As you are learning self defense (and I hope you are continuing to learn, regardless of your experience) you will come across many teachers, styles and systems. Some will make sense, be easy to learn and you will feel comfortable with the style and techniques. Others will seem foreign to you. They might make you feel inadequate or even fearful of your lack of knowledge. Some will be striking systems, others grappling or throwing arts. Some will use mostly or all hand techniques. Others will rely primarily on kicking. Some will base their system on locks, pressure points or joint manipulation. So what is right for you? For self defense to be effective I believe the following things are important: 1. Whatever system or style you are using, it should be simple and effective. 2. It should address or at least be compliant with the realities of the adrenal rush. It must take into account tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, loss of fine motor coordination, body shakes and sweats and minimized cognitive thinking. While some experts claim they can eliminate the effects of the adrenal rush (by various methods of meditation, breathing control, etc.) the truth is that everyone, to one extent or another, is effected by the huge amounts of adrenaline the body 'Automatically' pumps into your blood stream when you are threatened or attacked. 3. In my opinion it should rely primarily on striking as opposed to throwing, joint manipulation or locks. 4. Again, in my opinion, it should rely more (mostly) on the use of hand techniques as opposed to kicking. Some of my (mostly Korean stylist) friends believe that kicking is the answer. Their argument is that: a) the legs are longer than the arms and they feel they have the reach advantage over someone relying on hand techniques. b) the legs are much stronger than the arms so are more powerful and devastating. The truth is that real attacks and fights are close in. In fact if they start at a distance the gap is closed very quickly and rarely separates again. So the two biggest advantages of kicking go right out the window. Knee kicks, stomps and scrapes do work well at close quarters and so I highly recommend them. 5. The best system, style or techniques for you are ones you feel confident with and believe in. Things you feel you can actually 'pull off' when it counts. As you probably know I review many self defense DVD programs. Occasionally I will recommend a program based on my opinion of it's effectiveness. I look for techniques that will work in real situations and sometimes find a technique or modification that will enhance my own system. When I do, I test it out at my school and if it's better than what I am doing for a particular attack, I incorporate it into my system. If you are serious about being effective with your own self defense you should do the same. I hope this make sense.
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