Hi,
So I'm new on this website and I thought it would be a good idea to ask for self defense advice.
I did taekwondo for six years and wing chun for 10 months. And fitness kickboxing for two months. However, I still am not confident these styles will help me as I'm sure you know that they are quite limited. Plus I don't have enough sparring experience. And I am also aware there are more effective styles of martial arts like muay Thai or bjj.
My problem is that I decided to completely abandon all open hand striking art styles and decided to research self defense online as well as looking for any art out there that are not based on open hand striking. The reason is brain damage which is something I would like to avoid.
I came to the conclusion that I want to learn a weapon martial art, Escrima, and mabye do some grappling like Jiu Jitsu at some point.
As strange as the combination sound, Escrima from what I noticed uses a lot of padding/armor in their sparring. And after asking people who does the art, they claim it to be safe with only few welts and minor injuries. So brain damage is completely out of the question. Bjj, according to a classmate, also claims it to be safe.
Now, here's the thing. I recently watched a video about self defense and according to a guy (who happens to be a NAVY seal) an open carry concealed gun is needed for true self sefense. As someone like me who is still a minor, this is the reason why I want to do escrima. Plus I think it looks fun.
I know there's a lot more to self defense than just picking a martial art. I'm aware that there are things like situational awareness and verbal de-escalation. But I want to know is if there's anything more than that?
So, is this practical for general self defense? I know that even these two styles are quite limited but that's why I want to learn the mental side of self defense to compensate that.
Thanks for reading. Any help is much appreciated.
So I'm new on this website and I thought it would be a good idea to ask for self defense advice.
I did taekwondo for six years and wing chun for 10 months. And fitness kickboxing for two months. However, I still am not confident these styles will help me as I'm sure you know that they are quite limited. Plus I don't have enough sparring experience. And I am also aware there are more effective styles of martial arts like muay Thai or bjj.
My problem is that I decided to completely abandon all open hand striking art styles and decided to research self defense online as well as looking for any art out there that are not based on open hand striking. The reason is brain damage which is something I would like to avoid.
I came to the conclusion that I want to learn a weapon martial art, Escrima, and mabye do some grappling like Jiu Jitsu at some point.
As strange as the combination sound, Escrima from what I noticed uses a lot of padding/armor in their sparring. And after asking people who does the art, they claim it to be safe with only few welts and minor injuries. So brain damage is completely out of the question. Bjj, according to a classmate, also claims it to be safe.
Now, here's the thing. I recently watched a video about self defense and according to a guy (who happens to be a NAVY seal) an open carry concealed gun is needed for true self sefense. As someone like me who is still a minor, this is the reason why I want to do escrima. Plus I think it looks fun.
I know there's a lot more to self defense than just picking a martial art. I'm aware that there are things like situational awareness and verbal de-escalation. But I want to know is if there's anything more than that?
So, is this practical for general self defense? I know that even these two styles are quite limited but that's why I want to learn the mental side of self defense to compensate that.
Thanks for reading. Any help is much appreciated.