subject: Basic Self Defense Training For Mastery - Control Your Own Balance To Effectively Win! [print this page] Are you serious about learning how to defend yourself in a real-world self defense situation? I can understand why, considering that, in the United States alone, there is an assault every 17 seconds! Add to that the other violent crimes crimes like rape, murder, robbery, and the like and you have the makings of a plague or, what's the new word?...
Pandemic...
That is worse than the swine flu, bird flu, "itchy-scratchy" syndrome (wanted to make sure you were paying attention!), and any other health risk we're constantly being warned about! But, in order to develop real proficiency in self defense, you need to know more than the physical skills that you might think of when the subject comes to mind. Self defense is much more than the:
* Punches
* Kicks
* Joint locks, and...
* Other cool moves
In fact, these things make up a small part of the overall self defense picture. If you're going to master the ability to defend yourself, you're going to need to know more than moves. You're going to need to become skilled and very proficient at setting up a situation against a violent attacker where......you can actually use your technique on him and in a way that will be effective!
And... Pay attention because this is the most important part of all! You're going to have to be able to do these things without:
1) Fighting yourself (getting in your own way), or...
2) Helping the attacker to beat you!
And the first place to begin this task in learning to control your own balance before and during the fight! The development of better balance begins with the understanding that you are, what scientists refer to as a biped. What that means is that you have two legs, not three or four structures that are much more stable by nature.
The fact that you are a biped means that your body is in a constant state of shifting balance. And, while many martial arts styles take care of this by immobilizing the defender in a stiff, rigid, and unmoving stance, this can actually make you a virtual sitting duck, against the attacker's random, and often chaotic, attacks.
Learning to control your balance gives you the ability to respond much more quickly to your assailant's attacks. It also provides for a much more stable base and overall structure even while moving. The truth is that, it's very difficult to break your opponent's balance, when your own is compromised. You can hardly expect to be able to knock him off his feet or apply a throw......when you're own body is on the verge of falling down!
