{"id":4382,"date":"2017-03-29T08:23:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T15:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2021-04-05T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:29:08","slug":"why-most-martial-arts-training-fails-heres-what-to-do-derek-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/29\/why-most-martial-arts-training-fails-heres-what-to-do-derek-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Most Martial Arts Training FAILS! (Here's What To Do.) - Derek Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"I hate to tell you this, but most of the self-defense programs out there are crap. Yep, I said it... they are crap.<\/em> They will steer you in the wrong direction if you're a person who is serious about learning how to really protect yourself, or your loved ones, against bigger, badder, stronger attackers who wants to beat, or worse, kill you!\n\nYeah, I know there are a lot of so-called experts, masters, and black belts out there saying different...so why should you listen to me and why would I make such bold statement as this? After all, aren't I one of those \"experts\"?\n\n\nYes, I am, but, it's who I am and what I teach that makes my statement true!\n\nAnd, if you're going to find someone like me, with the real answers to this very serious, life-threatening problem called self-defense -- you should know who I am and why I can make such a bold remark about most of what's being taught in the world of martial arts and self-defense training.\n\nBut first, you probably are wondering what could be so bad about most of the martial arts and self-defense programs available both on and off the internet. The thing is that if you choose the wrong one, you could be putting your life at risk.<\/em><\/strong>\n\nRemember when I said that the answer had to do with more than who I am and my experience, well that's the truth because... it does.<\/em>\n\nIt has to do with my experience - with where and what I've seen and done in the world. And, with the fact that I, and others like me with the same kind of background and experience have what most people teaching the martial arts and self-defense classes don't have, and that is real-world experience<\/strong>, using what I teach...against real bad guys...and against brutal attackers who don't play fair or follow the rules you find in boxing matches, the UFC, or martial art tournaments!\n\nI make my statement about self-defense training because I know from experience that most of what's being taught...has no real world application.\n\nNow, I know I am probably pissing a lot of people off, but what I say is true. There are many martial artists out there who would not survive a street fight, even black belts, and you want me to tell you why? It's because they are not willing, or not able to do what it takes to survive a real life confrontation.<\/strong>\n\nSome of them are so used to sparring or kata training in the dojo that they can't tell the difference between what they do, and think they are capable of, and what happens in a real fight. Yeah, it looks good at a demo when you want to get some signups for your program... but does it work?<\/em>\n\nIf you want to survive a real fight, you DO have to know the difference between what's real and what's not and understand the \"bad-habits\" you are building.\n\nLet me help you out with this.\n

Here are a few of the differences you should understand:<\/h3>\n
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  1. When you spar there are rules to be followed.<\/strong> For instance, you can't kick your opponent in the groin or pull his hair or bite him. Well I recommend all these in a fight.<\/li>\n \t
  2. In your sport system, there are \"no-strike\" zones<\/strong>, which are areas of your opponent's body you can't strike or kick. And don't even consider using a knife, gun, chair or pen that you might be able to reach for. I talk all about improvised weapons in my course.<\/li>\n \t
  3. In your sport system, you are almost always matched against someone your size, age, experience level, and probably gender.<\/strong> In a real self-defense situation this will likely not be the case, especially for a woman. And if you are a man, a larger guy, or group of guys, will probably attack you. There is no such thing as a \"fair fight\" in the real world.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nMy advice to you if you want to know whether or not your chosen system is ready for a real world attack is to...\n

    Ask Yourself These Questions:<\/h3>\n
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    1. Are you learning how to survive, on the street, with no rules, no referee, and no limitations?<\/li>\n \t
    2. In class when doing a punch or kick, does the instructor tell you to \"do it the right way\" meaning to throw the punch or kick right where your classmate can execute the techniques \"correctly?\"<\/li>\n \t
    3. Are you learning to defend yourself with and against common street weapons (knives, guns, clubs, etc.), and I mean in a realistic fashion where the attacker does not try to overhead strike you with the knife, or leave the knife extended so you can do your perfect disarm technique?<\/li>\n \t
    4. Are you training realistically against multiple attackers, who attack you at the same time and not one on one like in a Bruce Lee movie?<\/li>\n \t
    5. Are you fighting against someone 2 1\/2 times your size? As an agent I have had to deal with people hyped up on drugs or so pissed that they could not feel pain, or that broken bone I had just given them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nLook, a real fight has two rules: you fight smarter, and you fight to win<\/strong> -- or you end up beaten, broken, or in the morgue<\/strong> and on a police report under the heading of \"victim\"!\n\nIn battle, the person that wins is the one who has the best training and the most aggression... no exceptions!<\/em><\/strong>\n\nEffective self-defense requires more than just a few \"karate moves.\" It involves strategic thinking and an understanding of how to effectively defend yourself with as little damage to you as possible.\n\nIf you really want to know what most people don't know about how to master self-defense and how to survive a real street attack check out my training DVDs here at TRS<\/a>, or some of the other great \" operators\"=\"\" you=\"\" find=\"\" here.<\/a> We won't steer you wrong.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      I hate to tell you this, but most of the self-defense programs out there are crap. Yep, I said it… they are crap. They will steer you in the wrong direction if you’re a person who is serious about learning how to really protect yourself, or your loved ones, against bigger, badder, stronger attackers who Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,10],"tags":[198,229,233,256],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12870,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions\/12870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}