What is your self defense specialty?

[drop bear]

We'd have to get the right casting to play Drop Bear, though.

I want Scott Ryan.

 

[Buka]

Good choice for sure. But I at least want Max Irons to audition for the roll. A male audience is already assured. But with Irons, the woman would eat him up.

And he does good action on the show Condor.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Again, does the term self-defense include to protect your love one?

Self-Defense: the defense of one's person or interests, especially through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent crime.

I think it's pretty obvious that you have a strong interest in the safety of those you care about. It's not even difficult to see how you have an interest in the safety of the general public.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Kind of. If I say someone is a fighter, we have an idea of what that means, even if I'm speaking figuratively and not literally. It's also easily defined.

But you can't say someone is a self defenser. That makes no sense. It's makes no sense as a verb, at all. It can (and does) mean pretty much whatever someone wants for it to mean. At best, it's too vague to be useful. At worst, it's something sales people use to shill a product and add mystique to their brand.

Which is why I didn't suggest the term "self defenser" was useful.

So, just to clarify what I had in mind with this thread, if we can all agree that "self defense" is in some way related to personal safety, and let it go at that, then we all have some experience. For example, a social worker/case manager who works with SSI recipients for a public hospital is going to have a lot of self defense experience, whether he or she knows martial arts or not. I'd argue that they could have more practical experience than some people who purport to be self defense experts.

I can get on board with that, if we go beyond my typical usage of "self defense" (which is narrower than most folks).

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Hence self defence, combat sport, boxing skills, Speciality is a good thing to discuss.

The biggest issue with self defence is you don't have to be trained to do it. If we add avoiding conflict. Then you don't even have to know if you are doing it or not.

Am I doing self defence now?

I mean nobody is attacking me.

As with a lot of things, not being trained to defend yourself, you can still be successful. The point of training to defend yourself should be to improve the chances of success by some margin.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I want Scott Ryan.

TMI

 

[Steve]

Which is why I didn't suggest the term "self defenser" was useful.

it’s nonsense. That’s the point.

I can get on board with that, if we go beyond my typical usage of "self defense" (which is narrower than most folks).

I truly don’t know whether you mean you are using the term in a narrower sense than me or vice versa. And who are these “most folks”?

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I truly don’t know whether you mean you are using the term in a narrower sense than me or vice versa. And who are these “most folks”?

Most folks on here (and others I've talked to) include non-physical stuff in their definition of self-defense. To me, the term includes only physical defense. So you're using the term in a broader sense than I usually do, but I don't think that my usage is the more common, except perhaps in legal circles.

 

[Steve]

Most folks on here (and others I've talked to) include non-physical stuff in their definition of self-defense. To me, the term includes only physical defense. So you're using the term in a broader sense than I usually do, but I don't think that my usage is the more common, except perhaps in legal circles.

So you have a more specific definition than most people? Okay. That's fine. For this thread, I'm using what I believed to be the general understanding of the term, which would include things like situational awareness, deescalation, etc. I tried to make that pretty clear in the OP with the examples I provided.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Most folks on here (and others I've talked to) include non-physical stuff in their definition of self-defense. To me, the term includes only physical defense. So you're using the term in a broader sense than I usually do, but I don't think that my usage is the more common, except perhaps in legal circles.

I think in general, it's best to use the definitions of the OP when there's debate about definition, to avoid any confusion. Unless their definition is completely whacko.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

So you have a more specific definition than most people? Okay. That's fine. For this thread, I'm using what I believed to be the general understanding of the term, which would include things like situational awareness, deescalation, etc. I tried to make that pretty clear in the OP with the examples I provided.

Yep. That's what I was saying. Easy enough when we all understand the usage.

 

[Rich Parsons]

This is much more interested discussion topic.

- What's people's "door guarding skill"?
- How did people develop it?
- What's their successful ratio?

From the Macro point of view - I have a 100% Success rate. - I am still alive.

If one counts all the:
Being shot at
stabbed
cut
golf clubbed attacked
taz'ed
hit by cars
gone through windows
...
and lots more multiple on one empty hand combative(s)
I have lost a lot.

 

[ThatOneCanadian]

My self-defense specialty is not associating with dangerous people. I have a very selective filter through which any potential friends or partners must pass through in order for me to trust them.

 

[tim po]

surprise.
Concealment of intention, a neutral, unimposing stance/attitude, luring the attacker to attack carelessly because they think you are not ready to respond. creating this opportunity is a skill unto itself. In self-defense, there is only one intention: escape unharmed. this is not a fight, there is no pride or honor at stake, social implications and legal repercussions be damned. show nothing until the moment the attack begins, then unleash hell.

 

[Oily Dragon]

Running away.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Well, I considered bring back a thread from 2006 on Self Defense. A lot of good, general definitions in that thread. But figured it would be better to just start a new one.

We talk a lot about self defense in broad terms. A lot of posts along the lines of dealing with a threat to your physical or mental safety. But I think that leads to a lot of misunderstanding. So, if you think about a bouncer as being a specialist in a particular area of self defense. Or a cop, or an MMA fighter, or anyone else... what's your specialty? What do you think you've done enough in your life that you would consider yourself an expert in that area?

Have you been in a lot of bar fights? Or better yet, almost been in a lot of bar fights? Have you lived in an area where violent crime is more common? Did you take public transit for long enough to get a Spidey sense when something weird was happening?

I’m an expert tickler. I really did avoid a bar fight that way once. I consider it a feather in my cap.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I’m an expert tickler. I really did avoid a bar fight that way once. I consider it a feather in my cap.

If you laugh out loud, I win. Hard to be a tough guy when you are squirming and giggling.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Running away.

The best martial art(except for tickling). I’m not very fast at it, but it works like nothing else for staying pretty.

 

[Hanzou]

I like to give hugs.....