Stewart Mcgill, one of the UK's very
foremost Krav Maga practitioners and founder
of the 'Urban Krav Maga' system, about his
views on whether MMA training helps in the Stewart Mcgill :In Action!
world of street self defence:"Previously, I covered some ways in which
RBSDS (Reality based self defence systems)
can benefit from some exposure to MMA...
Training in a reality-based system can also
afford considerable benefits to the MMA
practitioner looking to broaden their self
defence game...
A good RBSDS will cover the following, most
of which you will not get from MMA:
1. Handling the pre-fight 'interview' stage:
positioning your fence, picking up clues on
when it's about to kick off, pre-emptive
strikes etc. Stewart Mcgill : in Action!
2. Defending attacks and threats from weapons:
knives,sticks, handguns etc.
3. Use of improvised weapons
4. Dealing with multiple attackers
5. Fighting somebody much bigger - or smaller -
than yourself: both can be problematic if you're
used to working with partners in the same weight
category.
5. Appropriate striking to joints, eyes, groin
etc
A good RBSDS should always get across the
principle of appropriate disengagement in what
could be the most important 5-10 seconds of your
life; this principal is important in a REAL fight
where priorities are clearly distinct to those in
a 3 x 5 minute-round MMA contest...
The key to surviving a REAL confrontation can
often be to get your attack in quickly and get
out fast...
So if you find yourself on the deck in a pub
fight with the bad guy raining down punches on
you, try to kick him away and get up IMMEDIATELY
rather than take him into a closed guard and
applying a kimura (though this may be Plan B).
Either way your objective is to minimise time
on the ground and the consequent risk of the
barstool around your head.
Similarly if you force an attacker to the
ground with a punch it would generally not be
wise to follow this up by seeking to obtain
'full mount' and PUNISH him.
Not only may this present problems with respect
to legality and reasonable use of force, but
the aggressor may have a blade and/or mates
in the area who are keen to get involved.
So to summarise, in reality use appropriate,
direct and effective force to neutralise the
threat and then get out."
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