Can You Really Defend Yourself In The Streets?

[Talyn]

Combatives: Training in Reality-Based Self-Defense for the Street

Everyone’s day-to-day reality is different. If you’re in law enforcement, you have a greater chance of getting into a fight and drawing your weapon regularly. However, a soccer mom who works at a suburban nail salon won’t see that much action.
Self-defense does not mean beating a person up. You can effectively defend yourself without ever landing a punch or kick.

Combatives: Training in Reality-Based Self-Defense for the Street

Let’s set the stage. Every martial art has street-effective moves as well as that “fluffy-would-never-work-in-a-street fight” stuff made for film

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[Grayfox]

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[Mr.W.]

Honest answer, as that's all you'll ever get from me, is possibly not. But, one thing is certain: they'll have to take me out, for there's no quit in me.

 

[BrewIt]

As I tell my 17 yr old grandson, you could probably beat me in a fight but you'll limp the rest of your life.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Yep, they may win the fight, but they will be in the hospital with me

 

[Jester560]

Where I went to school was 98% black and if you was one of the white kids, you fought every day. By the time I was in middle school, I fought with them and not against them. However, I am 52 years old now and broke down. I would probably get a butt whooping but would go down fighting like a banshee.

 

[Lock n' Load]

Another technique to break the side headlock, if the attacker is male, is a an open hand hard uppercut to the groin, grab the "package", squeeze as hard as you can, then pull down and twist violently. This will usually put the attacker on the ground when maximum force is applied to the testicles and give you time to escape.

 

[Sld1959]

My dad told me something that stuck with me. He said try to never be in a situation you have to fight to get out of. But, if you are, you fight like the third monkey on the ramp to Noah's ark and it's starting to rain.

 

[Talyn]

Situational awareness is still number one.

Get away is number two.

Only fight when you have to.

 

[Belt Fed]

grab the "package", squeeze as hard as you can, then pull down and twist violently. This will usually put the attacker on the ground when maximum force is applied to the testicles and give you time to escape.

Welp. ain't messin with you. that hurt just reading that.

 

[Bassbob]

Yep, they may win the fight, but they will be in the hospital with me

Win, lose or draw you're going to know I was there.