3 Ways Real World Self-Defense Is Very Different From Traditional or Sport Martial Arts

In the world of martial arts training, there is a very strange thing. And, it points to the differences between real-world self-defense training and traditional or sport martial arts.

Do you know what it is?

Don't worry if you don't. Most people don't. And that includes the majority of those teaching martial arts and Self-defense classes.

To understand it, I'd like you take a look at something. And when you do, you're going to see a very strange contradiction.

What I'm talking about is the fact that most people think that all martial arts, regardless of style, teach Self-defense. But, most adults who enroll in martial arts training drop out within the first 100 days after beginning. Because according to them, there was no real world self-defense training being taught.

See what I mean? A contradiction, right?

Now, many martial arts instructors would have you believe that these adult students have no basis for their claims. After all, if they enrolled to learn self-defense, how do they know what works and what doesn't?

Unfortunately for them, the answer to that question is that...

Adult students have brains, and experience. And many of them have seen either a real fight or a real attack on someone else. And that's what drove them to seek out self-defense training in the first place.

So, even though a student, especially an adult, has never learned how to defend themselves in a formal self-defense or martial arts class, they still know what authentic training should look like.

And they're right!

In fact, there are many differences between traditional, or "classical," and sport martial arts training, and real world self-defense programs. In this article, I'm outlining three of these differences.

The reason I'm doing this is not because you can't learn self-defense from traditional or sport martial arts systems, but because most instructors who are teaching these forms of martial arts lack the experience and real-world knowledge for adapting the lessons to the needs of modern students.

Take a look of these three differences to make sure that what you're learning is in line with what you must be learning if your focus is really being able to defend yourself against bigger, stronger, better-armed or skilled opponents or, worse yet, dealing with multiple attackers and trying to protect friends or loved ones in the process.

3 Differences Between Real-world Self-defense Programs And Traditional Or Sport Martial Arts

1) Traditional martial arts programs teach predefined kata against ancient forms of punching, kicking, and grabbing attacks - rather than teaching students how to defend against modern attackers throwing right-crosses, uppercut punches, or attacking with guns, clubs, or knives.

2) Sport martial arts programs focus on the rules inherent in winning a competition, where pure self-defense programs are based on the premise that there are no rules in a street attack. In one program students are taught that fights are based on respect, rules, and fair-play. In the other, students are taught that attacks art fair, assailants don't care about rules, and the only thing that matters is going home alive!

3) Traditional and sport martial arts programs are designed for students who are looking for a set "style," and who are willing to be tested on how well they perform - but real-world self-defense programs are designed for students looking for instruction and proven techniques, skills, and strategies that will allow them to survive, and not just win.

Regardless of how most programs are marketed and advertised, the truth is that most martial arts and Self-defense programs are wrong when it comes to teaching modern, real-world self-defense. They simply cannot give you, the serious Self-defense student, what you need to really be able to handle the kind of violence and raw aggression that exists within a brutal attack!

Pay Close Attention Here-

Effective self defense requires more than just a few "karate moves." It involves the ability to think strategically, and understand how to defend yourself with as little wear-and-tear on you as possible.