im small and pretty strong but am looking for "passive" self defence, the kind where you don’t necessarily attack the person but just disarm their attacks against you.
No guns, I’m talking about martial arts here! No abbreviatations either – I don’t know what they mean
From what you are describing aikido sounds like your kind of thing. Aikido is a non agressive martial art the entire point is to subdue your opponent with as little force or agression as you can. Aikido is all about non resistance and not using force. It comes natural to women as it does not use physical strength. (which is hard for most men). the techniques you are taught are meant to just stress or stretch the opponent, or throw him with little ill effect. It does not mean that it can not do damage. The locks and throws can be used with very brutal effect if necessary (break limbs, dislocate members, kill,…) but of course that is not it’s intent
Aikido is as our founder said it is the art of peace
best defence i know of is the ki che 357 auto mag
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For small and pretty girls I would say the "sho gun" method more commonly known as "shotgun". It will definitely stop the attack.
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I don’t think one martial art is better than another. However if it is self-defense you seek try Hapkido.If you would rather do some type of sport karate try Tai kwondo. Hapkido is a system which concentrates on doing the greatest amount of damage in the shortest amount of time.Tae kwon do is a tournament based art which has self defense incorporated in it. Both are Korean systems. Like I said it is not really one better than the other I think Bruce Lee’s Philosophy of knowing a little of it all is the best.Including the American past times of wrestling and boxing. Good Luck
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krav maga , that is all about self defense, if not aikido. aikido is perfect for women because it doesn’t matter how big, or small someone is.
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I’m not trying to put u down, but how many times you can disarm a criminal attacks? He is there with the full intention to hurt you, while you try to play nice… it will end in a sad way for you.
Having an active awareness beats self defense. A criminal that attacks you are usually a predator, who comes from behind, with arms or with gang. Self defense is really the last resort.
I will suggest to you Judo where you have a choice to be "passive" defensive when dealing with non threatening situation like a drunk friend. Or sending crashing to the hard floor if they lay their hands on you. On the ground, you have the choice to choke him out or escape before he gets up again.
Becos of your smaller size, they will probably underestimate you and make it easy for you to execute the throws. Have fun!
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Kajukenbo- b/c it focuses on self defense and blends 5 styles of fighting- karate, judo, jujitsu, kung fu and kenpo (chinese boxing). Great if you like MMA as well. The first things you will learn is self attack and how to take away/redirect power of your attacker and is a lot of fun. KIA!
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Your better off learning how to attack.
The reason is your size.
Attacking with kicks will always give you the upper hand.
Karate/Tae Kwon Do
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Why don’t you try Aikido.
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Aikido my dear, even though i’m in Muay thai and i love to kick and punch if I where to go into and Art that other then Muay Thai its Aikido. Reason being go onto youtube.com and type Aikido, you WILL find what your looking for. Good Day
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Brazilian jiu jitsu was made for the smaller person to win a fight. made popular Royce Gracie, Rickson Gracie , Renzo Gracie ,and Royler Gracie. and alot more of the famos gracie family. it incorporates submissions, take down, take down defense, how to mount, and mount defense. for striking, i use kick boxing. you might take a few hits in the fight ,but you will get the win in the long run.
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gracie jiu jitsu,
self defence is a different thing from learning to fight.
martial arts is a sub category or skill necessary for "self-defence".
if your goal really is self-defence then awareness should be your #1 goal. learn signals and how to be alert and keep a mental note of people and thier location.
fighting is next, but if self-defence is your goal, then a knife or a gun is actually your best option.
you seem to be ignorant about what martial arts are so I’ll tell you. Martial Arts comes from the term "the arts of mars" (translated from latin), Mars, the god of war. thus martial arts are tactics and techniques used in war or fighing.
yes, technically this includes nukes. However people generally don’t mean WMD when they use the term. They do include firearms and weapons however.
you are correct though in that some form of hand to hand is necessary as well as if you are caught off guard (which in any true self-defence situation you would be) you need to know how to regain or gain the advantage to pull a weapon and thus scare off or disable your attacker.
learning about weapons that you would be "defending" against also gives you a knowlede of how they work and what is a "danger zone" for them.
also balancing what the attacker’s intent is vs. the danger posed to you and that you are in is part of self-defence and awareness. would you risk bieng shot for $20?
I doubt it.
while learning to fight is part of self-defence, it is a last resort. Not because of some imagined "code" that people use to make themselves feel better about learning to hurt someone, but because of the inherent risk involved if you are in a real "self-defence" situation and because it is stupid to fight (outside of sparring, comps, training, etc.) because of the legal risk posed to you if you do so unecessarily.
I would first suggest you study knife for the fighting portion and some other art that will deal with locks and such like chin na, bjj, jujitsu, etc. however it is infinately more important that you find a good teacher rather than go "style shopping". better to learn a style that isn’t exactly what you are looking for from a good teacher than learn something you like from a crappy teacher/school. Make sure they train realistically using progressive resistance leading up to fully resisting opponents and the teacher is honest with you about the limitations of the style.
and try to just train yourself to be more aware of your surroundings and observant if you are not already. In short, build up your street smarts.
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Hello. If I was to be bias I would say Karate Do (kara=empty – te=hand – Do = way – empty hand way) because I am a Karate Sensei here in Auckland, New Zealand.
In regards to Self Defence, their are many people who will teach self defence. In the real world, unfortunately a lot of these system would not work. A lot of people try and complicate moves by adding to much thought into techniques that are only practiced in friendly class environment.
There for their can be NO SET TECHNIQUE because everyone is different. Besides when attacked a lot of the techniques are too complicated to perform under street pressure, especially when your adrenalin kicks in, unless you train for it.
When I am teaching karate (Ryoku-Kara-Kuntou (R-K-K) Karate Do ) I not only teach the basics on strikes, punches kicks etc. I also teach them a little about self defence and implement it during class. Karateka (students) could be doing one thing and with out warning I might simulate an attack. They then have to think quick and deal with it.
If you are looking for a Martial Arts Style for self defence reasons you should looking for a style that not only teaches self defence but also use it in your everyday training.
For more information please feel free to contact me – daniel@rkk.co.nz. I will be happy to give you more advice etc.
Dan
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This is the only situation I am biased to one martial art or the other. I strongly suggest Brazilian Ju Jitsu. For a woman most attackers want her on the ground to have their way with her. Brazilian Ju jitsu focus only on ground and you will be able to completely subdue your opponent and then catch your breath then call the cops because when your done with the attacker he will not be able to get away because this form of ju jitsu teaches you to break joints or choke your opponent out. The attacker will think he has you were he wants to but put himself were you want him to defend your self
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Everyone on here takes the "high road" when talking to someone interested in learning Martial Arts… yes a gun is best for self defense… and you shouldn’t learn Martial Arts to learn how to fight…. but all the people that are taking the "high road" got into Martial Arts for those reasons… they wanted to know how to defend themselves and or wanted to know how to fight… Honestly any Martial Art would be great for you, and you will find many other positive benefits that you weren’t even looking for… if your fear of a man 2 or 3 times your size finding you in a dark alley is what motivates you, passive isn’t going to help you… attacking may or may not…. there are many types of Martial Arts out there (and the quality of the schools varies widely within each)… All i can suggest is that you do some research in your area and find the best fit for you…. Your comfort level with the instructor and the atmosphere is far more important than the style they teach… don’t sign a contract with anyone, i don’t care how good of a salesman they are…. you have the right to change your mind and say hey "this isn’t for me", wish you the best of luck, the hardest part is showing up…
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From what you are describing aikido sounds like your kind of thing. Aikido is a non agressive martial art the entire point is to subdue your opponent with as little force or agression as you can. Aikido is all about non resistance and not using force. It comes natural to women as it does not use physical strength. (which is hard for most men). the techniques you are taught are meant to just stress or stretch the opponent, or throw him with little ill effect. It does not mean that it can not do damage. The locks and throws can be used with very brutal effect if necessary (break limbs, dislocate members, kill,…) but of course that is not it’s intent
Aikido is as our founder said it is the art of peace
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