by Tom Cako
Martial Arts for Self Defence
Self Defence is one of many aspects of Martial Arts. People start studying Martial Arts for this reason alone. Learning to be able to protect yourself or the ones you love is a priceless skill. It could be the difference between life and death. Ask someone who has had a traumatizing experience with violence. I bet you wouldn’t hear anybody say “I wish I knew less about how to protect myself”. Or “If I only have taking some kind of Martial Arts, things could have been different”.
Many Years ago Self Defence was one of the main reasons people started to learn Martial Arts. I believe all disciplines can help you with this. You have to know what you’re looking for, striking, grappling, chokes, locks etc…… I truly believe people should not kid themselves about taking a few self defence classes and walking away with a false sense of confidence. Of course anything will help to a point, but learning Martial Arts takes a life time.
It takes long hours, being consistent, doing hard physical work, repeating this process and continuing with training to experience solid results for self-defense. It can be boring (depending on level of student) and have many ups and downs. But by sacrificing your time, you can truly learn to defend yourself or more importantly, learn to not get yourself into a situation in the first place. You can learn to recognize situations, people’s body language and your environment by learning to be aware, which can come from much training.
By becoming skilled in defending yourself, I believe you eventually will go through your life with a certain confidence. I am not talking about a cocky, chest up attitude which attracts confrontation, but a calm assertive attitude. If this is something you’re looking for come out and try a class to begin with at Tri-City Training.