Any real martial arts preparation is based on a slow and long development but this does not mean that it is possible to learn something really useful quickly. In this section, you can find all the smartest and most rapid tips about martial arts and self-defense: concepts, ideas, tricks and much more.
Martial arts fast tips: defensive footwork, move smart and stay safe You have to learn to master balance and footwork to evade attacks effectively. Pivot, shuffle and angle yourself to control the fight’s rhythm.
Martial arts fast tips: exploit timing to strike You have to learn to anticipate opponents’ moves and counter swiftly. How? Learn to recognize the openings to turn their attacks into opportunities for your own strike.
Martial arts fast tips: energy efficiency, preserve and dominate If you don’t train every day for several hours, don’t waste even the minimum energy on unnecessary movements. Use your resources efficiently, for useful strikes and a lasting defense: let fatigue the adversar.
Martial arts fast tips: basic ground fighting techniques, a secret treasure Learn the basic submission holds and escapes. Against a normal person, even if you are not an expert, grappling skills will give you an overwhelming advantage on the ground.
Martial arts fast tips: the risk of martial arts courses The worst thing that can happen is a bad instructor, the second one is wrong training partners. Solo training serves to discover and limit their eventual negative incidence… well before being a victim of it.
Martial arts fast tips: self-defense, do not use the wrong kicks Until you are not well trained in dynamic combat contexts (and used to throw a minimum of 30 kicks per day), never hit with the legs above the knee level: the risks far outweigh the benefits.
Martial arts fast tips: mental resilience, why the mind matters Practice meditation and learn to remain calm even under pressure. A focused mind ensures you make effective decisions and execute combat techniques flawlessly.
Martial arts fast tips: situational awareness, the power of passive vigilance As animals do (without effort), you have to learn to always be aware of your surroundings to anticipate threats. Only through a peaceful and relaxed awareness, you will be able to react swiftly to potential dangers before they escalate.
Why proper breathing is a primary goal This task is often overlooked by those who start with martial arts but its role is fundamental: as in combat and training, maintaining controlled breathing is the secret to incrementing the duration of our (useful) performance. Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core […]
Martial arts fast tips: adaptability, the key to prevail in any self-defense scenario No tactic, skill or technique fit all situations. It is for this reason that the best way to address self-defense preparation is the multidisciplinary one: this way you will always have at least one option to exploit.
Martial arts fast tips: striking precision, sharpen our strikes If your life is in danger, do not be generic: land powerful blows by focusing on precise target areas. Aim for vulnerable spots like eyes, neck and groin.
Martial arts fast tips: striking, maximum power? Who thinks being able to always strike by exploiting the entire muscle chain demonstrates a low fighting experience. It’s right to try to always release a good amount of power but in many cases, it’s impossible or doing so prevents us from taking advantage of crucial opportunities.
Martial arts fast tips: self-defense? do not waste time Do not waste time with those techniques that delude to solve specific self-defense scenarios: good or not, THEY WILL NEVER WORK without a solid preparation (mental and physical). Start a serious martial path or focus on prevention, negotiation and self-control.
Martial arts fast tips: martial arts and wrong contextualization: don’t get fooled Martial arts does not mean automatically being able to fight, it all depends on the type of training and on the goals of a specific school (there are endless possibilities). The point is that you become good at doing what you do and […]
Martial arts fast tips: self-defense in a crowd, 4 tips First, most people don’t intervene. Second, if you don’t keep an eye on the whole scenario you can easily be targeted by third parties (even unrelated to the story). Third, those who intervene may have not understood who the victim is. Fourth, never let anyone […]
Martial arts fast tips: the biggest self-defense lie The most common lie is that a beginner can disarm someone: in 90% of cases, in a real context, he / she will fail. Any type of weapon provides a too large advantage, difficult for even an expert to fill. It is not a question of waiting […]
Martial arts fast tips: self-defense, prevent an ambush in an enclosed space Inside a building, if you feel you are in danger (and you are not trained to use the overall view), focus your attention on the corners: in 90% of cases this is where the bad guys go hide.
Martial arts fast tips: how to excell in combat The practitioner who excels in fighting is not the one who can mechanically reproduce the greatest number of techniques but rather the one who has understood the few (but crucial) principles that govern them and has passed every single day of his / her life to […]
Martial arts fast tips: the best way to learn The wise practitioners are thankful for their past errors, they have benefited from them. They wait for future ones: to learn new lessons.
Martial arts fast tips: what is the less effective fighting technique? Excluding everything that is fake or too choreographic, the only real discriminant is the personal level of mastering: the number of contexts you have tested it, the experience you have to adapt it to the present scenario, the capability you have to recognize the […]
Martial arts fast tips: self-defense: the error to avoid In a real situation, even if we are more than “certain” to prevail, there are 2 thoughts from which it is better to be bribed before accepting a fight: the 1st is that we could go wrong (and pay all the consequences), the 2nd is that […]
Martial arts fast tips: self-defense: how to prevail The attackers choose their victims and always try to impose their strengths, the only way to have at least 1 chance to survive is to train in all fields of self-defense (weapons, bare hands, negotiation, etc.): only in this way you will always have an ace up […]
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Martial arts fast tips: 2 types of self-defense If it is true that some scenarios (inevitably) require the utmost combat determination, it is also true that most of the others can (and must) be solved without violence. Serious preparation makes you part of the solution, the others make just the problem bigger, fomenting exasperated reactions […]
Martial arts fast tips: self-defense & stress management In training, there is no way to replicate the level of stress involved in a life-risking scenario. One of the best ways to simulate it is to apply handicaps to sparring (perception, extent of the threat, obstacles, surprise, etc.).
Martial arts fast tips: knife fight and knife attack First, don’t show a weapon if you’re not willing to use it. Second, edged weapons must be held by the forward side of the body. Third, never allow closing the distance. Fourth, if you are unable to fight, a knife does not cover the gap with […]
Martial arts fast tips: what is the most important difference between an amateur and a professional? The discipline with which he / she faces training, in terms of: duration, consistency, frequency and level of concentration. Everything else (talent, passion, etc.) matters little.
Martial arts fast tips: what no one is teaching you about prevailing Many superficial (and therefore dangerous) instructors confuse self-defense with street fighting. They do not teach anything about the mental aspects (negotiation, self-control, etc.) but in a real scenario, this terrible gap can make the difference between life and death.
Martial arts fast tips: how to understand if instructor and training partners are limiting my martial growth The risk of martial arts courses: Solo training serves to discover and limit their eventual negative incidence: well before being a victim of it.
Self-defense fast tips: why most of the techniques do not work Do not waste time with those techniques that delude to solve specific self-defense scenarios: good or not, they will never work without solid preparation (mental and physical). Start a serious martial path or focus on prevention, negotiation and self-control.
Martial arts fast tips: why de-escalating violence is the primary choice Where feasible, physical confrontation should always be avoided because (except for errors of assessment) those who attack us (for robbery, revenge, etc.) usually have 2 fundamental advantages: The first is timing, they attack us when they are 100% ready to do so The second […]
Martial arts fast tips: learn to kick, the first steps Before anything else, we have to learn to kick landing in the direction of our target (we have to win this fear). Once we get used to do this, with time, we will gain the competence and skills to choose to (consciously) act differently.
Martial arts fast tips: learning speed Regarding learning speed, you have to consider that: The slower you proceed the more you learn The more gradual you are, the faster you progress You have to find your balance.
Martial arts fast tips: the enemy is inside ourselves Many people start practicing thinking that demonstrating something to someone may be a good motivation. Wrong. The very fact that they desire that means they have a strong enemy inside them. They need to prove something to someone: this is their limit. They submit their existence […]
Martial arts fast tips: why is wrong to start a self-defense preparation from the liberation techniques Learning to free yourself from a constraint is very useful but never as much as training not to be caught easily. Being forced to use a liberation technique is already a defeat: it means that we have allowed the […]
Martial arts fast tips: a prevention sample Criminals think like predators in the wild: when we’re not already designated victims, we simply have to make sure we don’t become the ideal one. What does it mean? That first of all we must not represent a forced choice and secondly, that we must not appear weaker […]
Martial arts fast tips: how to start training profitably A few tips: Start even with 5 minutes but train every day You have 2 months to convert passion into self-discipline (and remember that it cannot be interrupted Position your workout above everything that is not crucial for life (as a physical need) Never wait for […]
Martial arts fast tips: ground fighting Most self-defense fights end on the ground and therefore ground fighting is a crucial part of serious combat preparation. Said this, in most cases, we should not voluntarily bring the confrontation to the ground: it is harder to leave, to defend from unexpected accomplices, we risk suffering from disabling […]
Martial arts fast tips: solo training importance During (correctly planned) solo-training sessions you can do all those fundamental things that you cannot perform with a partner. A few examples: hitting at full power, deepening lethal/dangerous techniques (eg. dislocating bones), performing long workouts, using real weapons, working at your specific pace (etc.).
Martial arts fast tips: the importance of balance One of the biggest differences between a beginner and an expert is the level of balance in a dynamic context. Each time we are unbalanced we lose access to speed, power, combat techniques, etc.
Martial arts fast tips: the punch It is not true that the best punch is the one that starts from the hips. It is not always possible to make the most of the muscle chains but the best punch: is the one whose strength starts from the ground.