Winning the Street Fight Every Time - Reader Beware!
By Keith Pascal
In this age of the quick fix, everybody wants instant answers. The masses want riches without working, skill without practice, and the ability to win a fight with one 'guaranteed' move. Have you been reading articles in search of ways to win a street fight every time? Well, I have some good news and some bad news....
Self Defense Reality
For some, this may sound like bad news, but it makes perfect sense. There is no one who can win a street fight every time. That person just doesn't exist -- no matter what you read in the hyped ebook sell pages.
Not only does the ultimate fighter not exist in this day and age, but there is no "one method" that works every time. If there were, then we'd have a paradox the instant more than one person knew the technique. If the move is guaranteed to work, and two fighters use it on each other, then one of them has to lose.
Note: It's rare that two fighters knock each other out at the exact same time, where both would lose and neither would win.
Good Streetfighting News
The good news is that you can significantly lessen the number of bad people in the world who can do you harm. As you acquire more and more skill, the number of jerks who can overcome you in an attack goes down.
Keep training. Continue learning. And you'll improve your odds of coming out the winner in an altercation.
More Streetfighting Bad News
Those looking for an instant fix will probably be disappointed. In a confrontation, if one fighter has significantly more skill in fighting and knows practical application of martial skills, then that person will win. No surprise there, right?
So, if you want to get good at street fighting and self defense, you will have to practice. For some people reading these words, this will be the place to click away. (Yes, that's the easy way ... don't read what you don't want to know.)
And Even More Street-Fighting Disappointment
Not only will you have to practice, in order to gain enough skills to survive a street fight, but you'll have to practice the "right stuff" -- the "good stuff."
You will most likely have to go beyond single articles -- even this one. Articles will just give you cursory information. They aren't complete enough in and of themselves to give you any sort of complete training.
Learn Self Defense -- The Good News
It's much better to find a punch ecourse, or a book on wrist locks -- train one element at a time. Focus on one aspect of the martial arts.
Note: If there is good martial arts instruction in your area, then joining the class is much better than trying to go it alone. If you aren't taking classes, then you'll need a training partner. You have to be able to practice and perfect what you read.
Eventually, combine those aspects ... learn how to stop the attack with a punch or a kick, take control with a lock, and then shut down further aggression, counter attacks, and escapes with more kicks, punches, and joint controls.
The good news is that by taking learning into your own hands, you'll change styles, add elements from different martial systems, practice with a variety of partners, and improve at your own rate.
Some of the best martial artists in the world eventually design their own training schedules and get their own workout partners.
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Keith Pascal has taught martial arts for over 25 years. He left his job as a high school teacher in 2000, to become a full-time writer.
Keith is the author of several practical martial arts books, including Wrist Locks (Revised) Wrist Locks Book
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