punisher73
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It doesn't matter what ANY art teaches whether it's punches or kicks, or grappling. It all comes down to MINDSET. Let's take Kyokushin for example, the person enters that dojo and learns how to dig deep and keep fighting through the pain and apply what they need to on a resisting opponent. We take another person and teach them western boxing, and they do the same thing, keep a licking and keep on ticking. Then we put another person in BJJ, and everytime they start to get in a bad place they give up and tap even though they weren't at risk yet of a submission, just a bad position or we could have said the boxer only trains on the pads and hates any contact so he won't spar in the ring. Which one do you think would do better in a self-defense situation? It's NOT the art that matters because we can switch ANY of those arts around apply the same types of people to them. One of the things that combative sports (in all it's forms, eastern or western) DOES have an advantage is developing that competitive mindset of not giving up. People tend to learn how to tune into that mindset or they quit. Many arts are trained that the person doesn't have to tune into that attitude and they don't develop it. Then there are some that through life have already got that never give up mindset and probably would be fine without formal training for most situations.
So, while you can't "train" self-defense, I think the various arts give someone the path to self-discovery so they can teach it to themselves through their actions.
So, while you can't "train" self-defense, I think the various arts give someone the path to self-discovery so they can teach it to themselves through their actions.