Self Defence question?

Question

2 weeks ago two b@st@rds robbed me and my friend with the threat of a knife and took our mobile phones and some money... That event really shocked and at the same time,made me angry. Also, 4 days ago, while on holidays, a 12 y.o. friend of mine insulted -without knowing- a child at his age, causing him to bring a company of 12 people against 4 (me, the boy and 2 other friends). Luckily, my father was near and we "solved" the problem!

Now, the real question. Both events embarrassed me. I don't want to be a victim again, and who knows, the next time I might not get out in one piece! To avoid this, can you propose some nice techniques I can follow? I took some Tae-Kwon-Do classes but stopped at the green belt, so I have some nice experience, and also love martial arts. I have met CQC from Metal Gear Solid, and would like to learn something like that.

So, please recommend any websites refering to martial arts, CQC, self defense etc. I want to be able to protect myself and a potential gf!

Answer 1

When you are unarmed and facing an opponent with a weapon or when you are facing an opponent who can defeat you without any problems there is one thing to do:

SUBMIT (do whatever they tell you to do.)

Just taking a martial art will not do it!

You have to know it well enough to be able to defeat your opposition.

Here is your sequence of actions:

1. Avoid the situation.

2. Walk away

3. RUN away

4. Get assistance (preferably a police officer)

5. If you know how to use it, find a weapon for yourself.

6. Submit and report the event to the authorities when you are out of danger.

re: #1 -- Be aware of your surroundings and don't walk into potentially dangerous situations or environments. If you are going to a foreign country, learn the etiquette -- good manners will keep you out of a lot of embarrassing and/or dangerous situations.

re: #5 -- If you grab something to use as a weapon and don't know how to use it, you will just aggravate your opponent.

Answer 2

Yeah that stuff makes u feel pissed off.

Well i would show you a million of self defence technique but i don't know how to get my video on here.

so my best advice is go to   Expertvillage.com  (home page)

a search for self defence and there should be different videos against lots of strikes grabs stabs guns kicks you name it. So good luck hope that helped

Answer 3

Hey, been there.

Sadly, it's hardly going to help that someone would teach you online on how to defend yourself. I recommend you take Yaw Yan, or Arnis if you want to protect yourself from people with knives. Either that, or just kick them in the balls next time. Run even?

Both are Philippine martial arts, Arnis is pretty popular, but I'm not so sure about Yaw Yan, so you might have trouble finding a school.

Yaw Yan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4vsJAkcc...

Arnis (This film features the school branch in Florida)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n890A8-KJ...

Good luck.

Answer 4

read watch my back by geoff thompson and take martial arts class like muay thai,kung fu etc

Answer 5

if someone has a weapon your best bet is to give them what they want. if it's a knife and you're alone you could possibly run, but you better be faster than the other guy.

Answer 6

For fighting multiple people I'd recommend Aikido, Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu (Ninjutsu, very deadly), or Krav Maga.

Answer 7

"When you are unarmed and facing an opponent with a weapon or when you are facing an opponent who can defeat you without any problems there is one thing to do:

SUBMIT (do whatever they tell you to do.)"

Good idea, except it won't help you much if they intend to kill you anyway.

And what if they want to tie you up THEN kill you? Your chance of surviving  decreases a whooooooooole bunch if you let em restrain you.  

Anyway, like others have said, it'd be almost impossible to learn anything effectively from a website.