Are martial arts self defense?
The question on everyones mind, are martial arts self-defense? Well, yes and no. For instance, martial arts obviously have self defense applications since they do contain some self defense moves. However, self defense isn’t the only aspect here. They also contain many more aspects that become more of a lifestyle rather than just simply learning some self defense. This is why martial artists train for many years at a time and most self defense practitioners only need to train for a few months to defend themselves. Instead of training for the entire art, they only train for the most applicable techniques of self defense to keep them safe in the streets.
But what about true martial-arts self defense. Does that even exist? Certainly systems have tried to be martial arts self defense systems but do they actually work? Some of the more popular examples of these include Krav Maga and Systema. These arts have very little “fluff” involved and are almost entirely dedicated to teaching you self defense moves. However, they still cling to martial arts techniques, and this is there shortcomings. By sticking to martial arts techniques, they still have that extra long learning curve that self defense systems do not have. So these systems are not the best way to learn proper self defense techniques despite the fact that they can most certainly be used as martial arts self defense solutions. I recommend that you find a competent self defense instructor that teaches a system created specificially for reality based self defense (RBSD).
A very beneficial aspect of RBSD is that you can master the necessary self defense techniques in just a short amount of time. These self defense moves can be learned in just weeks and not many years of training. And you don’t need to worry about getting new belts or anything like that. Probably not in a good realistically based self defense system. If you are looking for martial arts self-defense make sure you try to look around and find a good RBSD school.
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