If you read my posts, you know sometimes I talk about different situations and what you can do to defend yourself. If you learn martial arts for self defense, it should be applicable in real-life situations.

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Do you like to watch martial arts action movies?

If you watch martial arts action movies, you see different moves that look amazing, but you should not use that for self defense. What we see, we usually imagine different things like that. If you learn martial arts and you have real-life experience, you know there is a big difference between what we see in movies and how to respond in real-life situations for self defense.

What I am going to share here, that's my opinion in self defense perspective. You can have a different opinion, and I respect that. I respect all martial artists.

Let's watch this video. This is not my video. All video credit goes to chintya candranaya

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From 0:15 to 0:42 Minutes

When someone punches you, you can defend that in many ways. In this video, the girl moves her head to defend the first punch and then starts punching as a counter-attack. Later, she kicks him.

The second attacker comes, and she kicks him. If you watch the exact 0: 32 minutes, you see how close the attacker is when she kicks. The attacker tries to block the kick, but it does not work, and he gets hit.

So what would you do if someone kicks you like that?

If you parry or block the kick, you will still get hit. In the end, the knee bends, and that's why you get hit. It looks like this is a very useful kick because it is difficult to defend. The attacker can kick like that and gets away with it. But if you know how to defend that, the attacker who does this kick will be in a big problem.

To defend that kick, just do not block or parry. Get close to the attacker pretty fast, and you can push him or kick his leg that is on the ground. He will lose this balance. While doing this kick, the attacker's back is exposed. So you can attack him right away.

Now what you see in the video, if the attacker knows what to do to defend that kick, the girl will be in a vulnerable position and get hurt pretty bad.

So what would you do in the situation? Please feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comment section. Thank you so much for reading this post. To learn more about martial arts and self defense, you can check out some of my recent posts.

Stay safe. Always be happy!