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What is the best for women's self defense?
I'm kind of small: 5'5″ and 120 lbs. I don't want to do something that relies too much on physical strength because, being a small woman, guys are going to be stronger than me no matter what I do.
I also want my body to be more toned. I don't need to lose any weight, just build a little muscle.
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#1 by admin on October 22nd, 2009
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Half assed ibstructors are gonna produce half assed students. Watch out for mcdojos. Those are places that are just in it to make money and arent in to to seriously teach. Ull notice on the contract promising belts by a certain amount of time and little kids with black belts. Belts should be ivven out according skill and not by attendance.
Wing Chun is a good MA that was created by a woman. It doesnt rely much on strength. It relys more on speed, technique, and leverage. Taking lessons in Chin Na (Chinese joint locking techniques) doesnt hurt either if u can find it. It can be used in close quarter situations.
Good luck
#2 by admin on October 22nd, 2009
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Krav Maga focuses on quickly disabling and aggressor and high-tailing it. Beyond that and basic situational awareness skills you will learn nothing else. There is nothing that you will learn in Krav that will not be applicable in the real world.
If you want to learn self defense and get in shape I would suggest Kick Boxing-
Kick boxing is a combat based sport. There are however many ways to turn what you learn in kick boxing into reality based self defense skills. You will find yourself in excellent shape if you take it seriously and you will become an excellent runner, a far unappreciated self defense skill. More effective/safer than fighting in many situations.
If you want the whole eastern-mystical-karate-kid thing as well as self defense and getting into shape I suggest that you just take a tour of ALL the local schools in your area. Much more important than the particular art you train in is finding a martial arts school with a teacher that resonates with you and a school that trains in a way that you feel good about. If you are exited about your art and your training you will go much further than you chose your school because your teacher has an impressive resume' or a fancy looking building or whatever.
Once again I will have to argue against learning ground fighting as a self defense skill set. While it is important to round out your training and while ground fighting is crucial in MMA/UFC sports in the real world, rolling around on concrete will injure you easily and if you face multiple aggressors, a typical situation, the other guy/guys will have no problem walking up to you and kicking your head in while you try to get the guy in a hold.
If you get your attacker into a hold, what then? Dose he tap out, get up and go home? Small joint locks don't work either. There is a reason why prison guards don't learn them anymore. As soon as they started using them they discovered that the prisioners would rather take broken fingers/wrist/arm/whatever in exchange for breaking a guards jaw/nose/orbital.
Ground fighting is an important skill for rounding out your martial arts training and a vital in MMA but MMA is not reality based self defense. Learning to run is far more important.
#3 by admin on October 22nd, 2009
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Its biggest strength are its groundwork and submissions which make it very easy for a smaller and weaker person do defeat a larger opponent. If your getting raped or attacked then your going to find yourself on the ground anyway so this will without a doubt be the best choice. A lot of the submissions are done when your on your back.
Just google some schools in your area. After about 9 months of training you'll be able to handle yourself quite well I'm sure
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Also google Royce Gracie. He made this art popular by fighting in UFC competitons and beating much larger and athletic opponents. (This was back when UFC first started and there where no weight classes)
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Don't do krav maga. Most schools outside of Israel don't teach it very well. Its pretty easy to get certified in and theres a high number of frauds in the United States teaching it. And no, rolling around on concrete won't injure. It is uncomfortable yes, but it wont hurt you. And if you get attacked by multiple people your screwed anyway unless you run seeing has how small you are.
#4 by admin on October 22nd, 2009
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krav maga:you have to be 17 years or older for this class it teaches you how to defend yourself against knives and guns at close range so it is for regular street walking people and you do not have to be big to do it it also teaches how to defend against rape and kidnapping (if you are worried about that)
aikido:requires no physical strength what so ever you use your attackers momentum against them by using suddle movements to hurt the other person
i hope this helps these are the most basic martial arts that you don't need physical strength or physical activity for
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Learning hand-to-hand self defense is good, but should be a backup to proper defense where you don't have to make physical contact, that just puts you more at risk.
If I had to recommend a martial art I would say something like Judo, it's more throwing moves than kicking/punching, being small limits your range for kicks/punches.