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BOOM-STICK Holsters · March 28th, 2008, 08:28 PM

I don't want to offend anybody here, but MMA is strictly a stream-lined sport, like hockey or baseball.....nothing more, nothing less. I know that it involves impressive striking and submission techniques that look like they would surely take someone out, but so would hitting them with a hockey stick or a baseball bat. I'm not saying that MMA is totally useless, but it's not going to prepare you to defend yourself for real, and it's especially not going to help you deal with the after math of a physical confrontation.

If you want to learn combatives for self defense, try to find somewhere that covers concerns like the recognition of dangerous situations, how to transition to weapons, the legal use of force, how to defend yourself without looking like the bad guy (to an onlooking crowd that may be called as witnesses in court at a later date), how to deal with multiple (and often armed) assailants, and somewhere that puts you through realistic scenario training to test your application of the subject matter.

If you go somewhere that doesn't advocate the use of firearms, that should probably be a red flag that says they aren't serious or realistic about real self defense.

March 28th, 2008, 08:28 PM	#21
BOOM-STICK Holsters Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southern Missouri Posts: 522	I don't want to offend anybody here, but MMA is strictly a stream-lined sport, like hockey or baseball.....nothing more, nothing less. I know that it involves impressive striking and submission techniques that look like they would surely take someone out, but so would hitting them with a hockey stick or a baseball bat. I'm not saying that MMA is totally useless, but it's not going to prepare you to defend yourself for real, and it's especially not going to help you deal with the after math of a physical confrontation. If you want to learn combatives for self defense, try to find somewhere that covers concerns like the recognition of dangerous situations, how to transition to weapons, the legal use of force, how to defend yourself without looking like the bad guy (to an onlooking crowd that may be called as witnesses in court at a later date), how to deal with multiple (and often armed) assailants, and somewhere that puts you through realistic scenario training to test your application of the subject matter. If you go somewhere that doesn't advocate the use of firearms, that should probably be a red flag that says they aren't serious or realistic about real self defense. __________________ Jeff Wright BOOM-STICK Holsters West Plains, Mo www.boomstickholsters.com _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice Doggy' until you can find a big enough rock.