Self Defence

FACT:  There is no such thing as self defence, the whole subject is actually a con because the type of people who go to a self defence course are never ever going to be able to pull off what is required to put away a real thug in a real encounter, in the same way as a member of the general pubic is never going to be able to save someones life by having attended a first aid course. Yes they may learn the basics and in rare cases be able to administer CPR for a limited time until the paramedics (the experts) arrive, but the only people who can deal with a real aggressor are those people who train day in day out in real combat.

I personally do not know of one single person who goes to a training hall, boxing gym or any other venue that teaches a physical combat class with self defence in the forefront of their mind. Being able to have a scrap outside is a bi-product of what they do and not what they are training for. Any class that is REAL combat has its fair share injuries on a regular basis, just look at sports/activities that are not designed for combat like football and gymnastics, the very nature of the physical actions make injury inevitable. Black eyes, broken noses, cracked/bruised ribs, broken toes and fingers are just a few examples of what I endured while training and competing. Anyone who knows a boxer will tell you  that they often see them sporting black eyes, bruises etc, injury comes with the territory and not something your average man/woman is going to accept on a seminar.



....To be continued