Types of Self Defense Training
Best Self defense Training For You?
There are many types of self defense training available.
Model Mugging draws its origins from the martial arts, but the limitations of the martial arts were recognized. There are many benefits to the specific styles of martial arts provided to their students. However, recognizing the limitations enhances the training each type of self-defense offers. There are limitations to self-defense programs as well.
First, when considering which self-defense training is best for you, it is best to identify and assess your training objectives. Often, availability is a factor in selecting a martial art style or other type of self-defense in any given city. There are a variety of martial arts styles that offer excellent learning opportunities, satisfying the needs of different students, as well as their personalities, temperaments, and physical well-being.
Martial arts schools or dojos offer classes consistently each week, making it more convenient for training than self-defense courses specifically designed for women, which may require a minimum number of enrollees before a class can be held. Sometimes, coordinating dates and times for a short self-defense course can be challenging, even when hosting a course for a group of friends.
Model Mugging student slides to the ground before padded assailant can grab her while simultaneously preparing to strike him.
Many women study martial arts specifically to defend themselves against a rapist or attacker. Although many aspects of martial arts may be used for self-protection, most martial arts do not address the needs of women.
A women’s martial art style, Wing Chun, was developed to address the need for women to protect themselves, compensating for the differences between female and male-oriented fighting systems. There are many facets to teaching self-defense to women.
Many short self-defense courses are taught with a curriculum of moves based on the instructor’s preferred martial art style. Rather than understanding the context in which women are assaulted and working toward realistic solutions, most martial arts instructors teach women self-defense classes that are often heavily injected with techniques that apply martial arts style to actual crime situations. This process fails to follow the Five Principles of Self defense©.
Short types of self-defense classes offer abbreviated sessions that incorporate various martial arts styles and a range of self-defense techniques. Many of the techniques are not realistic for women seeking to protect themselves from common crimes committed against women.
Standing martial arts styles, such as Karate, Tai Kwon Do, Aikido, and Jiu Jitsu, each provide a workout and some defensive skills for women. Karate became the catalyst for starting Model Mugging when a female black belt Karate student was unprepared to protect herself against a real assault in 1971, which inspired the evolution of martial science.
Many martial arts styles assume a vertical or standing position, but few attackers allow women the opportunity to take a combative martial arts stance, and if they may escalate the circumstances. Additionally, few women are raped from a standing position.
Martial arts that focus on grappling and ground fighting, such as Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, and Judo. Grappling-type martial arts styles offer excellent workouts and flowing movements that can help develop confidence on the ground. However, the principles may not carry over to the dynamics of sexual assault, especially when intense emotions are involved. Grappling and wrestling arts may not provide feasible options for the average woman. There is a level of proficiency required to focus on submitting a larger “opponent” with criminal objectives, which is different than training in a martial arts class.
Mixed martial arts have rapidly evolved since the early 1990s, but these competitions also apply their own set of rules and limitations as a combative sport. Most people, and especially women, are unlikely to commit to this type of training or engage in that level of sparing preparation. A criminal who studies mixed martial arts is a more formidable foe, but he is not invincible either. What is the time and commitment you will put into studying fighting skills?
Other types of self defense courses may involve using various:
Model Mugging focuses on teaching skills that both martial arts practitioners and non-martial arts athletes can learn to protect themselves. There are other differences between self defense and martial arts. For women, Model Mugging has been highly effective and proven to be the best self-defense training, transferring over to and empowering many other aspects of their lives.