Poll: Do you know self defense?

[runnernda]

I know some basic stuff. I was mugged once, so my friend who's taken Kung fu for years and years started to teach me some self-defense. If you grab me, I can make you let me go, and if you throw a punch, I can grab you and throw you down. I'm still kind of hopeless if you've got a weapon, though.

 

[Canid117]

I am going to guess that real world practical self defense is very different from the stuff that 99% of the people on this site claim to know. Facing a thug in an alley armed with a knife and fighting dirty is a lot different than fighting someone on a mat while wearing protective gear and under the supervision of a referee.

I have a fifth degree black belt in gun.

This guy might make it out alive.

 

[MySoxSmell]

well im a 4th kyu in kyokushin karate, so yeah im alright at self defence

 

[Stuntcrab]

Let me tell you, Bully walks up to me, bully attempts to hurt me, Bully comes home with broken arms, wrists, fingers, and having pain in his crotch.

 

[zeratul123]

Yeah dude im Blue belt in Tae Kwon DO Right now.

 

[loppopoo]

Well, I'm in a martial arts class right now, so yeah.

 

[Jake the Snake]

I'm a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Karate, soon to be 3rd Degree, and for my 3rd degree I'm specializing in Self defense. I'm pretty sure I can handle anything life throws at me.

 

[BreakfastMan]

Yep. Karate, 6 years, Sho-Rinryu style. I was a brown-white belt when I stopped.

 

[sms_117b]

I've done various martial arts over the years and I've put together a few simple techniques that can get me out of bad situations, although I have only used it once.

I don't like being violent, but if I need to be, I am.

 

[m.zajac]

I have a fifth degree black belt in gun.

Ditto.

 

[JWAN]

Im a Yellow Belt in Karate
A White Belt in Tai Kwon do
I practice military martial arts (mixed) in 2 clubs
I am going to start Kung Fu next year.

I think its fun.

edit* I also have a 5th degree black-belt in "Gun"

 

[RagnorakTres]

Hard question for me to answer. On the one hand, I know a lot of things about self-defense. I know where to hit someone to hurt them. I know how to stand balanced. I know how to breathe.

What I don't know is anything formal. I'm looking into finding a Muay Thai or Choi Li Fut teacher if I can, but since one is still taught as a combat art and the other is so immensely obscure, I really need to travel to Thailand or travel to China to actually learn those styles.

 

[Shadowsole]

my school has a guy come in every year to tell the guys that no means no and pointing to you crotch while going uh hun hun ha after driving a chick home does not = sex,

While the chicks learnt how to talk our way out of sex and an hour of how to hurt a guy.

i only have an hour of self defence training

so, no

 

[foxlovingfreak]

Got a green belt in Tae Kwon Do and a certifcate from a local tourment so I know few things

 

[teebeeohh]

i did about 5 years of judo and for time had to adopt that knowledge to defend myself on a weekly basis. other than that i prefer taking cheap shots, take every advantage you can get

 

[coldshadow]

my self defense is a swift kick to the balls, why should I bother with honor when im being attacked?

 

[Naeo]

Unless "having good reflexes" counts, then no.

 

[Berethond]

The Nike Defense is all you'll ever need.

It's nice to have the option to run away, but you don't always have that option. It is better to have both kung-fu and running shoes on your side. You don't have to pick just one, and violence is sometimes the only option.

Oh, I know.
That's what <url=http://rustyknives.com/images/fixed/western_shark1.jpg>old faithful is for.

 

[ethaninja]

Ninjutsu 4 years and counting.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

my self defense is a swift kick to the balls, why should I bother with honor when im being attacked?

I agree, why would u want to fight with "honor" when your assailant has you cornered with a knife and demanding money, or threatening something else of value to you (girl/boyfriend, family etc), or just glassed your friend giving him a 12-stitch wound. You aren't exactly going to bow to them first and refuse to hit them while they're down now are you.

OT: The above is taught in the first class of Krav Maga, of which I did 2 years. Also have done 4 years of Zenshin Karate (much like Kyokushin, not very well known though), and 2 years of boxing, and half a year of Muay Thai. Would like to learn some grappling/ground stuff though, that seems to be a table-turner in most one-on-one situations.

But being able to defend yourself largely depends on the attacker, as much as yourself...