Self Defense Techniques anyone?

[younwhagrl]

Does anyone have step by step self defense techniques? In the Youn Wha system there are 54 self defense techniques. Youn Wha Self Defense was createdby Grand Master Han in the late 1980's. Initially for the Dallas Police Department. It is a unified system of self defense that incorporates techniques and movements from many different Martial Arts systems. Techniques 1-40 covermany different types of attacks from simple wrist and arm grab sto dealing with chokes and headlocks and onto punches, kicks and even weapon attacks.

Anyone have this? Just curious.

[Goju_boi]

I think any traditional style has this.It's in the forms.

[P.A.L]

Does anyone have step by step self defense techniques? In the Youn Wha system there are 54 self defense techniques. Youn Wha Self Defense was createdby Grand Master Han in the late 1980's. Initially for the Dallas Police Department. It is a unified system of self defense that incorporates techniques and movements from many different Martial Arts systems. Techniques 1-40 covermany different types of attacks from simple wrist and arm grab sto dealing with chokes and headlocks and onto punches, kicks and even weapon attacks.

Anyone have this? Just curious.

do you mainly block with your front hand or back hand?

[karatekid1975]

We have 2 self defense techs each belt rank in TKD. In Jujitsu, there is so many. But I just started to learn them. The kata's have way more, but I haven't learned one yet.

[y2_sub]

I think any traditional style has this.It's in the forms.

Yes , this is true

[AngelaG]

I think principles need to be concentrated on rather than set techniques. Otherwise someone will pin you against the wall and you'll be there thinking,"A wall pin, yes that's technique number 24, which the arm comes up and .... oh! He's hitting me!"

[DKizzle]

Kenpo has probably hundreds of them, all with cool names.

[Goju_boi]

I think Angela is right.Because if you focus on what technique to use in a certain situation you will get hit,submitted,cut,etc before you even realize what to do for the situation.

[karatekid1975]

My jujitsu instructor told me that friday. In any self defense situation, with a knife for example, expect to be cut. But use what works to excape with your life. I'm no where near that good yet, but I do see his point.

[scottnshelly]

In response to the initial post: yes, most styles teach some form of self-defense sets, at least at a beginner level. There are also many different kinds depending on the style; a Tae Kwon Do ‘one-step’ is very different from a Kenpo self-defense set.

In response to the conversation regarding the effectiveness and relevancy of self-defense sets: there are pros and cons. The downside to these is they are finite and limited. The upside is that you can learn to make the set conform to your opponent, rather than trying to make your opponent conform to your self-defense technique. They won’t necessarily make you any slower in your reaction, but should in fact do just the opposite. If you practice them enough, you they will become reflexes.

The biggest problem with these is that the practitioner will only see the technique being taught at the time. When practicing, you have to practice with variations – different stances, different hand positions, different attacks, etc.

Another problem (in my opinion) is that practitioners put too much effort into naming, ranking and categorizing these sets, thereby confining the possibilities. Instead of learning self-defense techniques 1-10, one should learn 10 variations of self-defense techniques against 10 different attacks.