While no self defense course is 100% realistic, IMPACT allows full contact, ferocious conter attacks to the model mugger's head and groin areas. The suit is quite limiting in that these are the only areas that you can attack. The point of Impact/Model Mugging is to adrenalize the defender and allow a simple, full power response. The mugger is also an actor in that he will say things to you and allow for de-escalation practice as well as realism in terms of verbal exchange prior to assault. Really I think Impact/Model Mugging is best used as a semi-regular (every year or so) experience. It certainly is limited in many ways but has its place in self defense training. Self defense experts like Peyton Quinn and Marc MacYoung sing its praises, in fact Peyton Quinn uses the suit extensively at RMCAT as well as other types of padding to avoid injury during full contact self defense training.
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