressure testing if you just try to be as ruthless as possible when you have to defend yourself, which of course is very foolish
i consider that the only two conditions in which you should stop striking and run away are:
1) when you have to take one step forward to give the next strike. if you're still close enough for it push kick and run in the other direction, if not, just run away.
2) when you miss a strike because the guy is falling/collapsing. same, you push away if close enough for it, then run.
in some aspect, i think one of the most important part of the fighting aspect of self defense is similar to moba games, knowing when to engage and when to disengage.
" I will attempt a groin kick, but it is immediately followed up by punches, elbow strikes, knee strikes, headbutts, etc. I want to do as much damage as I can to stop them so that I can disengage and get away."
And this is exactly the kind of Krav we are taught. You "may" end the fight with the kick, but the odds of landing an effective kick under stress is quite low. This is why you keep striking until the threat is over.
@Bill Randall If you think that's how self defense works, then I'd proudly say that your attackers running away are better at self-defense than you.
"I'm going to groin kick the next guy who fights me"
(Gets shoved onto the ground from behind)
5:45 this is how chaotic and sloppy a REAL fight is, no one is going for techniques and everyone is trying to bulldoze/overpower the other guy.
Well, not really myth, but am I training to protect myself, or to live out power fantasy?
Taistelukalkkuna being in shape and learning how to punch , kick, and protect your head is not a waste
I love that my Krav Maga instructors are very clear on all of that. Avoid fights all together with awareness, bigger opponents have an advantage, you will most likely get cut when defending against a knife, and remove yourself from the situation as soon as possible, for example. Makes me believe that I found a great school there :-)
I love this video! People who dont know self defense should really listen to what this video teaches! All things he mentions are exactly what i learned the last few years, sometimes even the hard way!
"The best defense in a knife fight is a gun" Indiana Jones 1981
What you are teaching people herein is of the utmost value.
I also hope that people actually do take into consideration the way the law sees things in most of the countries of the world, after personally serving 6 months in prison, due to a defencive and unavoidable situation wherein l ended up being told by my lawyers that I will end up being charged with "excessive use of force in self defence", and advised to take a plea bargain. The reason being due, largely, to the way the attacker fell, hitting his head severely on a concrete curb, and due to a kick to the leg I had thrown, just prior to landing the knockout punch, which had hyperextended his knee, and caused him to have a permanent limp.
l had tried to de-escalating the situation, and done everything else that I could, and my reaction to his attack was instinctual and automatic, having trained all of my life in Philipino Martial Arts, and Muay Thai. Those years of training also worked against me in a legal sense, whereby the prosecution presented the whole unfortunate case as though I had deliberately used these martial arts abilities to cause such harm to the attacker. This was not the case, as my reactions were automatic, and I had already tried everything to de-escalate the situation.
Something for anybody training in martial arts to remember always when it comes to self-defence, as the effects upon one's life upon doing time are quite far-reaching, on top of the fact that you have to do that time, in and of itself, also.
The charge now reads on my record as "Assault Occasioning Bodily Harm", and that charge will now remain tied to my name on all police and court records for the rest of my life.
I will no longer be traveling to Hawaii, and many other countries either, and surfing ranks, alongside my love of the Martial Arts, as my favourite pastime. Those are just some of the things that change due to such situations occurring.
I am a positive person, and don't really let anything get me down; my only point in mentioning these events at all, are to hopefully save somebody else from ever having a similar thing happen to them.
I believe that all who teach the martial arts should make their students aware of this aspect of the laws regarding self defence.
And even when you are aware of them, as I was throughout, it can still affect your life in such a way.
Avoidance is huge; it truly matters more than anything else in self defence, wherever it is possible, and awareness of the law is truly something to be taken into consideration by all serious students and teachers of the martial arts.
These videos are really good. Very well presented. Great work mate.
Good video. We teach a 7 layer system of personal protection that starts with awareness, goes through things like walkaways, habits, planning, etc - and then fighting is what happens when all those 7 levels fail.
One myth I have run in to with some students is that some people seem to believe that the extremes of meekness or exaggerated toughness are needed as part of personal protection. I have found both extremes to increase the chance of certain kinds of violence. And that the best middle ground is a certain kind of "quiet confidence" where you neither look like a victim or someone to take down a notch.
Bouncers and Corrections Officers are the best folk to talk with to get real world violent encounters info from (since they see it all regularly). Kudos to you Rich for what you do.
CO safety training focuses a whole lot on pre-attack indicator recognition and response. Not an easy job by any means.
Great video!
Thank you Ramsey! Actually this is great timing, since I wanted to ask if you would be interested to have a recorded conversation together with me for my channel and podcast? Maybe we can reconnect through e-mail?
Sure. It's tough to get any kind of live stream out of China, but we can give it a try! email me: ramseydewey@gmail.com
Martial Arts Journey just wanted to say that I follow both of you guys and seeing a conversation between you two about martial arts would be amazing.
Nice video! Thank you!
Nicely said!!!!
the more time you spent training a martial art, the more consciousness you have that you are not a hero. Against untrained people it is much more difficult. See what happens when you train agains a novice at the gym. It is awful. Imagine that lack of experience in a street situation.
Size and strength matter, but attitude is more important.
I know of a girl who ran into a thug twice her weight class who was looking for a fight and started a verbal altercation, to which she retaliated with breaking his knee! Sure, it was excessive, but if she just insulted back, a fight would have started that she was unlikely to win! This brings me to two important aspects:
*1) most attackers want easy victims;* if their plan fails, they tend to retreat.
*2) winning a fight is often about who gets scared* and runs away while the other is willing to do things the other is not able to do. This is why psychopaths and crazy people are scary in fights.
Related to both points: for instance, if someone has a weapon, but gets punched in the face and punched again while he's perplexed of what just happened, he's likely to forget that he has a weapon and think only of avoiding to get hit again, at least for a short time. It's much easier to attack someone than to defend against an attack. However, having a far superiour attack means nothing, if you're trapped in a defensive mindset!
That's also why knife attacks are so dangerous. People focus on how to avoid getting stabbed and try to control the knife arm at all cost, but the attacker can grab or punch with the other arm, he can kick etc. and avoiding getting cut doesn't bring you a bit closer to defeating the attacker. On the other side for an experienced fighter it would be quite easy to overwhelm a knife attacker and beat him up, if he didn't care about bleeding out afterwards... (again, that's why crazy people are scary).
Related to it: My problem is that I'm a tall and strong guy and for some reason midgets tend to challenged me. I was kicked in the shin for no apparent reason by a kid, near literally half my size! Sure, I could kick back, but that wouldn't fly well with any bystanders...
I was also groped in several cases by women. If I reacted like women getting groped, I'd be in a lotta trouble too.
So far, I have been rarely in any real confrontation, but the few events that came close, I was always either facing multiples or someone armed. That's what you get for being tall.
Running away *is* winning. It means you get to live.
@Semper Fi and she now works in two sh!tty jobs to make a living as most won't employ her...
Just buy a gun...........
Daing I was fixing to chime in with corrections but you hit the nail on the head with every point
Fantastic video! I have seen several and I do appreciate them, This one is probably the most important that I have seen. It is a reality check.
When I started working as a bouncer I had already been in a few alterations and had some training. One point that you've already touched upon: The main thing I've noticed about self defense and real life violence in general is how extremely messy and chaotic it is. And that's also in my opinion the hardest thing to prepare for. If you haven't experienced real life violence from someone who's actually trying to hurt you, you don't know what it's like, PERIOD. Maybe you'll handle it fine, or maybe you'll crack. But untill it happens, you can never know.
Excellent video, could not agree more especially with the first and 6th points.
Verbal deescalation and awareness are the most important aspects of self protection and a "street fight" is not self defence. A street fight is tactically stupid and illegal in most countries.
This was an absolutely great video and deserves far more views than it's gotten. My instructor during college, where we learned Kajukenbo as well as anything he knew and wanted to incorporate, whenever he talked about knife or gun defense he always lead with "if all they want is your phone and your wallet, hand them over and call the police later. Do not fight if you don't have to in that type of situation", closely followed with "if you have to defend yourself from a knife, you're going to get cut. Just make sure it isn't anywhere important or immediately deadly". If only I knew about these myths and what he taught me in HS and didn't have to wait until college to have an instructor who was straight up about many of these things.
Excelent video. Thank you. May God bless you.
This had me dying 2:00
"Master Ken" parody martial arts show.
I love they included the Indiana Jones part into the video, that scene was improvised by Harrison Ford, originally there was supposed to be an actual fight between the guys sword and Indiana Jones whip, but Harrison Ford was sick for a while and they didnt have enough time to shoot the fight, so the director told Harrison Ford to improvise the scene and that's what he did.
Love the see Your growth keep up the good work.
Thanks for these useful tips !
About number 5: If a street thug attacks a competitive mma fighter my money is on the mma fighter. There are definitly a handful of martial arts (competitive fighting, few rules) that will make you decent at self defense. I have yet to see a self-defense specialist taking out a trained fighter and I have seen a lot of the opposite.
There is about a 1% chance that street thug is a competitive MMA fighter. It is like saying that AK47 is better then 9x19mm gun because of a kevlar vest.
What he was saying is that it is a myth that martial arts would prepare you for self defense. What I am saying is that many competitive martial arts (not all, but some like mma) are actually good for self defense.
I've met street thugs on many more occasions than I was asking for, and only once thug was alone. And differences between 1on1 and 1onX are huge. Being trained in sports martial art is way better for self defence than being not, but being trained for fair duels is not that helpful in fighting off packs of opponents who disrespect even law, least to say rules.
@@Sandermatt87 Oh. That's ok, I agree. I was triggered by your last sentence in main comment because self-defense oriented systems are often belittled with that argument. It is true that sport combat oriented fighter will defeat self-defense oriented fighter more often than not but it is generally irrelevant. It is like comparing hand guns to assault rifles. Personal experience... There was a guy who was training some kind of Kung Fu for five years. He came to local Krav Maga school where I was training and his attitude was little bit of a arrogant. Until one day... We had blind choke exercise. Twist was that attacker had to scream, yell and curse. I can scream like a banshee. When I started choking and screaming at him his body went limp and I had to hold him so he would not fall. If you loose your head then all your skills are worthless. If you keep your cool then your skills can help you to see another day.
@@ProjectExMachina I think you'll find this statistic wrong. The chance is much less. Consider how many people practice MMA around the world. Then understand that there is almost 8 billion people on the planet. What is 1% of 8 billion?
80 million.
What is the estimate for MMA?
about 3.6 million.
Now understand that even 1% of 1% is more so even 0.01% is too high.
All of those I have learned in Krav Maga. I guess that I was lucky in finding the good teacher.
So did I in Taekwon-Do. It shows that it is not so much the style that leads you down the right or the wrong path, but most of all the teacher.
One of the best and most true-to-life videos I've seen
great stuff...finally someone worth subscribing
Long ago karate teacher, every class during warmups, would rhetorically ask "what's the best way to win a fight?". Correct answer: "Run away."
FIRST RULE of self defense...
DONT BE THERE !
I took Karate briefly and was falsely under the assumption that if I did a kick or punch right, the attack would be over. Later, I got into boxing and learned--from sparring NOT demonstrations--that you can hit someone A LOT, and they can still keep trying to fight you. Sparring opened my eyes to the idea that a fight could last a while and not be two or three moves.
Good vid. Subscribed!!
Biggest flaw ever: Chi is a force field that can protect you😂
Hi I honestly believe if you tell too many people you know martial arts that someone will want to test you. I love to talk about it but I try to be careful where I do.
Thank you sir, there is so much truth in this video that most martial artist, combat sport practitioners, and cheap self defense classes need to realize. Also, I would like to point out that you can’t prepare just doing the physical, you have to learn to prepare yourself mentally. Become mentally tougher and commit yourself wholeheartedly to the task should the need arise.
There is a lot of truth in there. Excellent advice.
Nah, in my experience even a tap to my groin's gonna take me down 😂😂😂
Robert Cleft I've taken a straight up nut shot and barely flenched followed by me slamming the guy backwards into a wall over and over as fast as his head would bounce until his body went limp in my hands.
at the least it will slow most men down. don't count on it completely taking everyone out of the fight though.
Robert Cleft Most attacker’s don’t have any balls, though. That’s why I’m afraid to get married again.
I got kicked on the inside of my thigh once and my brain thought I got hit in the nuts and I dropped like a rock
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this video is a direct challenge against master ken ...
I hope he will invite Rokas to show him how it's done
Master Ken is impeccable. He makes the impractical practical.
This was one of the best videos regarding self defense I‘ve seen so far... if you have the possibility... RUN... if not... make it clean and fast and not more then needed to end the threat against you...
I have been saying most of this for years this is a great video thank you
Try not to be a hard-working and well-dressed man walking alone in a poor neighborhood. There, I just gave you the best self-defense advice you could possibly receive.
DaToNyOyO Only to the other lazy people, cause you have someone to hang out with and be lazy. I dont care if you are lazy, just dont vote to take my money.
How does this political bullshit worm its way onto every video on the internet? Vote to take your money? What the fuck has that got to do with self-defense? You wanna talk about that, go find a video that's actually about that. They're not exactly rare.
Wow, did not realize there were people who did that. Damn right, fuck people like that.
+HerrNilssonTheMonkey- who's more likely to commit a crime, someone who is successful in life or someone who isn't successful in life? that's your answer
@@stevenglikin3219 about equally likely. The real difference is that it's the poor folk who lack the bribes and name influence necessary to get away with it. So it's them who get locked up for it long term, whereas your rich folks are the ones generally walking around free and easy no matter what they do. If you asked me to share an elevator with a random upper class criminal, or a random lower class criminal, I sure as fuck know who I'm more afraid of. And that's entirely besides your crude-beyond-any-usefulness classification in the first place, which places someone who downloaded a song off the internet once in the same category as a mass murderer.
If someone is threatening you with a knife, and you think, " I can take it from him". Your as good as dead. In reality it is far "easier" to disarm an opponent armed with a handgun or rifle. I say that for context, because that is still unadvisable. Anyone who trains in self defense should also focus on the mental exercise of improvised weapons. Utilizing your environment is the best way to survive a hostile interaction if unarmed, or out armed.foe instance a shovel or rake make more effective weapons than a simple knife. Even a clumsy chair can be utilized to maintain distance. Also a good kick to the groin is only useful if followed up by a series of brutal attacks, or a very fast retreat
What I always taught my students against any kind of armed agression: if you can't avoid or defuse the situation, then there are 3 rules:
1- Run away
2- If you can't run away, find something, anything, usable as a weapon or shield and, at the first chance, go back to rule no 1
3- If you can't run away or use anything as a weapon or shield, be glad you trained hard, seriously and often with your techniques... and at the first chance, go straight back to rule no 1
As for the celebrated ''groin attack.'' In reality, it is a much harder thing to do than inexperienced people tend to beleive. The male of the species has a natural reflex to protect this most vulnerable part with many very easy, instinctual counter moves available (twisting, leaning in, stepping away, lifting a blocking leg or knee, throwing down a hand etc) which can also and often be combined for added effectiveness; and even if only partially successful, it is still enough to not only escape it's worst effect but to kick-in (pun intended) the most agressive survival reaction of your opponent (waking up the dragon...). Same with the almost as famous ''eye poke.'' So it is not a magic button that makes all fights easy and painless for someone.
The only thing that can make this remotely possible is to avoid fights, defuse fights and if all else fails walk (or run) away from a fight. Anything else is pain for all involved.
Great review. Master Ken? Love it :)
Great video thank you! I may repost this
Most effective technique is Josestar Special technique of running away
I want to learn from that guy with the taking pants off technique
VERY Good list!!!
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Outstanding insights. Important points rarely realistically addressed. Subscribing.
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Gouging eyes definitely works. Ask Jon Jones.
its funny that number 3 myth is why eye poking works......if someone is much bigger good luck landing enough strikes to hurt him while he has to hit you once.......but a poke hard to the eyes will do it and allow you enough time to either land enough strikes to run or run after the poke.....may be harder to land a eye poke but its easier to damage your opponent than punches assuming their is a big size difference anyway
for martial arts self defence is not about beating your target its about minamizing the damage you get and trying to disingage from the fight. all this means is simple dont go looking for a fight and then if you get in a fight you do not need to though a punch or kick to win you just need to defend or in simple turms guard the attacks. when it comes to knife fighting just try not to fight at all becosue the chance of geting the stuff lerned is like only 20% if your lucky. but good vid try to keep the knowledge going.
Number 1 is so important! the physical confrontation is the failure of self defense, not the start of it.
Nice video man.
I am still waiting in a person that i can kick the groin and not fall . Its just parlor tricks what you saw on fight channel anyway great vid exception the groin strike
I've been kicked there without falling. It varies from person to person. Some people just have numb nuts. Plus, most men know enough to protect their eyes and groins, dodge the kick. A clean kick to the groin has a high probability of ending the fight, and so does a poke to the eyes but. . . it's human nature to dodge or block strikes to that area. But let's suppose you're attacked by an average person who would crumple at a kick to the groin or a poke to the eyes, but who's using a drug that numbs him to pain. Well. . . there aren't actually a lot of things you can do against a tweaker that don't involve lethal force, really.
Rabies Biter yes i see but you can also cripple the opponent with low kicks ko by hitting the chin. I don't know about groin kicks and not feeling pain as i don't think is possible based on the nerve ending on the organs
If you're on certain CNS stimulants, like methamphetamine or PCP, then you don't feel pain, whether you're kicked to the groin or not. Even if you're not on drugs, pain thresholds vary by individual, and adrenaline is a hell of a CNS stimulant in and of itself. As for paralysis, good point, that's why it's smart to carry a knife or a gun in case you're assaulted -- nothing can cause paralysis like a bullet. Low kicks? Good luck with that, especially if you're attacked by a violent person on a CNS stimulant. Hitting the chin? Umm. . . good luck with that one too, that's a much harder target without gloves than with gloves.
Rabies Biter i see that you think everyone is on hight level stimulant... Bro a low kick well done can carry up to 2000 lbs of force enough to brake the femur and leg bones. But yea i will make sure to tell the leos i train to stop using low kicks because you aim they don't work. I will also tell them to stop hitting the chin
No, but I think you have to be aware, at least in some places, that the threat exists and that it's one of the most dangerous threats you can face -- especially if you're a LEO. I don't know about a low kick carrying up to 2000lbs of force, but there are videos here on TH-cam of tweakers withstanding baton strikes to the femur. So. I'm not telling you to stop using low kicks. Low kicks can be a great tool, and by the way I do think you teach low kicks very well from what I can tell in your videos. You do good work and I'm sure you're a great teacher. Low kicks CAN be a good option, especially if you don't have or aren't allowed to carry a baton, a kick can be equivalent. But please remember that sometimes it will fail, for instance if someone has a naturally high pain threshold or is on stimulants. I appreciate your work in teaching LEOs, but remember. . . the probability that any given tactic will work is purely situational, and LEOs have to deal with stimulant abusers very often.
Self defence myth: you have a high chance of being attacked or killed by a stranger.
The reality is most assaults and deaths happen between people who have a relationship with each other. The stranger is the least likely to attack you.
Statistics and reality can go to hell. I got jumped by 3 guys I'd never met. It's still the only physical encounter of my adult life...
@@aaronocelot One case does not change the most likely scenario. Your conclusion that the biggest threat comes from strangers is dangerous nonsense.
@@davidhoward437 How kind of you to present a strawman in lieu of my actual conclusion.
The biggest threat comes from being caught off-guard. How many people pass all minutes of their daily life situationally aware? While your cherry-picked statistical fact implies "domestic issues" to me, that also implies an awareness of rising tensions, an awareness of emerging hidden personality traits, etc.
Being caught off guard is the major issue that I'll propose here.
I also will propose that if domestic violence is a potential issue: SEEK 3rd party help!!!
@@davidhoward437 PS: your statistic is not universally correct, as it will be an average that can be broken down significantly further; depending upon the activities you engage in, the neighborhood you live in, your skin color, your gender, your commute route and method, your job, etc.
Do you have any evidence for your claim? I'm skeptical of your proposal. Please present evidence of this statistical likelihood and make sure that you analyze all human societies and provide stats for each country, etc. I don't think that you are correct. There are a million factors that support a different claim: that you are asserting a sweeping generalized statement that is basically totally false and pulled out of thin air. You LIKE this theory, but it's just an idea that you keep repeating.
I think that if you are in a Mexican drug cartel that you have a high likelihood of being attacked by a total stranger, so there :D
I'm going to venture a guess that your entire claim is based upon a singular study in some 1960's largely-white suburb in a midwestern city in USA in which domestic violence was the primary hidden crime.
This is a very good video. Its rare too see youtubers give tips on how to stay away from trouble.
And I always say to my friends "the best self defence is faster feet."
I'd say the biggest myth is to think you'll do what you think you'll do in that situation. Most of the time if someone starts a fight with you, they've already taken a cheapshot at you and rocked you. You can walk along the street on a calm day and suppose to yourself "if the enemy did X, I'd just do Y" but that really isn't going to happen. You don't know what's going to happen, until it actually does. I've froze up and not been able to move. I've thrown elbows from leg's length away. I've forgot to guard, forgot to dodge, all sorts of useful things I'd never forget when practicing, sparring or any other kind of expected situation. You can train, but you can't rely on actually doing what you trained when the time comes.
Oh, another myth: that you can rely on causing pain. You can't. There are many states that a random other person could be in, that could cause them to effectively not feel or not care about pain. If someone has attacked you, they've already endangered your life. If you do manage to get control over a limb, don't try and gradually apply pressure like you might do in a sports fight. Break it. Don't even give them the window, they're not about to go "ow, stop". Simply do what you can to escape with your life.
I’ve had one altercation on the street in all the years since I started training. It was a 2 on 1 fight that I was breaking up. I choked the 1st guy unconscious in 5-6 seconds. The other guy threw his hands up and just said it’s cool man, and that was the end of it. I didn’t have a mark on me from it.
It was fast and chaotic. People everywhere. Tables and chairs in the way. Not like how we train on the mat.
If people are mutually fighting, just call the police. You might get away with choking someone who did nothing to you for a moment but you'll be looking behind your shoulder for the rest of your life for potential revenge.
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I have the short story but the longer version went like this. Two guys jumped on one guy and they were beating him badly. I did nothing cause I figured maybe they guy had it coming. Then an old man who had nothing to do with it started trying to break it up. The two turned on him and were beating the hell out of him. That’s when I jumped up and put a stop to it. The fight I stopped was not people mutually fighting. It was an innocent older man getting beat up.
BS, I won many fights with eye gouge....one fight I got punched then split my opponents contact lens with eye gouge then went to town on him....it was not pretty...
Love the master Ken video clip.
No 6 can be best said "the goal of self defense is NOT to lose".
This was great... I agree with all of this...
Martial arts arn’t for self defence they’re for fun,for sport.
Wish people understood that better.
Number one: Aikido.
Number two: Wing Chun.
Excellent video. I’ve been in several street fights & have also trained. The street & the mat are different worlds.
My 3 points of advice against knife attacks:
1) try and avoid the fight at all costs. Run, talk, intimidate, give your money, stall, confuse, call for help, whatever it takes.
2) if impossible, use any object available to at least even the odds. It may be a coat to offer up your arm, a chair to keep distance, sand to throw in his eyes, or anything that can give any kind of advantage.
3) if impossible, use a one-punch knockout type of attack or grab and pray for the best. You don't want to trade even a single attack with a knife.