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www.iainaberne... In this video I discuss why the physical aspect of self-protection is very different to fighting. True self-protection is a much wider field of study than most martial artists appreciate; which is why martial artists are often very poor at teaching self-protection. Self-protection training will include such vitally important topics as the nature of criminal behaviour, crime statistics, personal risk assessments, de-escalation, boundary setting, home security, travel security, law, etc. These vital elements are ignored while the physical aspect tends to get overemphasised.
Even when it does dome to the physical aspects, they are very different to they way two martial artists will fight each other in a consensual exchange. Again, most martial artists don’t appreciate this and wrongly assume the methodology associated with consensual violence is a good fit for non-consensual criminal violence. Both are valuable studies, but they are very different; and not for the reason most martial artists state (assuming they get they are not the same in the first place).
Physical self-protection is NOT a “street fight” (a term often used to wrongly conflate “no rules consensual fighting” with self-protection). The goals of all kinds of fighting (consensual violence) and self-protection (non-consensual violence) are NOT the same. Change the goal and the associated strategies, tactics and choice of techniques used to achieve also change. Whether people want to believe it or not, physical self-protection and fighting are radically different. This video covers the core reasons why.
NOTE: It has sadly been my experience that many comment on videos without actually watching them. They base their comments on what they ASSUME the video states as opposed to what is actually said. Those reading the comments, who also haven’t watched, therefore wrongly assume I have said things I most definitely have not. If you haven’t got the time, attention span or patience to watch the video, then your comments are sure to be ill informed and of no value. Please watch first so you know what you are commenting on. Fair enough, right?
This video also covers what many wrongly assume results in the differences between self-protection and fighting. It’s NOT primarily about what rules allow or don’t. It’s NOT about wrongly assuming combat sports are the only form of live practice. It’s also NOT about avoiding live practise on the grounds that self-protection methods are “too dangerous” to drill live (both consensual and non-consensual violence require live practise). It’s also NOT about the relative value of physical self-protection and fighting skills (both have their own inherent value), but it is about appropriate vs. inappropriate and optimal vs. suboptimal within the strict confines of seeking a well-defined outcome within a specific context.
The video covers the above and more falsehoods. You can be sure those making comments for or against on the basis of the above points have not watched the video. These are NOT the reasons I give for the fundamental differences between fighting and criminal violence. It’s more fundamental and significant than that.
Thanks for reading and watching!
All the best,
Iain
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