| When you hear the term 'military self defense' | | | | focusing on the person who is the real problem, |
| you automatically think of Green Berets | | | | they keep their eyes firmly on the weapon, |
| dismantling an attacker with precision moves that | | | | seeing it as the be all and end all of the |
| an ordinary person could never learn. To be | | | | confrontation. If someone attacks you with a |
| honest, no regular citizen will be able to fight like a | | | | knife, obviously your first goal should be to avoid |
| marine or soldier because they have years and in | | | | their initial attack and find a way to get that |
| some cases decades of training behind them. Yet | | | | weapon out of their hands. There are several |
| you have instructors trying teach some of these | | | | martial arts techniques that can help you with this. |
| martial arts techniques in the same way as it | | | | Yet once you succeed in disarming them, they |
| would be taught to a military person which is | | | | are still there, ready and willing to hurt you in |
| completely wrong. As already stated, these men | | | | some other way. The focus should always on |
| and women are physically elite so what is taught | | | | defeating the attacker, not their weapon. |
| to them is not applicable to 99% of the | | | | There are many military self defense techniques |
| population. While this doesn't mean that the | | | | that can have lethal consequences. Sometimes |
| techniques they learn are redundant, it is clear | | | | situations occur when fatalities happen. If a thug |
| that there are problems with the way they are | | | | attacks you with a gun or knife or a group of |
| taught. | | | | people come after you, the ferocity of your |
| The first issue with military self defense as it is | | | | defense could accidentally kill someone. While that |
| often taught is the fact that it focuses on speed | | | | is more the fault of the legal system, the |
| and strength above all else. Once again, military | | | | fierceness of this training presents trainees with |
| personnel are exceptional in both departments, | | | | another problem. Knowledge of the effectiveness |
| trying to teach an average Joe these maneuvers | | | | of military techniques could actually cause you to |
| that are based on you being as strong as your | | | | hold back which results in you getting badly hurt. |
| opponent is foolish. Generally speaking, if you are | | | | It is necessary to find an instructor who can |
| being attacked randomly there is a very good | | | | teach you how to defend effectively without |
| chance that your assailant will be physically | | | | getting in legal trouble. |
| stronger than you. Thugs generally don't go | | | | If you are learning martial arts techniques fused |
| around picking on strong guys because they are | | | | with the expertise of military training, be careful if |
| cowards at heart and want a confidence boosting | | | | you ever get involved in a confrontation. Being |
| exercise which involves beating up weaker people. | | | | too fierce or holding back could spell danger whilst |
| Some teachers decide to teach you how to use | | | | focusing on things like strength and the opponent's |
| weapons which is definitely a good idea. However, | | | | weapon should be discarded in favor of learning |
| they overemphasize their importance. Rather than | | | | solid technique. |