Hello,
I'm hoping I don't get flamed to hell for this thread...... but....
Is a woman really capable of defending herself against a man? A much, much, bigger man....
Or.... Is a smaller guy really able to defend himself against a much, much bigger opponent? It doesn't have to be all about women.
I guess footwork can come into play.....weapons... etc.
Keep in mind that I am a woman.
I'm about 5'5 130lbs am I really going to be able to defend myself against 6'+ 230lbs raging lunatic mugger, or killer, or rapist? UNARMED.
I mean you always have these guys that are like "Oh just do this jointlock, it doesn't take much strength" or "Oh it's easier to take a bigger person down if you're smaller" or "Remember pressure points" or "Use your body weight" etc. Keep in mind that these guys are freakin' giants and about 20x stronger than I am so of course all that stuff is easy for them.
I know alot about self-defense has to do with being confident in yourself and everything....but I think being realistic is also a big part of it.
I know that just because you are big and strong doesn't mean that you are immune to pain....
I' not tring to say that women and small guys are helpless.....but.... there are really no good real life examples out there as far as I'm concerned to show that a smaller person is capable of taking on a bigger person. I want to see something that is not rehersed or expected. A real life situation that just happened to be caught on film by some random tourist or something.
Maybe I'm just ignorant on this matter.
Please remember that I'm not trying to offend anyone....
I'm just trying to learn.
I know that there are/were plenty of smaller martial artists that could/can handle themselves well....
Maybe I just have these views beause the only style I've really studied was a tradtional okinawan type...
I'm just recently starting to get into mma and other self-defense systems.
I'd really appriciate some feedback on this topic.
I'm hoping I don't get flamed to hell for this thread...... but....
Is a woman really capable of defending herself against a man? A much, much, bigger man....
Or.... Is a smaller guy really able to defend himself against a much, much bigger opponent? It doesn't have to be all about women.
I guess footwork can come into play.....weapons... etc.
Keep in mind that I am a woman.
I'm about 5'5 130lbs am I really going to be able to defend myself against 6'+ 230lbs raging lunatic mugger, or killer, or rapist? UNARMED.
I mean you always have these guys that are like "Oh just do this jointlock, it doesn't take much strength" or "Oh it's easier to take a bigger person down if you're smaller" or "Remember pressure points" or "Use your body weight" etc. Keep in mind that these guys are freakin' giants and about 20x stronger than I am so of course all that stuff is easy for them.
I know alot about self-defense has to do with being confident in yourself and everything....but I think being realistic is also a big part of it.
I know that just because you are big and strong doesn't mean that you are immune to pain....
I' not tring to say that women and small guys are helpless.....but.... there are really no good real life examples out there as far as I'm concerned to show that a smaller person is capable of taking on a bigger person. I want to see something that is not rehersed or expected. A real life situation that just happened to be caught on film by some random tourist or something.
Maybe I'm just ignorant on this matter.
Please remember that I'm not trying to offend anyone....
I'm just trying to learn.
I know that there are/were plenty of smaller martial artists that could/can handle themselves well....
Maybe I just have these views beause the only style I've really studied was a tradtional okinawan type...
I'm just recently starting to get into mma and other self-defense systems.
I'd really appriciate some feedback on this topic.
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