How good are you at self defense?

I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and I also learned military combatives/combat hapkido while I was in the Army. I have lots of experience with submission grappeling, especially during my time in the Army, and only ever lost to one guy. I am pretty confident in my ability to defend myself, and I've been teaching self-defense to my wife and developing a martial arts curriculum based on my knowledge. I recommend martial arts training to everyone; even if you never use it for self defense, it can really help with building self-confidence and situational awareness, which in turn can help you avoid fights in the first place. Good luck and I hope you find a good school!

hello nikky, this is a good topic especially for women I took ARNIS or stick fighting as a PE in college. I was hoping to take taek won do but when I was about to enlist on a class, I almost fainted right on the spot. the students there are really good.high kicks and the instructor was a big man hahaha... toink. Talk about a tiny 17 year old girl looking dumfounded in a small dojo in the campus... So I went back to the gym and look for other martial arts PE, I found ARNIS. It's good though. when you learn the basic fighting in arnis you can use any object to fight with. though I'm not a violent person and I don't like fighting, my only reason is to learn how to defend myself. So far, I haven't used it to anyone *wink* uhm as for kicking, nikky. you can kick there where it hurts most hee hee... no skill needed. hahaha kidding. If in case I'm in a dire situation, I don't want to do that kinda not good for the guy's future lol... I don't want to carry a guilt that the guy won't be able to reproduce a pepper spray is still a good defense, at least it wears off when they wash it...

I was into Thai boxing years ago. It's was an amateur sport so i trained for the sport but i think i can defend myself when the situation calls for it. I know some blocks and strikes and i know how to keep him a few meters away. It's the main reason why i joined Thai boxing anyway. Before, i couldn't throw a punch but right now, i'm quite confident.

hey there well I have been doing lau gar kickboxing which is based more on street fighting, since I was 10, am currently quite highly graded without going into any details so I am pretty confident in handling any situation that arises. Altho the easiest and simple way to avoid confrontation which I would always choose first, is to walk away. Altho if someone attacks me i'd immobilise them and ring the police as am not into agression but if it comes my way yes I could and would handle myself.

personally I find learning a martial art to be a waste of time, a martial art teaches you special moves to do and the moves are only able to do if you and your opponent/attacker are in the right positions, watch ufc and a lot of martial art movies, and watch what they do, find a sparring buddy to mimic some of the moves, since alot of the stuff you see on both of those are really martial art moves its like learning the best of all the martial arts in one place, I have been in plenty of fights, not that I'm a trouble maker or anything but I'm about 5-6 128 pounds I'm a little guy and all through school others thought they would bully me or try to "jump" me so I had to learn how to defend myself in a hurry, I'd suggest carrying pepperspray maybe, that will usually buy you some time to get somewhere safe if you are attacked and also even though the lower region of a male is weak and easy to attack, they might not feel it right away due to the adrenaline, but the attacker will get more angry with you for doing it therefore will be more violent. so the throat is a more reliable area to go for if you get attacked. I dont care how much adrenaline someone has pumping, if they get hit in the throat, its game over

agility and wisedom choose kung-fu,you will lose first

hi nikky..during my teens..i always want to learn how to defend myself..but i guess time did not permit me to do so..that until now i don't know any karate moves and everything...

I am not very self defensive due to my weak body so i do not fight with any one i stay away from all these but that does not mean i affraid people i generally manage the things by communication no need to show the power but if any situation create like that then i can manage it very well

Hi, nikky,I am poor in self defense, you see,I am a lady without any power, now I live in a big city where is very dangerous as to female friends, I even can not go home lately in the evenng. I am in the lack of self defense,oh, but I am lucky, I always go out with my boyfriend.

Hi!I dont know any martial arts but if time permits one day I will learn karate.I have never been in a situation where I had to be physically rough.I knew a friend of mine who carried a pepper sprinkler with her if need arose though I dont know if she ever used it.

That is just what i am doing now! I am not strong or tall enough, so i must have something or some special techniques to defend myself. Now i am learning chinese koofu almost everynight ,Taiji ,a famous martial art .I have see lots of books and video about it ,and find it can strength your body fundamentally ,what is more, it also is a good way for expanding life. Just keep on ,and i will get it. However the most important matter to avoid fights, is not fists but words, so I will use my special techniques just at special situation. *^^*

I am also in the same condition as yours.I am not at all confident that what i will do in such a situation. Anyway , i don't know any martial arts or other techniques. So it's really a big thing to take care of. I have not experienced such a situation yet.

I have a petite figure. I think if someone attacks me, I am hardly escape from that. I never learn techniques to protect myself. But sometimes I came home late, the street was dark and deserted, I would hold my chain of keys on hand, so I could have something to fight with. ^.^

nope, I don't know any self defense techniques , I think in these times its a good idea to learn few , especially for the women as their times when we feel helpless and having knowledge in self-defense would boost our confidence. I didn't know that kung-fu is a self-defense technique, I thought its karate which teaches self-defense

we're the same I'm not that confident about self-defense, I know nothing about martials arts or kung fu. But I'm willing to learn martial arts and similar self- defense.

Well i know i sound stupid but i think i could pretty much defend myself if somthimg like that happend.

I was into karate for 3 years and a brown belt. I havent been practicing karate for a long time now, but my moves are still reliable. if ever placed in a situation where I would be needing to defend myself, I could likely protect myself and survive. But I do wish that I would never be placed in a situation where my life would get in danger.

yes i am confident to defend myself if i have no mistakes to his/her but if i have a fault to his/her maybe i do not want to face her/him. anyway, i am not yet experience any involvement just like you've mentioned but if ever that there is, i will never entertain just to avoid trouble.

Worst. If there is more than worst then that's it. I don't have any martial arts techniques.

You may wish to consider mixed martial arts if you want to learn how to fight and defend. Or grappling, which is more for men as it takes up a lot of energy. Try learning some hand locks. It would be useful to hold the opponent down. I once tried it on a guy. He was flat on the floor and just by putting my knee on his back (the spot below the neck, about 5 to 10cm below, right on the spine). The guy couldn't get up. And I am only 45 kg, 156cm tall. Haha.... So if you are learning for defense, you might want to look for such courses or schools. One of the defensive martial arts Akido. The usual martial arts are more offensive.