Navy SEAL advises Americans on whats best self defense/martial art to learn vs modern evil people

[bucs90]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

 

[2aguy]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

 

[bucs90]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

BJJ and the Filipino knife arts are somewhat difficult to compare as a "which is better" because each is so different. A person who is an expert on both however....ouch....better have a gun vs that guy!!!!

 

[2aguy]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

 

[Skylar]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

Brazillian Jujitsu? It overemphasizes ground fighting. It plays well in MMA because there is only one opponent and set rules. If you're genuinely in a fight, you want to stay on your feet. As there may be more than one opponent and there aren't rules.

Your best defense in an actual fight is running or talking your way out of it. If you have to fight, boxing is excellent. Kicks are devastating when they connected, but proper distancing its one of the first things to go in pauses in training. Keep it simple.

Guns are far more likely to hurt you or your family than anyone else. Making them a losing proposition statistically in terms of safety. Feeling safe and being safe aren't the same thing. Guns tend toward the former rather than the later.

 

[bucs90]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

Oh I don't necessarily disagree with you. Your points are 100% right. I guess I just see FMA and BJJ as different as a lion vs a shark.

I've never done FMAs. Do you guys do a lot of ground stuff?? Like locking a limb that's holding the knife or sweeping an attacker on top?? Or full speed sparring with that?? I may be simply uninformed on it.

One thing I learned quick about BJJ is just how incredibly different sparring is when the opponent is going full speed.

I see the weapon martial arts almost like adding the weapons onto a battleship. BJJ and boxing are the powerful base that creates the ship. Add the weapons on after that's done.

Just my 2 cents though. Learning something....anything....is always better than learning nothing.

 

[Skylar]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

I've been in a 3 to 1 confrontation. I'm strong, but not that strong. So I concentrated on the guy instigating the situation and told him that I'd probably go down....but I was taking his right eye with me. That everything I did was to take his eye. That he wouldn't leave the fight whole. He believed me.

After that, it became a lot of posturing and cursing. I walked out and not a single blow was thrown by anyone.

The best fight is the one you never have. You can avoid most with some situational awareness and common sense. You can talk your way out of most of the rest. You can run from more still. A fight you have to actually have to hurt someone in is a failure from the beginning.

And of course, in an actual fight......you're usually exchanging injury. Trading pieces of yourself to take pieces of your opponent. Its foolish unless absolutely necessary.

 

[bucs90]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

Brazillian Jujitsu? It overemphasizes ground fighting. It plays well in MMA because there is only one opponent and set rules. If you're genuinely in a fight, you want to stay on your feet. As there may be more than one opponent and there aren't rules.

Your best defense in an actual fight is running or talking your way out of it. If you have to fight, boxing is excellent. Kicks are devastating when they connected, but proper distancing its one of the first things to go in pauses in training. Keep it simple.

Guns are far more likely to hurt you or your family than anyone else. Making them a losing proposition statistically in terms of safety. Feeling safe and being safe aren't the same thing. Guns tend toward the former rather than the later.

Well....the SEAL disagrees.

I don't think you can over emphasize ground fighting. Most fights end up there. You're right about saying in a fight you don't want to end up on the ground. It's dangerous. But....if you can't outrun the threat guess what? You're probably ending up on the ground.

Yes....running away is the best option of course. But....do I really need to train that? If I'm at the track doing sprints and I say I'm practicing a self defense martial art....I'd sound silly.

 

[bucs90]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

I've been in a 3 to 1 confrontation. I'm strong, but not that strong. So I concentrated on the guy instigating the situation and told him that I'd probably go down....but I was taking his right eye with me. That everything I did was to take his eye. That he wouldn't leave the fight whole. He believed me.

After that, it became a lot of posturing and cursing. I walked out and not a single blow was thrown by anyone.

The best fight is the one you never have. You can avoid most with some situational awareness and common sense. You can talk your way out of most of the rest. You can run from more still. A fight you have to actually have to hurt someone in is a failure from the beginning.

You are correct about that. It's always best to avoid a street fight. Even if it means coming off as the punk or pussy in the eyes of others.

Like you....I've had a couple brushes with it in my younger days when I went out to bars more often. I avoided them basically by just stroking the other dudes ego. Telling him I don't want him to hurt me....apologizing....making him feel big in front of his friends. In my mind...I knew I could destroy the poor guy. But for what??? I went to Waffle House with a hot chick afterwards and had a good night instead of going to jail or worse.

 

[Skylar]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

Brazillian Jujitsu? It overemphasizes ground fighting. It plays well in MMA because there is only one opponent and set rules. If you're genuinely in a fight, you want to stay on your feet. As there may be more than one opponent and there aren't rules.

Your best defense in an actual fight is running or talking your way out of it. If you have to fight, boxing is excellent. Kicks are devastating when they connected, but proper distancing its one of the first things to go in pauses in training. Keep it simple.

Guns are far more likely to hurt you or your family than anyone else. Making them a losing proposition statistically in terms of safety. Feeling safe and being safe aren't the same thing. Guns tend toward the former rather than the later.

Well....the SEAL disagrees.

I don't think you can over emphasize ground fighting. Most fights end up there. You're right about saying in a fight you don't want to end up on the ground. It's dangerous. But....if you can't outrun the threat guess what? You're probably ending up on the ground.

Most one on one fights end up there. Its a superb place to have your head kicked in if there is more than one opponent. It also robs you of lots and lots of possibilities, including running. Staying on your feet is by far the best way to handle most fights. You can choose the ground, you can use the terrain, you can keep your opponent at a distance. And it gives you more time to talk your way through the situation.

Yes....running away is the best option of course. But....do I really need to train that? If I'm at the track doing sprints and I say I'm practicing a self defense martial art....I'd sound silly.

Its best to train for a method that emphasizes disengagement. Its the fighting style that is most likely to keep you safe and your opponent unharmed.

 

[Skylar]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

I've been in a 3 to 1 confrontation. I'm strong, but not that strong. So I concentrated on the guy instigating the situation and told him that I'd probably go down....but I was taking his right eye with me. That everything I did was to take his eye. That he wouldn't leave the fight whole. He believed me.

After that, it became a lot of posturing and cursing. I walked out and not a single blow was thrown by anyone.

The best fight is the one you never have. You can avoid most with some situational awareness and common sense. You can talk your way out of most of the rest. You can run from more still. A fight you have to actually have to hurt someone in is a failure from the beginning.

You are correct about that. It's always best to avoid a street fight. Even if it means coming off as the punk or pussy in the eyes of others.

Like you....I've had a couple brushes with it in my younger days when I went out to bars more often. I avoided them basically by just stroking the other dudes ego. Telling him I don't want him to hurt me....apologizing....making him feel big in front of his friends. In my mind...I knew I could destroy the poor guy. But for what??? I went to Waffle House with a hot chick afterwards and had a good night instead of going to jail or worse.

Its a bitter pill to swallow. But really hurting someone else is awful. For both of you. If I have to eat a little shit verbally to protect some young kid who wants to look big in front of his friends, I'll do it.

And the Navy Seal may recommend brazillian jujitsu....but he's coming from the perspective of the professional warrior. He is sent into battle to hurt the enemies of his country. Not to avoid battle. So his emphasis will be on what can do the most damage to the enemy. Proactively and offensively.

In civilian life you're not looking for conflict nor are you sent in to hurt the enemy. Your priority is not getting hurt and doing as little harm to others as possible. As there can be many legal and personal consequences to hurting others. It makes far more sense to train in a style that emphasizes disengagement. As avoidance is by far the smartest way to handle fights in the real world.

 

[mudwhistle]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Muay Thai......or Lightsaber......

 

[bucs90]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

Brazillian Jujitsu? It overemphasizes ground fighting. It plays well in MMA because there is only one opponent and set rules. If you're genuinely in a fight, you want to stay on your feet. As there may be more than one opponent and there aren't rules.

Your best defense in an actual fight is running or talking your way out of it. If you have to fight, boxing is excellent. Kicks are devastating when they connected, but proper distancing its one of the first things to go in pauses in training. Keep it simple.

Guns are far more likely to hurt you or your family than anyone else. Making them a losing proposition statistically in terms of safety. Feeling safe and being safe aren't the same thing. Guns tend toward the former rather than the later.

Well....the SEAL disagrees.

I don't think you can over emphasize ground fighting. Most fights end up there. You're right about saying in a fight you don't want to end up on the ground. It's dangerous. But....if you can't outrun the threat guess what? You're probably ending up on the ground.

Most one on one fights end up there. Its a superb place to have your head kicked in if there is more than one opponent. It also robs you of lots and lots of possibilities, including running. Staying on your feet is by far the best way to handle most fights. You can choose the ground, you can use the terrain, you can keep your opponent at a distance. And it gives you more time to talk your way through the situation.

Yes....running away is the best option of course. But....do I really need to train that? If I'm at the track doing sprints and I say I'm practicing a self defense martial art....I'd sound silly.

Its best to train for a method that emphasizes disengagement. Its the fighting style that is most likely to keep you safe and your opponent unharmed.

I think that's the point of it though. Most fights go to the ground. If you end up there....and can't ground fight....you're probably screwed unless the other guy is equally inept. But what if has friends? You're fucked.

BJJ definitely teaches how to dominate someone on the ground...and has proven it in UFC.

BUT....BJJ also teaches how to sweep onto top control and get up. Break a limb quickly and get up. It also teaches fluid mobility so if you are choking a guy and his friend tries to kick you....you can swing hips and keep him as a shield.

However....it's true that BJJ focuses heavily on sport fighting because it's so effective in sport fights. So....the guys you see trying to intentionally take it to the ground and stay there on their back playing "guard"....that's pretty much a sport strategy.

All the BJJ people I train with....in a street fight...would quickly sweet and stand or sweep...injure...then stand.

Afterall....BJJ was originally founded on the gang infested beaches of Rio to defeat drug gangs and keep the beaches safe. Interestingly you'll see surfing culture mixing in BJJ culture a lot due to these roots. And it worked.

 

[bucs90]

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

I've been in a 3 to 1 confrontation. I'm strong, but not that strong. So I concentrated on the guy instigating the situation and told him that I'd probably go down....but I was taking his right eye with me. That everything I did was to take his eye. That he wouldn't leave the fight whole. He believed me.

After that, it became a lot of posturing and cursing. I walked out and not a single blow was thrown by anyone.

The best fight is the one you never have. You can avoid most with some situational awareness and common sense. You can talk your way out of most of the rest. You can run from more still. A fight you have to actually have to hurt someone in is a failure from the beginning.

You are correct about that. It's always best to avoid a street fight. Even if it means coming off as the punk or pussy in the eyes of others.

Like you....I've had a couple brushes with it in my younger days when I went out to bars more often. I avoided them basically by just stroking the other dudes ego. Telling him I don't want him to hurt me....apologizing....making him feel big in front of his friends. In my mind...I knew I could destroy the poor guy. But for what??? I went to Waffle House with a hot chick afterwards and had a good night instead of going to jail or worse.

Its a bitter pill to swallow. But really hurting someone else is awful. For both of you. If I have to eat a little shit verbally to protect some young kid who wants to look big in front of his friends, I'll do it.

And the Navy Seal may recommend brazillian jujitsu....but he's coming from the perspective of the professional warrior. He is sent into battle to hurt the enemies of his country. Not to avoid battle. So his emphasis will be on what can do the most damage to the enemy. Proactively and offensively.

In civilian life you're not looking for conflict nor are you sent in to hurt the enemy. Your priority is not getting hurt and doing as little harm to others as possible. As there can be many legal and personal consequences to hurting others. It makes far more sense to train in a style that emphasizes disengagement. As avoidance is by far the smartest way to handle fights in the real world.

I agree on this. Avoiding the fight is best. Like him...I see things through a cop perspective of at times simply having to fight. BJJ is outstanding for cops because it teaches such dominant control....and often does so without injury. Sadly....very few PDs are willing to invest the time and resources to teach it to their officers.

 

[Uncensored2008]

I spent 20 years in Kung Fu San Soo (Jimmy H. Woo studios) and trained under Raul Ries. It's a great art and fully effective. BUT at 10 feet, no fighting style can compete with a gun. Further, if you are not trained, then a gun is the ONLY viable defense there is against a trained person. I've made this point before, which the village idiots like Cruella DeVille and Bodecea thought was really funny. But the fact is that guns changed the nature of society by ending the need for a dedicated warrior class.

The left seeks a return to feudalism, to the social structure where a disarmed peasantry swears service to a nobility in return for protection.

My gun never demanded two-thirds of my income in return for protection.

 

[bucs90]

I spent 20 years in Kung Fu San Soo (Jimmy H. Woo studios) and trained under Raul Ries. It's a great art and fully effective. BUT at 10 feet, no fighting style can compete with a gun. Further, if you are not trained, then a gun is the ONLY viable defense there is against a trained person. I've made this point before, which the village idiots like Cruella DeVille and Bodecea thought was really funny. But the fact is that guns changed the nature of society by ending the need for a dedicated warrior class.

The left seeks a return to feudalism, to the social structure where a disarmed peasantry swears service to a nobility in return for protection.

My gun never demanded two-thirds of my income in return for protection.

You're exactly right.

If you are unarmed and untrained....and are in an unavoidable fight with a person who is well trained in an effective style....you're fucked.

It's almost guaranteed that people who have never been trained how to fight have no clue how helpless they are vs someone who is well trained. Most have never fought a well trained person.

An untrained person vs a competitive boxer or jiujitsu black belt...or collegiate wrestler or Muay Thai competitor....have no idea how much of a gap there is.

 

[2aguy]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

Brazillian Jujitsu? It overemphasizes ground fighting. It plays well in MMA because there is only one opponent and set rules. If you're genuinely in a fight, you want to stay on your feet. As there may be more than one opponent and there aren't rules.

Your best defense in an actual fight is running or talking your way out of it. If you have to fight, boxing is excellent. Kicks are devastating when they connected, but proper distancing its one of the first things to go in pauses in training. Keep it simple.

Guns are far more likely to hurt you or your family than anyone else. Making them a losing proposition statistically in terms of safety. Feeling safe and being safe aren't the same thing. Guns tend toward the former rather than the later.

Sorry....kicking is a poor choice.....to many chances that you will fall....

Guns are not more likely to hurt you or your family....that is a myth. 1,500,000 times a year Americans use guns to stop violent attack and to save lives...most of the time no shots are even fired.

Guns are the best method of self defense in that it requires almost no physical strength, and criminals immediately recognize the danger they are in if they push the attack....while an 80 year old with Krav Maga training will not deter them......

 

[2aguy]

This Navy SEAL is advising Americans who want to learn the best self defense/martial art they can learn to protect themselves from the evil psychos in society today. He gives some excellent advice.....





Buy a gun. Train with a gun. Conceal your gun. Get good with your gun. Repeat repeat repeat repeat. And then.....if you want more....train in Brazilian jiujitsu. Then maybe some basic boxing.

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

Oh I don't necessarily disagree with you. Your points are 100% right. I guess I just see FMA and BJJ as different as a lion vs a shark.

I've never done FMAs. Do you guys do a lot of ground stuff?? Like locking a limb that's holding the knife or sweeping an attacker on top?? Or full speed sparring with that?? I may be simply uninformed on it.

One thing I learned quick about BJJ is just how incredibly different sparring is when the opponent is going full speed.

I see the weapon martial arts almost like adding the weapons onto a battleship. BJJ and boxing are the powerful base that creates the ship. Add the weapons on after that's done.

Just my 2 cents though. Learning something....anything....is always better than learning nothing.

Try adding a knife to your grappling....start it without letting the other guy know you have a knife...the way a real knifer would work....it will open your eyes to the problem a knife presents in a real fight.

 

[2aguy]

no matter who you are...age ends your ability to use physical martial arts......that is also why guns are important....how about when you are injured...a broken arm, leg, or in a neck brace?


The bar fight can be talked out of....the violent sociopath who is willing to cross the line and murder you over your I-Phone....talking to him is not going to work.

 

[2aguy]

After knowing how to use a gun......


I would also say the Filipino martial arts........the specific arts that teach you how to use a knife......that is even on a higher level than BJJ..........

Yeah he talks about that too. Hopefully if attacked with a knife...you have a gun haha. Unless you're a cop....they don't deserve that right....they need to wrestle the knife away.

But if you have limited training time liken 99% have....I agree with him. Get the gun thing done first. Then....learn to grapple and box. Then add other weapon stuff in later.

I would disagree with you.....if you were a kid...yes....grappling and boxing. As an adult...you are most likely to face a violent attack from a criminal over someone in a bar. The criminal will be more likely to be willing to seriously injure or kill you.....and if they have any kind of a weapon......a club or a knife, you are at a serious disadvantage. The knife is the second best weapon you can have.........anyone who tries to attack you faces serious injury...and it increases the ability of the smaller, weaker individual to injure or kill and attacker.......but driving them off is even more likely.

I had a friend in my FMA class.....he was walking through and alley...which he really knew he shouldn't have done...when he was confronted by 4 men....3 from behind and one in the front.....he pulled a small knife out of his pocket and held it against his leg...telling them he just wanted to go on his way.......he said he could tell they were escalating to an attack because they just wouldn't leave and they kept goading him.....then, one of them saw the knife....told the others....and they backed off.....allowing him to leave....

If he did not have the knife they would have beaten the crap out of him.....Chicago was experiencing crimes against businessmen...they were being beaten and robbed by a group of men at the time.....that stopped when they attacked a bicycle messenger who used his bike lock to beat them back....

I've been in a 3 to 1 confrontation. I'm strong, but not that strong. So I concentrated on the guy instigating the situation and told him that I'd probably go down....but I was taking his right eye with me. That everything I did was to take his eye. That he wouldn't leave the fight whole. He believed me.

After that, it became a lot of posturing and cursing. I walked out and not a single blow was thrown by anyone.

The best fight is the one you never have. You can avoid most with some situational awareness and common sense. You can talk your way out of most of the rest. You can run from more still. A fight you have to actually have to hurt someone in is a failure from the beginning.

You are correct about that. It's always best to avoid a street fight. Even if it means coming off as the punk or pussy in the eyes of others.

Like you....I've had a couple brushes with it in my younger days when I went out to bars more often. I avoided them basically by just stroking the other dudes ego. Telling him I don't want him to hurt me....apologizing....making him feel big in front of his friends. In my mind...I knew I could destroy the poor guy. But for what??? I went to Waffle House with a hot chick afterwards and had a good night instead of going to jail or worse.

Its a bitter pill to swallow. But really hurting someone else is awful. For both of you. If I have to eat a little shit verbally to protect some young kid who wants to look big in front of his friends, I'll do it.

And the Navy Seal may recommend brazillian jujitsu....but he's coming from the perspective of the professional warrior. He is sent into battle to hurt the enemies of his country. Not to avoid battle. So his emphasis will be on what can do the most damage to the enemy. Proactively and offensively.

In civilian life you're not looking for conflict nor are you sent in to hurt the enemy. Your priority is not getting hurt and doing as little harm to others as possible. As there can be many legal and personal consequences to hurting others. It makes far more sense to train in a style that emphasizes disengagement. As avoidance is by far the smartest way to handle fights in the real world.

No art teaches disengagment....that is outside of the Martial Arts. Walking away is always the best policy.....the first and best option. But you don't always set the rules....the attacker does.......