Posts Tagged ‘Self Defense’

Self Defence – Warning Signs of an Attack

Another very important aspect of self defence is learning to recognise the waning signs that an attack may be just about to occur. Work on improving your sensitivity to these basic waning signs and it may give you the vital few seconds you need to extract yourself from an attack or perhaps even avoid the [...]

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Self Defense and the Adrenaline Dump

Sadly one of the most often overlooked realities of a violent altercation is the not necessarily obvious but extremely impactful “Fear based adrenal dump”. In a real life self defence situation your body will tend to naturally go into our primitive “Fight or flight” mode, part of this is what stress response experts call strong [...]

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Street Self Defense – The Reality

Martial arts are a fun and healthy activity, I’ve been doing martial arts of one type or another for 15 years but one thing I have found about most training is that it is lacking in realism or “real world” applicability. Traditional martial arts like karate, jiu jitsu and aikido tend to focus heavily on [...]

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