I constantly hear about self-defense programs or instructors that teach God-awful techniques and methods! I see everything from pinching to formeldahyde in spray bottles. Almost all fall outside the realm of common sense. A few seem like good advice at first but usually go by the wayside after some clear thinking.
Why do people fall for this? Worse yet, why do they throw their hard-earned money at this crap?
I think it is that they are completely ignorant of what really happens in conflict or they only go off of what someone else has told them. The kooks that are teaching this also usually fall into this category and never asked themselves if it would work or, better yet, test it.
I was teaching a Combatives class to a bunch of military guys one day and a kid with some BJJ training made a comment about how his grappling was the ultimate. He had taken part in a couple MMA fights in a couple local bars and did pretty well and had a big head combined with a very narrow and immature view of the world. I let him put me almost completely into an armlock and bet him that I could get out of it while he was cranking hard on my arm. He took my bet and two seconds later I was free and he was hurting.
Someone is going to get hurt or killed some day from relying on these self-defense fallacies.
About Me
- Michael Hanson
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- I have been teaching and training throughout North America and Europe for nearly 30 years. I have experienced and continue to see the best and worst in fitness, self-defense, and martial arts.
1 comment:
I hate it when you get these pansies that do some sporting kungfu/takwondo crap and thing they can handle themselves on the street. Even a lot of kravmag folks think they can handle anything that comes along. I hate it when I hear some black belt got his ass handed to him in a bar fight. It gives martial artists a bad name and no one gives traditional arts the respect they deserve.
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