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I am interested in hearing about your personal philosophies/strategies/ tactics for self-defense. I am not interested in your instructor’s ideas, or what your style/art teaches.
My general philosophies/strategies/ tactics for self-defense.
The D’ formula
1) Prevention by planning ahead of time! Providing yourself with your own personal threat assessments and risk evaluation for your home, family, work, travel, and past times/leisure time. Identifying and correct any weaknesses in you security and develop procedures to deal with emergencies.
2) Use your head think about what you are doing, who you’re with, where you are, the behaviors you are exhibiting as well as paying attention to the behavior of others around you, and don’t let anger or pride get the best of you.
3) Be aware and stay alert!
4) Avoid unnecessary places, people, and situations!
5) Escape and evade retreat, use natural or man made barriers to keep between you and the bad guy! Run to safety not from danger, in other words run to where people are especially those in authority.
6) Physical confrontation as a last resort only! Go on the offensive! Hit first, hit hard, hit often, and grapple only when you have to!
You should be able to defend your self in all the fighting ranges:
1) Weapons range
2) Kicking range
3) Punching range
4) Clinch (grabbing range), some call this trapping range or grappling range
5) Ground fighting range
Other important factors:
1) Psychological conditioning- Dealing with fear, anger, and adrenaline. Fighting with ferocity, determination, tenacity, and resolve. Developing mental toughness and confidence.
2) Size and strength
3) Physical conditioning- endurance, fitness, and physical toughness.
4) Self-esteem
D’s top 10 rules of self-defense:
1) First and foremost there are no rules in street fighting.
2) Never let someone into your personal space
3) Go on the offensive.
4) Do not be afraid to get hit.
5) Always look for opportunities to disengage and escape.
6) Be focused but aware of what is going on around you.
7) Never assume anything, and don’t let anything surprise you.
8) Don’t worry about how your technique looks.
9) Be aggressive, ferocious, intent, and explosive! Don’t fight fair, and do whatever it takes to win/survive. Fight like your life depends on it!
10) Weapons are better than empty hands!
D’s list of general techniques: * Keep techniques simple- movements should be gross motor as possible.
1) Movement- Keep it forward, or move laterally and at angles to avoid strikes
2) Punches- Use straight punches, palm strikes, hammer fists, eye gouges with rakes (tiger claw)
3) Kicks- use them sparingly. If you must kick, make them low kicks. Lead/rear leg kick and soccer style kicks to groin. Leg kicks (round, straight, side) to the thighs, knees, and ankles. Body kicks with front thrust kicks, front and side push kicks (teeps). Sweeps to off balance attacker. Keep them simple and low.
4) Other powerful strikes, head buts, biting, knees, and elbows. Spinning back fist/hammer fist, and spinning back elbow.
5) Grappling- Clinching, clinch knees, throws from the clinch like hip throws and trips. Counter takedowns from throws, double/single leg takedowns, and tackles. Recovery from slips and falls.
6) Ground fighting- bottom position: escapes/reversals, eye gouging, biting, finger grabbing twisting/wrenching. Joint locks and chokes. Top position: elbows, hammer fists, palm strikes, head buts, eye gouging, and biting, escapes to your feet.
*remember your grappling skills should enable you to:
1) Survive long enough to escape back to your feet. Including escapes/reversal from the bottom position.
2) Finnish your opponent quickly if you cannot escape back to your feet.
Part 2 will be my general philosophies/strategies/tactics against weapons.
My general philosophies/strategies/ tactics for self-defense.
The D’ formula
1) Prevention by planning ahead of time! Providing yourself with your own personal threat assessments and risk evaluation for your home, family, work, travel, and past times/leisure time. Identifying and correct any weaknesses in you security and develop procedures to deal with emergencies.
2) Use your head think about what you are doing, who you’re with, where you are, the behaviors you are exhibiting as well as paying attention to the behavior of others around you, and don’t let anger or pride get the best of you.
3) Be aware and stay alert!
4) Avoid unnecessary places, people, and situations!
5) Escape and evade retreat, use natural or man made barriers to keep between you and the bad guy! Run to safety not from danger, in other words run to where people are especially those in authority.
6) Physical confrontation as a last resort only! Go on the offensive! Hit first, hit hard, hit often, and grapple only when you have to!
You should be able to defend your self in all the fighting ranges:
1) Weapons range
2) Kicking range
3) Punching range
4) Clinch (grabbing range), some call this trapping range or grappling range
5) Ground fighting range
Other important factors:
1) Psychological conditioning- Dealing with fear, anger, and adrenaline. Fighting with ferocity, determination, tenacity, and resolve. Developing mental toughness and confidence.
2) Size and strength
3) Physical conditioning- endurance, fitness, and physical toughness.
4) Self-esteem
D’s top 10 rules of self-defense:
1) First and foremost there are no rules in street fighting.
2) Never let someone into your personal space
3) Go on the offensive.
4) Do not be afraid to get hit.
5) Always look for opportunities to disengage and escape.
6) Be focused but aware of what is going on around you.
7) Never assume anything, and don’t let anything surprise you.
8) Don’t worry about how your technique looks.
9) Be aggressive, ferocious, intent, and explosive! Don’t fight fair, and do whatever it takes to win/survive. Fight like your life depends on it!
10) Weapons are better than empty hands!
D’s list of general techniques: * Keep techniques simple- movements should be gross motor as possible.
1) Movement- Keep it forward, or move laterally and at angles to avoid strikes
2) Punches- Use straight punches, palm strikes, hammer fists, eye gouges with rakes (tiger claw)
3) Kicks- use them sparingly. If you must kick, make them low kicks. Lead/rear leg kick and soccer style kicks to groin. Leg kicks (round, straight, side) to the thighs, knees, and ankles. Body kicks with front thrust kicks, front and side push kicks (teeps). Sweeps to off balance attacker. Keep them simple and low.
4) Other powerful strikes, head buts, biting, knees, and elbows. Spinning back fist/hammer fist, and spinning back elbow.
5) Grappling- Clinching, clinch knees, throws from the clinch like hip throws and trips. Counter takedowns from throws, double/single leg takedowns, and tackles. Recovery from slips and falls.
6) Ground fighting- bottom position: escapes/reversals, eye gouging, biting, finger grabbing twisting/wrenching. Joint locks and chokes. Top position: elbows, hammer fists, palm strikes, head buts, eye gouging, and biting, escapes to your feet.
*remember your grappling skills should enable you to:
1) Survive long enough to escape back to your feet. Including escapes/reversal from the bottom position.
2) Finnish your opponent quickly if you cannot escape back to your feet.
Part 2 will be my general philosophies/strategies/tactics against weapons.
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