Sports or competitive martial arts are entertaining to spectate. You have two top gladiators, relatively equal in stature and experience, battling for a moment of supremacy under watchful supervision and cheering crowds. You don’t have to be in the ring to feel the powerful surge of adrenalin. It is an admirable pursuit to strive for a career in sports; to represent your state, your country, your people. But it’s not for everyone.
Most of us aren’t striving to be elite athletes. We wish to be fit and healthy, but it doesn’t mean outrunning Usain Bolt. We want to be confident and assertive when our boundaries are not respected. We want to know enough to take care of ourselves and potentially those we care about. What would that take?
Learning the art of self-defense is more comprehensive than most people believe because the circumstances are unpredictable. If you’re a target, it would be because you’re smaller, weaker, more vulnerable. If you’re not the strongest or fastest; you will need to know how to evade, how to protect yourself if you fall, and how to get back up. You will need to learn situational and environmental awareness, because:
the ground may not be even,
it might be dark,
there may be more than one attacker,
they may have weapons.
What we know for sure is that it won’t be fair. If you get out alive, that’s a win and it’s all that matters. No one is keeping score. No one may ever see. It’s about survival, not point scoring.
These are the foundations of self-defense. Here is where you start.
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