Teaching Real Self Defense
I feel lucky that I am involved with martial arts and self defense training. Rather then just protecting people I teach people how to protect themselves, and I know all my instructors feel the same way.
Martial arts instructors used to be respected in society, but misinformation, McDojos, and incompetent frauds have turned people away. I see it as part of my mission to teach the truth about martial arts. Self defense is like any other consumer product, and the public needs to be informed.
I enjoy combative sports like boxing, karate, and of course judo, because they’re a lot of fun, and good for combat conditioning, but at the end of the day they’re just sports. People don’t know the difference between combat sports and self defense, and that can get them killed. In a street fight there are no rules and it is a matter of life and death. Techniques and strikes that would get you penalized in a competition are exactly what you need to do in a self defense situation.
Do you remember that kid growing up who said he knew karate and couldn’t fight worth a damn? The same holds true today when it comes to most martial arts “experts“. Most martial arts instructors have never been in a real fight, and deep down they know what they are teaching is useless outside of their martial arts school. They should be proud of their students for doing well in sport, but instead they tell them whatever they want to hear. I have instructors who teach martial arts like Tae Kwon Do, but they teach military hand-to-hand combat and self defense techniques separately.
Another thing a lot of these so-called masters say is that they either taught military personnel or they served themselves. They know you won’t check out their claims, and probably even believe the lies. If the Navy had as many SEALS as there are guys claiming to be SEALS, they would have divisions not teams. Also, even if someone served in the military, it doesn’t make their sport combative system any more deadly.
There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear from someone in law enforcement, the military or just an average citizen who takes time out to say thanks. They made time to train and learn real world self defense and combat martial arts, and they made it home safe. It would be great if one day one of my students goes to the Olympics, but it is even more gratifying to know that my students are safe because of what they learned.
The truth is few people teach real self defense methods that can work anywhere, even if the odds are stacked against you. I make it clear to my students, what the differences are between civilized sport combat, and savage street fighting so they know what really works for self defense. Too many martial arts instructors don’t know the truth, and their students are the ones who pay the consequences.
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