Beware – Not All Self Defense Instructors Know Reality Based Defense!
Believe it or not, there are many unqualified blackbelts and self defense instructors giving advice and teaching stuff that could get you killed. Worst of all, these people have never been in a life or death fight and have no valid or real experience when it comes to fighting.
Rule #1 – You should always interview a potential martial arts or fighting instructor before you join the dojo. You want to put them through an interview process finding out what qualifies them to teach you. If they got a blackbelt in taekwondo at the age of 15, have never been in a real fight other then sparring, turn away and run!
Rule #2 – You want to make sure the class you will be joining has full contact sparrring. You need to feel the pain of being hit, get accustomed to having fists and feet thrown at you. You need to have active experience in actual combat situations.
Rule #3 – Not all mixed martial arts instructors understand the difference between in the octagon and on the streets. If they tell you their jiujutsu will save you on the ground they are wrong. Simply because you never want a street fight to go to the ground. You can get stomped, stabbed, or smashed by your opponent and possibly his friends.
Rule #4 – A self defense instructor should be certified and trained under a known expert of the art. You don’t want to pick a guy with a blackbelt who proclaims he’s an expert. You should be learning reality based street fighting for the modern world. You don’t want to learn simple techniques for a variety of “common attacks” with no real power or force based on what he’s teaching.
Rule #5 – If he prefers to be called a master, or claims to be a family member of a group of master self defense instructors or martial artists, he’s full of crap. Most dojo’s want to make money and if they throw a lot of hype into their sales pitch you know he just wants your money and the stuff he teaches is probably garbage.
Picking the right self defense instructor is fundamental to your personal training and real life success in a fight. You want a teacher with battle tested experiences that are proven to work. Not outdated information or stuff being taught with no reality or force as part of the training
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Don’t make the mistake of throwing money into the most expensive dojo in town and expect to have the edge lesser priced schools would have in a street attack. Interview your teachers before you join!
By: Steve Gibb
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Do you know your rights when it comes to self defense? There are many misconceptions about the concept of self defense. One of the most prevalent of these is that if you fight back against an attacker, you will be charged with a crime. In actuality, as long as you use a legal self defense method and do not use excessive force, it is perfectly legal to defend yourself.
If you are faced with a confrontation, your best course of action is to avoid physical confrontations, if possible. Do not use your pepper spray for self defense unless you don’t feel comfortable running away from the situation or otherwise removing yourself from it. Mitigate the situation, and do not respond to verbal assaults unless you feel they’re likely to turn physical. It is always better to avoid an attack than to have to fight back. Plus, the courts will consider whether you were a willing participant, or whether you were attacked. Do not start the violence out of choice. If you do need to use physical force, avoid lethal injuries.
If you do need to fight back using your self defense device, do not worry about ending up in jail for protecting yourself. Pepper spray makes a great choice as a personal protection product because it causes no lasting harm, so you need not worry about an injured assailant trying to get you in trouble. The courts have repeatedly found pepper spray to be “reasonable force” when being attacked. Reasonable force is usually defined as the amount of force a reasonable person would use, given the situation. You are allowed to physically defend yourself during an attack as long as your defense does not go beyond reasonable force. As soon as your attacker is down, get away from the situation. If you continue to use force once it’s no longer perceived as necessary, this is when you could be held liable.
When buying pepper spray or any other self defense device, be sure that you know the applicable laws in your area. While pepper spray is legal across the country, some states or cities place restrictions on purchasing or carrying such devices. For example, some areas only allow pepper spray sales through licensed firearms dealers or online. In addition, a few areas require a permit or having to take a class before owning pepper spray. In nearly every case, carrying pepper spray comes under fewer restrictions than carrying a taser device, a gun, or any other weapon to protect yourself. Once you own the self defense device, never use it unless there is an immediate threat.
To determine the rules regarding self defense products where you live, call your local police station. When considering your methods and strategies for self defense, be sure that you find out the exact laws in your state; so that you know what you can legally do while still remaining on the right side of the law.
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