Do Or Do Not

DO OR DO NOT!

 

All martial art classes and self defence courses, for both men and women, are based on responding to an attack in a variety of ways using tried and tested fighting methods, like a strike to the eye or a knee to the groin for example, but all of these things are falsely based on the understanding that you will have a clear emotional free mind and without any fear to get in the way throughout the conflict.

 

 

Some teachers of the martial arts will say go in fast and hard and fight for your very life while others will tell you not to fight back and make things worse by upsetting your attacker with your own acts of aggression, but all these things are somewhat pointless bits of advice when you will be clearly emotional and fearful for your life.

 

The only thing that you can truly rely on are your own feelings of the situation as to if you should fight back or not at that moment in time and do what all cornered animals would do and that is look for a means of escape.

 

The only true advice that should be noted however, when it comes to making your mind up to fight back, is that it should be timed for maximum effect and done with full commitment and not a half-hearted attempt that would fail in most situations.