Zelfverdediging, de kunst om te overleven in een vijandige omgeving. Japanse krijgskunsten zijn meer dan een reeks technieken om een eventuele aanvalller te vernietigen. Japans Budo (krijgskunsten) is een strategie om „niet te vechten in een gevecht”
"If self-defense training is your aim, focus on application and train in control techniques, various „atemi” (distractions) and basics until muscle memory kicks in and no thought is needed to execute the skills. The answer to nearly every martial situation can be addressed through training. If you are a long-range fighter, certainly percussion skill sets are needed. But what if the area is tight? Everyone needs a variety of skills from each tactical distance such as ground skills, stand up skills, escape skills and counters, as well as attacks with a long-range intent. „Warrior arts with one are the same as with one thousand” (Sun Tzu). Combative fluidity and blending with the various attacks and counters makes for a formidable approach. Ignoring any of these areas creates a natural weakness that can be taken advantage of by an opponent. „Balance in all you do, Daniel San.” (Karate Kid)
If your goal in training is to be lethal, you can stop training today. You are lethal. Just drink and drive or purchase a weapon. As an old soldier with my chosen weapon, even in my mid fifties, I can be as lethal as the best unarmed UFC Champion. When I am given an automatic weapon with a full magazine and one in the pipe, safety off, I suspect even this old soldier would do pretty well." (Lt. Colonel Dane S. Harden)
