Welcome back!I first read about these two incidents in a national newspaper before checking out the footage on Youtube.
The first story involves some brainless thug trying to pick a fight with a guy who has no interest in biting. I have to say I was impressed by the guy’s restraint. I don’t think I could [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Fighting'
Thugs Get What They Deserve
October 10th, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Tags: Fighting·Humour·Street Defense
Street Self Defense- Do You Know Too Many Techniques?
October 6th, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
As I have mentioned many times before on this blog and elsewhere, when it comes to effective street self defense it is best to keep things as simple as possible and not over complicate your responses too much. The key to good self defense is to respond to an attack in the simplest way possible [...]
Tags: Bouncing·Fighting·Stories·Street Defense·Technique Log-Jam·Traditional
The Head Butt- Your Secret Street Self Defense Weapon
September 29th, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Like many martial artists (especially those with a traditional background) I used to consider the head butt as essentially a thugs move. It doesn’t have the same finesse as some martial arts techniques and because almost anyone can do it without any special training I used to think that it didn’t qualify as [...]
Tags: Fighting·Head Butt·Street Defense
Effective Training Methods For Street Self Defense| Part 3
September 3rd, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
In this series of articles we have been talking about making our dojo training methods more realistic to better prepare us for the real thing. In the first article we discussed the need for different training methods and the relative failure of the traditional arts to adequately address the issues of real street [...]
Effective Training Methods for Street Self Defense| Part 1
August 29th, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
For quite a long time in my training career I laboured under the illusion that the methods of training I was using were preparing me to deal with actual violent encounters and combat outside the dojo. For many years I trained in traditional karate and then Jujitsu, diligently practicing techniques that I was told would [...]
Street Self Defense: Trust in Your Training
July 22nd, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Quite recently I was forced to intervene in a fight between two of my closest friends. A few of us were drinking at another friends house, seemingly having a good time, just chilling and chatting as you do when suddenly it all kicked of.
One of my friends, who I shall call Joe (not his real [...]
Is MMA Useless for Street Self Defense?
July 20th, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Since MMA first got a grip on the world’s imagination as “the best fighting system there is” there has been a lot of talk and discussion about its usefulness outside the cage and its relative merits as a street self defense system. The superiority complex held by many MMA proponents is often carried [...]
How to Distract an Opponent- 7 Simple Distraction Techniques
July 14th, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Manipulate their attention,
making them think confusing thoughts about what you are going to do.
(Miyamoto Musashi)
Distracting an opponent does not always mean hitting them. Sometimes you don’t want or need to hit an opponent (at least initially before you follow up with an actual strike).
Sometimes you may need to distract your opponent’s [...]
Tags: Distraction Techniques·Fighting·Psychology·Street Defense
Why the Dog Brothers are Snapping at the Heels of the UFC
July 12th, 2009 · Comments · General
Have you heard of the Dog Brothers yet? If you haven’t you soon will. The Dog Brothers are a group of underground fighters who are currently challenging the supremacy of the established UFC tournaments by staging their own even more brutal and “real” tournament fights.
I had never heard of the Dog Brothers until [...]
Are You Fighting or Defending Yourself?
July 3rd, 2009 · Comments · Street Self Defense
Many people consider fighting and self defense to be the same thing but they are actually two totally different concepts. From a legal stand point, it is dangerous to consider fighting and self defense to be merely two sides to the same coin. If you are caught fighting and it can be proved you [...]
Tags: Fighting·Law·Street Defense
