Self Defense Systems

[s.a.f]

typical match fight. They back away from each other. In a street fight, they tackle liek there is some time pressure. You will never see guys dancing back and forth in a street fight. One or both of them wants to hurt the other and do it fast.

Exactly its always a case of guys who are filled with rage and agression (because its a real fight not a contest) and they just fly at each other and unleash it all. Also the natural instinct is just to use your fists, karate kicks are not a natural instict. Typicly the only time you'll see some kick in a real fight is if their oppenent has gone down and they want to really finish them off.

SAF, what do you mean by hooks and overhand punches? They don't do that in your old martial arts class? What kind of punches did they do instead, and why don't they work? Why don't martial arts classes teach your hook punch method if yours is better?

The only punches we were shown were these weird ones where you stand with your shoulders straight and you throw the punch from you chest with palms facing up (fists closed though obviously) and you twist your fist round as you extend the arm. You keep your body almost totally straight and dont throw any of your body weith behind it. I remember thinking these would'nt hurt anyone.

Here it is:[youtube:ys3wk8p9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzWiQvcUclg[/youtube:ys3wk8p9]

Imagine throwing that puch in a fight while your opponent just throws a haymaker and takes your head off.
That was just the punch that they taught, in taekwondo its mostly kicks. You cant start teaching your own style its been taught that way for centuries.

 

[CCS]

For a small guy a kick is the only thing that will hurt the other person. But kicks are not as fast or stable as punches, and can't be retracted fast. Kicks are good at long range. Once someone gets in close, the kicks don't do much. You can knee someone though. But if they are sending punches at you and you are no match in the punching area, that one knee you send won't be enough to save you. Picture a puny guy with his arms trying to get punches past a big guy's arms when the bigger arms are the size of the small guy's legs.