[Will2]

Anyone is a potential threat.

What is in your area?
Campus clubs, close to where you live etc...

I chose krav maga but I don't depend on it alone, it is supplemental.


Don't limit your options.


I am a pretty big guy this doesn't mean small people arnt threats.

All the sexism and size stuff is used to victimize big people in court. Everyone is a threat.

Jiujitsu/ninjitsu is recommended if it is locally available.

 

[Sasquatch]

Bullet in head is the best martial art..
Other than that...Krav-maga is good..if not possible go for Filipino bladed martial arts - Kali
If even that is not possible i will recommend basic knife fighting techniques and using it on your Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, Beef for practice!!
Google "karambit", a extremely dangerous and stealthy knife..and learn how to use it.
Unarmed combat martial arts are fantasized by Hollywood movies..They are practically useless..
But just for CQC fights with 1 on 1..Judo, Aikido is very good..It will make you physically strong and you would be able to take some physical stress...and throw someone down easily
Martial arts having punches and kicks are not very useful except boxing e.g. karate, taekwondo etc

I'm personally trained in Karate, Judo and Maharashtrian traditional fighting..//Maharashtra is a state in India. My state//

But still "Gun"-Fu is best!! :lol:

I will agree Aikido is good for learning how to approach multiple attackers but whatever was in the video you posted is pretty weak. I saw a bunch of drum majorettes twirling a baton. I could easily see when they had to reset and would attack then. Not sure what the guy with the "yo-yo" spear was doing but I could take in within a minute. Those things on the video look impressive when they are in kata but have zero practical use. At best they might get lucky and catch someone upside the head. Most likely they would be taken down and taken out in combat.

 

[TacticalCanuck]

Neat vid. But I see myself being one with Indiana Jones if I saw that....

 

[MisterMills357]

What would you recommend for a beginner woman?

I see there have been a lot of previous threads on this subject but wanting to get some fresh ideas and perspectives. Obviously it would be a good idea for me to take some kind of self defense class but I've heard so many suggestions I don't know where to start. Would love to hear some informative and helpful responses.

I'm a woman and I've had no self defense experience of any type. I also am not into crowds, I tend to panic (not like scream when zombies are attacking panic but more of blush, stammer and can't talk panic) in groups so a one on one type of training or class would be ideal but I'm sure they probably don't have those...

Anyway what do you recommend and most importantly why.

I don't recommend any hand-to-hand--Tae Kwon Do, Judo, etc. I have taken some Tae Kwon Do and wrestling, and they are effective, but too slow.
You won't be able to take on multiple attackers, without a weapon. Take classes on armed combat, learn to use gun and knife and stick.
You can carry a stick, just about anywhere, and it can make a deadly weapon. And if you want to train in a school, look at Kendo, Japanese stick fighting.

 

[Medic33]

my advise- other than a simple form of self defense and a firearm that you are comfortable with is........
get some running shoes and practice long distance running cause if you don't shoot the SOB and just kick him in the nutz he will want revenge
KON-FUSIA SAY man with baggy pants have trouble running.
other than that learn situation and environmental awareness

 

[Medic33]

another thing learn what every day things you carry now can be used as an improvised weapon- eye pencil, hair spray, keys(or get one of those black cat thingy's) even your lipstick.
if you are seeking a professional school to teach you self defense tell them exactly what you want and why you want it ,one art most peeps do not look at is escrima most instructors in this will customize a plan and technique for you specifically.

 

[slewfoot]

Their are people out there that offer one on one training in about anything you want to train in, It's just a matter of cost. I know a martial arts expert that has his own business of training in groups but also does individuals as well. Try calling around and see what you find.

 

[just mike]

My daughter started taking Karate when she was 11 and took classes for 3 years. The big thing I wanted her to learn is how to slip a punch or block and turn a punch. After she got that down pat then I taught her how to fight dirty--if your not in a ring with a ref there are NO rules.You have to have the right mindset-I will not be defeated!!!! When she turned 21 she got her first 9mm, when she started working night at the hospital I bought her a nice little derringer for her front pocket for those nighttime walks to her vehicle..

Take some basic classes but remember that situational awareness is something you have to cultivate within yourself, too many people just go around with their head in the clouds and do not pay attention to their surroundings.

 

[sideKahr]

Is Kahlan still around?

 

[James m]

Nope. Last I heard she got a gun, then a little dog.

 

[Urinal Cake]

I initially suggest an experienced man as she was an inexperienced woman..... maybe she did that!

 

[triem]

first, secure at least $5000 and 200 hours of your time over the next year. Don't bother with classes of more than 4 students at a time, cause all you'll learn will be bad habits. Such small classes are going to cost you $20 per hour, if they instructor is any good, and it takes time for your body to grow into the demands that martial arts will place upon it. YOu have to give it 3-4 hours per week, ideally split as 2 days of training, a day off, then 2 more days of training then the weekend, during which your body will recover. You'll need to add more protein and creatine to your diet, and probably other supplements, too, like vitamin D, B complex. To be of any real value, especially if you are petite, this stuff has to be VERY strenuous, right up to the point of being brutal. Read THE FOUR HOUR BODY, by Tim Ferris

 

[Mad Trapper]

first, secure at least $5000 and 200 hours of your time over the next year. Don't bother with classes of more than 4 students at a time, cause all you'll learn will be bad habits. Such small classes are going to cost you $20 per hour, if they instructor is any good, and it takes time for your body to grow into the demands that martial arts will place upon it. YOu have to give it 3-4 hours per week, ideally split as 2 days of training, a day off, then 2 more days of training then the weekend, during which your body will recover. You'll need to add more protein and creatine to your diet, and probably other supplements, too, like vitamin D, B complex. To be of any real value, especially if you are petite, this stuff has to be VERY strenuous, right up to the point of being brutal. Read THE FOUR HOUR BODY, by Tim Ferris

Grow upon a farm. Fight animals and villians with your own hands. Fight with your friends, kindly, doing sports in the back yard. The farm and the sports will keep you in shape. Do 2000 bales by hand when it is 90 oF, the women I worked with would kick most city boys butts. You will also lean hunting, fishing, and trapping.

And it won't cost you a cent. A good farmer will kick most peoples ass, and they scare the hell out of city people. And they eat well without ANY suppilments, DON'T EAT CRAP! Eat real food.

Besides that, they shoot pistoles, shotguns, and rifles VERY well.

Have been instructed by several masters, the best taught me Jeet and several other styles. I was stronger than most but much inexperienced. It is not how big/strong, but your skill.

 

[triem]

BS Bs, and more BS. Most of my family are farmers, in ILL and none of them knows jack about hand to hand, or pistols, and very little about longarms. The lady aint askiing how to waste 20 years of her life. She's asking how to fix a weakness, right now. it takes TREMENDOUS levels of skill and speed to overcome the handicap of being petite and female. i suggest that you ccw a pistol, in addition to your hand to hand training.

 

[Mad Trapper]

BS Bs, and more BS. Most of my family are farmers, in ILL and none of them knows jack about hand to hand, or pistols, and very little about longarms. The lady aint askiing how to waste 20 years of her life. She's asking how to fix a weakness, right now. it takes TREMENDOUS levels of skill and speed to overcome the handicap of being petite and female. i suggest that you ccw a pistol, in addition to your hand to hand training.

I am sorry your family did not teach you well. Mine did. I guess the ILL people don't have much use for guns, besides the THUGGS in CHICAGO, ask Barry Sotero, you elected him.

Besides what else I have learned was mechanics, welding, forging, timberframing, arborculture, horticulture.........went to school and got a BS MS and pH D. I still like the farm best. Who fixes your farm equipment? I still do my own work.

So to you I will say start with a BB gun/air rifle, then a 22 LR. I got my 22 at 6. Then a shotgun then high powered rifles, before I left junior high school.

My grandmother and mother hunted and trapped and could shoot as well as "Granny Clampett". Want to eat some possum , or crow?

 

[tango]

First, realize that you cannot defeat a 180 plus lb man, not to mention one bent on the attack.
Take defense courses. Get whatever training you can.
Get a gun that you can use correctly and PRACTICE!
Be aware, always.

 

[triem]

i"d bet a year's pay that grandpappy couldn't shoot worth a hoot and quite a bit that you can't, either, except perhaps from benchrest. I deal in SPEED, and it takes godawful amount of work to be fast and hit. 20-30x as much as it takes to be slow and hit.

For instance, can you toss up a couple of soda cans with your non firing hand, rifle butt on hip, a fighting rifle now, finger out of the guard and safety engaged, and hit both cans in midair? Can you do the same with the pistol, with the pistol concealed and your hand on it? any little kid can hit, slowfire. that's nothing.

 

[Mad Trapper]

i"d bet a year's pay that grandpappy couldn't shoot worth a hoot and quite a bit that you can't, either, except perhaps from benchrest. I deal in SPEED, and it takes godawful amount of work to be fast and hit. 20-30x as much as it takes to be slow and hit.

For instance, can you toss up a couple of soda cans with your non firing hand, rifle butt on hip, a fighting rifle now, finger out of the guard and safety engaged, and hit both cans in midair? Can you do the same with the pistol, with the pistol concealed and your hand on it? any little kid can hit, slowfire. that's nothing.

What you talk of, is like you, Annie Oakley.

Well I've deered at 100 yds offhand with a 12 ga shotgun unrifled many times. I have jumped many more closer, and shot faster than you imagine, based on your infantile response, you would die in the woods.

That was young shotgun years. Rifle? Many off hand and hunting. Wood chucks , coyotes, squirrels, bear, deer, ........

What you talk of is much more BS, than me.

AS far as speed, M1A I will do an inch off a rest, 2-3 offhand 100 yds , the whole magazine. And I hunt wood chucks with a M29, they flip at 75yds.

So shoot fast and miss, I don't

 

[PaulS]

boys put your guns away! The lady asking the question cannot carry concealed - she lives in Canada. There are some specific classes that teach hard core women's self defense for attacks that are common to women. She is not asking how to defend herself from a gang of bad guys. So quit comparing the length and girth of your sticks and provide answers or stay quiet.

 

[Medic33]

there are equalizers such as brass knuckles or a roll of nickels and there are companies out there such as the one that makes that black cat key chain thing for punching that do make defensive devices such as a monkey fist(get a little training with it before you use this thing) there are alternatives besides fighting like recognizing intent , body language ect. and knowing when to run.
I am sorry there is no definite answer for a solution to your specific question.