| When you think of striking, what comes to mind? | | | | as a striking weapon. |
| What parts of your body do you think of and, | | | | It includes ways to strike our assailant's body with |
| more importantly, have you trained to be | | | | things like your: |
| effective self defense weapons? | | | | - Shoulders |
| To effectively and efficiently defend yourself | | | | - Elbows |
| against an attacker who's intent on beating, | | | | - Hips |
| breaking, or killing you, you must have options. | | | | - Head |
| And those options must go beyond what he | | | | - Heels of the feet |
| thinks of. Because, the reality of a self defense | | | | - Toes , and... |
| situation is this: | | | | - More. |
| If your tactics and techniques are "just like | | | | The next step is in being able to recognize the |
| everybody else," and something he knows and | | | | variables that exist in getting your weapon to it's |
| therefor is always watching for, then you're going | | | | target. These variables take the shape of 4 basic |
| to have a hell of a time beating him without | | | | striking dynamics which, when trained and |
| taking some serious damage in the process! | | | | combined, will seriously expand your abilities to a |
| And, while I can't possibly go over every type of | | | | point where your attacker will have to be a |
| tactic, technique, or strategy that you could - and | | | | martial arts master or self defense expert himself |
| should - have in your self defense toolbox, suffice | | | | to be able to deal with you. |
| it to say that self defense begins by | | | | These 4 dynamics include: |
| understanding how your attacker thinks. Knowing | | | | - Level of attack (high, middle and low) |
| this one critical piece of information will drastically | | | | - Range from target (long, mid, and close) |
| change the way you think about and train | | | | - Angle of attack (hooking, clubbing/swatting, or |
| yourself for effective, real-world self defense. | | | | piercing), and... |
| But, for our purposes here, let's take a look at | | | | - Delivery method (lead, cross, or lunging |
| the concept of striking from a deeper level of | | | | stepping) |
| understanding than merely throwing a basic, | | | | By combining and working these dynamics, and |
| conventional punch or kick - like everybody else. | | | | by including more striking surfaces of your body |
| The first place to do this is in what we see as a | | | | as weapons, you will step outside of the |
| "fist." In the Ninja's unarmed self defense method | | | | conventional and into the realm of mastery. The |
| known as ninpo-taijutsu (the ninja's body skills), | | | | only question is... |
| the term "fist" is taken far beyond the way we | | | | How hard do you want to have to fight to |
| use the hand as a weapon, to the term used to | | | | survive?! |
| identify any part of the body that we could use | | | | |