They ignore Violence, Awareness and Prevention
It is rare to find a martial
art that even looks at why, where, who and how violence happens. Many systems rely on teaching one-size fits
all philosophy, which fails to take into account the individual and their
training needs. It takes little time to
prepare the student and get them thinking about the first steps that lead towards
violence, whether it is an individual under attack, sexual assault, and
domestic violence or at the other end of the spectrum war. The individual needs to learn to prepare
themselves and learn how to effectively handle a situation and prevent a
situation from escalating. Prevention
strategies should account for most self defence yet they are non-existent in
martial arts.
They Are Not Made For Self-Defence
Most martial arts were never
made to work in a self-defence situation, they can look impressive but in
reality would never work against an opponent who means you harm.
Judo and Tae Kwon Do are
sports and have strict rules about how a ‘fight’ can proceed. Still others such as Karate, Kung Fu and
Kick Boxing use a primary training method, which is flawed. Prearranged moves performed in thin air, the
likes of which no attacker would use cannot help in a self-defence
situation. Still more clubs have an out-dated
and stale syllabus that has not changed for years and bears no resemblance to
close quarter combat needed for self defence.
I cannot stress enough that
poor quality training and focus will not give you the skills needed to defend
yourself. You must train using completely uncooperative, fully resisting
opponents, spend time striking, grappling, getting hit and avoiding these
things. If not no matter how hard you
train, you will not be prepared for a real life attack.
Why We Are Different
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