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   Thursday, September 6, 2007

In Search of the Perfect Combat Martial Art
People love debate! Some will argue over anything and everything; just to be difficult. I'm one of them! One debate I hear continuously is what is the most effective combat martial art?
No simple answer to this question exists, but depending on your goals almost any art will suffice. The most effective art is the one you enjoy and will stick with.
There are some things to consider when you are thinking about beginning training in the martial arts, or switching from one art to another.
THE ART OR THE ARTIST
It is my belief that the heart of the person who studies a martial art is more important than the martial art itself. This is especially true if you are studying martial arts to use in a real world combat scenario. A dangerous man is a dangerous man, no matter what style he has chosen to study.
I have seen black belts who were practically unable to defend themselves when confronted with a violent attacker. They were mentally unable to apply the moves they had studied. They were awesome in the dojo, but were helpless in the real world.
Conversely, I have seen people with little formal training defend themselves effectively. What did these people have that the black belts didn't? They had the mental toughness needed to respond aggressively to their attackers.
REALITY-BASED TRAINING
The best way to overcome this inability to apply a technique in an actual situation is to use reality-base training.
Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall, the U. S. Army's official historian, discovered only 15 percent of soldiers actually fired their weapons with the intent to kill the enemy.
As a result, the U. S. Army altered its training methods. They changed from traditional bull's-eye targets to popup targets. In this new training the soldier is trained to engage the target as it appears. Since the target is available for a short time, soldiers must quickly identity and engage the target. This conditions them to engage targets that mimic human shape.
Using this type of training the U. S. Army increased combat effectiveness from 15 percent, to over 55 percent in Korea and an astounding 95 percent in Vietnam!
REALITY-BASED MARTIAL ARTS
Many martial arts are so grounded in the past that they are unable to adapt to modern combat situations. This doesn't mean they aren't worth studying, but you need to know what you are getting.
For instance, Tae Kwon Do is a wonderful art form. But it just doesn't translate well into street situations.
There are several forms of unarmed combat that utilize reality-based training to enhance the ability of their students to apply the techniques. To qualify as a reality-based martial art, the style must spend a significant amount of time allowing its students to actually fight.
A REALITY-BASED STYLE
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is one of the styles that utilize this kind of training. Practitioners of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu spend a significant amount of time practicing their techniques on each other. This practice is often at full speed, with the students stopping just prior to actually harming one another. Trust is important here.
When I studied Tae Kwon Do and Karate we sparred infrequently, and under very restricted conditions. Since these are striking art forms, I understand and approve of the tight control of the sparring bouts.
Unlike Tae Kwon Do and Karate, students of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can workout against each other every class. This enables them to learn to apply their techniques against live resisting targets.
This training allows them to develop a sense of what works in a confrontation. When they are forced into a situation where they need to defend themselves, there is a smaller gap between what they do in the gym and what they need to do on the street.
WHICH ART IS BETTER
We can debate over and over about which art is better. Simply put, the best art is the one you enjoy and can stay with long enough to gain mastery and achieve your goals.
Never forget that when it comes to self defense the heart of the practitioner is more important than the martial art itself.
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Blended Martial Arts for Self Defense
I've never been one to enjoy performing hours and hours of kata. That doesn't mean I don't like to practice my martial arts moves, just that I prefer them to be more active and realistic.
Over the years, I have searched for an effective martial arts style that fits my stature and my mental outlook. I'm a small man 68 inches and 185 pounds. So I need a method of self defense that allows me to be effective in any combat situation at any range.
As a small man or woman you can count on your bigger assailant attempting to control you with his size and strength. Often bigger attackers feel they can take liberties because of their size.
In my youth I was involved in a fight almost daily, I just don't deal well with bullies. I decided early on
that the butt kicking I got for defending myself, wasn't any worse than the butt kicking I got for not defending myself.
The main difference is that by standing up for myself, I only had to deal with the bully only once. By not standing up for myself, I would have had to endure the bully over and over and over…
Of course none of us really knew how to fight so no one got hurt, just embarrassed. As I got older, I began learning how to defend myself by studying different fighting styles.
It wasn't until I went to Fort Benning for Infantry Training that I began to understand what it really means to fight.
The hardest part of learning a style is sorting out the advertising hype from the substance. Every style of martial arts can be an effective form of self defense, but not all schools or instructors live up to their hype.
The very first thing you need to do is put together a list of your goals. Just make a short bullet list of what you want out of the martial arts.
My list might look like this.
* Physical Fitness
* Weight Loss
* Stamina/Endurance
* Self Defense
* Maximum effectiveness regardless of the damage to my opponent
* Be able to protect my family
* Self Confidence
* I don't want to be a victim
* Easy to learn, easy to use, effective
* Doesn't take years to learn
* Can quickly takedown an opponent

The great thing about the martial arts is that there is a style for every person. I am a great believer in matching your style to your weapons.
For me, this turned out to be a combination of American Kickboxing and Brazilian Jui-Jitsu. The two styles combine to allow me to defend myself across all zones of engagement. It also allows me to defend against all opponents of all sizes.
While the vast majority of people who have attacked me have been larger than I am, it is the ones who are my same size who have given me the most trouble. So my style has to enable me to defend against the largest range of opponents.
No single style seemed to fit my need. Blending the styles of Brazilian Jui-Jitsu and Kickboxing has proven an effective mix. In fact, it's really just a real world version of what you see in most Mixed Martial Arts competitions.
The differences are that you aren't going for a tap out. Letting an opponent out of an arm bar or choke to start fighting you again is insanity. In a self defense situation you need to do enough damage to stop your attacker from continuing his attack.
Be careful though, in today's society going beyond this can get you into legal trouble. Even though you were attacked and simply defended yourself you could be sued by your attacker for hurting him or you could be jailed for use of excessive force.
Thank you liberals!
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The problem with self defense and martial arts
The problem with most of the martial arts
There is a big problem in the martial arts and self defense training courses currently being offered. You
have to memorize complex moves and techniques that usually don't even work in real fights.
The more intense and complicated the techniques are, it makes learning them and using them in real fights
even harder.
Another big problem with martial arts is that they require years to master and years to get to the really
good stuff. Plus you have to memorize moves and weird npostures you don't use in your every day life.
My self defense system only uses natural body movements and positions you can do right now. Techniques
you use all the time anyways. All you've got to know to win a fight, is the moves, and when to use them!
It's a fact, that the faster you end the fight the better your chances of surving. The longer a fight takes, means
you will be at more risk of being injured or killed.
If the fight lasts a long time you have a bigger chance of losing. You have to forget all the fancy flying kicks
and Hollywood style moves you see on T.V.
Unlike martial arts and tournaments you're not going to be impressing your opponent, judges or an audience. Your
#1 motive in a fight is to end it as safely as possible.
Steve Gibbs