Tuesday, August 02, 2011

What to Do if You're Attacked by a Punching Bag

I dunno...[Watch]

Seems to me at this point your defenses have already been breached and it becomes a matter of strength, skill, luck and will. It's been my experience that many fights do end up on the ground, and an attacker's not going to just lay there like a...uh...heavy bag, and what happens next could depend as much on what he does as what you do.

I've never been a fan of one-size-fits-all defense techniques--when the dynamics get fluid, plans often go out the window and what counts is ability to adapt with what you bring to the fight. And like I said, will.

One thing I do want to make clear though: I'm not saying dismiss the video--you may find yourself in a situation where you remember it and it works like a charm for you.   It's always good to have options, and this is one.

[Via Drew]

1 comment:

Loki said...

there is a russian martial art called systema which has extensive techniques for unarmed and weapon combat including short and long firearms, vladimir vasiliev and michael rybako both teach techniques you can find on their website about it. i am unaware of any modern martial art than systema which actually teaches full firearms tactics from this kind of close range to all the way out with a long range rifle. that scenario would have been very suited to a knife defense as well. it would have been better demonstrated with a person as assailant...