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“Do you Offer Self Defense Classes?”

yes, MARTIAL ARTS are self defense.

It is not true that self defense is merely physical. If you’re in shape, your fight may be easier. However, most encounters are managed by being aware: aware of yourself, your surroundings and the people around you. Typical self defense situations are brief and are usually ended by the person most able to use themselves and surroundings to their advantage.

Think about your daily drive. When you get in your car, you want to get from point A to point B safely. This does not require the highly specialized skills of a race car driver. However, if you’ve never been behind the wheel a 3-hour seminar of driving instruction won’t prepare you for driving around Chicago, LA, New York or other multi-lane highways. Only constant practice and exposure to gradually increasing size/speed situations will prepare you for that highway.

Martial arts are often thought of as mystical: only years of meditation and training in the mountains allows one to become a Zen master. Not to mention watching MMA, the Olympics or YouTube videos make it seem like only those with perfect bodies and sharpened reflexes can even bother to participate. All of this leaves out 95% of humanity, right? That means martial arts won’t help me defend myself, right?

Mental training and athletic endeavors are only facets of a martial arts journey. Self defense is a practical application of those, not the perfection of them. You don’t need to do everything perfectly. You need to be able to do a few things well and constant training will help you understand what those things are.