Martial Arts in Security?

[June1]

Wow! Thanks for the responses, guys! This has been more than helpful, and more than just interesting!!!

The next time I see one of my building's security guards patrolling, maybe I should ask if he has training.

[Jiffy]

Hey there,

Having been a guard and crowd controller, it became apparent that training is definately a good thing to have, but only the right type of training. Stand-up strike based martial arts like Karate (which is my primary style) are probably not the best to have in the field. While it is good to understand the strikes and how to work with them etc, we are constantly trained so that punching and kicking becomes instinct. While in a self defence situation this is great, as a guard, you have a legal duty of care to the person you are restraining. For this reason, grappling arts are generally more usefull in that scenario as they have less tendancy to get you into trouble.

And to answer your question. In Australia at least, there are more security guards out there with no training then those that have been trained...... by far.

[Sam]

yeah - i geussed as much - not that many trained here in the uk either id think..... least there are those that are trained aroudn though.