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soho · 04-10-2002, 12:11 AM

I don't think of my training as for "self defense" I train because I enjoy it.

But think about your question.

"Does anyone train primarily for self defense reasons? "
"What arts do you crosstrain to achieve you goals? "

If I train primarily for self defense reasons. Then what are my goals? To be able to "kick ass" if I'm in a fight? What kind of a goal is that?

No... instead my goals are things like improve my top game, improve my triangle choke. Improve my boxing so I don't get my bells rung next time I spar. Improve my sprawl. Try to take down that wrestler who I workout with.

I believe that being able to defend myself is a BI-product of these goals however self defense is not a goal in itself

From your previous posts it sounds like you train pretty hard, however in my experience most of the people who talk about training for "Self defense" are people who spend all day training their knife flow drills and compound traps and Silat sweeps against no resistance, but never seem to get around to developing a ground game or their boxing hands. I wonder why that is?

If you have never looked at the straight blast gym web site there is a link on the main page all about "Street Vs. Sport" training.

Straightblastgym.com

04-10-2002, 12:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
soho Novice Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 83 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't think of my training as for "self defense" I train because I enjoy it. But think about your question. "Does anyone train primarily for self defense reasons? " "What arts do you crosstrain to achieve you goals? " If I train primarily for self defense reasons. Then what are my goals? To be able to "kick ass" if I'm in a fight? What kind of a goal is that? No... instead my goals are things like improve my top game, improve my triangle choke. Improve my boxing so I don't get my bells rung next time I spar. Improve my sprawl. Try to take down that wrestler who I workout with. I believe that being able to defend myself is a BI-product of these goals however self defense is not a goal in itself From your previous posts it sounds like you train pretty hard, however in my experience most of the people who talk about training for "Self defense" are people who spend all day training their knife flow drills and compound traps and Silat sweeps against no resistance, but never seem to get around to developing a ground game or their boxing hands. I wonder why that is? If you have never looked at the straight blast gym web site there is a link on the main page all about "Street Vs. Sport" training. Straightblastgym.com Last edited by soho; 04-10-2002 at 12:20 AM.