Basic self-defence is used everyday in our society. We all fight for different reasons; to get revenge, to unleash your anger or to protect yourself and others. Know the basics of fighting will help you protect yourself and others. It can also help you learn more advanced fighting styles. Please do not use your knowledge of fighting to hurt others but only to protect yourself and others.
For instructions 1 through 6, head to "Street Fighting Lesson 1."
7. Since now you know how to use your fists, let us learn how to use your legs. To improve your kicks it is very important for you to become flexible. This will also you to kick more freely.
8. If you dont know any other kind of advanced fighting style such as karate, you should not aim your kicks anywhere above your opponent's waist. If you aim above the waist will little experience, your opponent can easly grab a hold on you leg and take you down in seconds. Good places to aim are the side of the knee,and the back of the thighs.
9. Defending yourself is the most important part of fighting. Usually, the person with the least amount of damage will win. In order to take less damage from blows and strikes you must toughen up your body. There are many ways to do this, and a common way is to harden your muscles. You cant really make your face stronger but you can make your body feel very hard with abs (six packs). An easy way to get abs is to do curl-ups (sit-ups). Do about 20 to 30 a day for a month and you should have some decent abs. Even if you have some fat covering up your stomach and you cant see your abs, doesn't mean you dont have them. If you try punching your stomach while creating a muscle on your stomach it shouldn't hurt.
10. It is also good to get used to street fighting. Get a friends and fight each other. It doesnt have to be for serious but you should get used to taking hits from each other. Also pratice blocking hits, so your reflexes will become better.
11. The next thing you should do is practice ground fighting. The most important thing is for you to never let your opponent go on your back. It will leave you wide open for a submission. When your opponent does end up on your back quickly try to face your opponent or go on your opponents back. You should also never ever ever put you back completely on the ground unless you are pulling a submission on him or her. If you are weak at this skill try to get back on your feet as fast as you can.
12. To learn submission techniques you must grab on to your opponents body parts; neck, legs, arm, etc. You will twist, fold, and squeeze these parts on a position where your opponent can not hit you. You should let go when your opponent is begging for mercy or gets to a point where he can start to hit you again.
13. You must learn your environment. Remember there are no rules in a street fight; eye gouging, low-blows, biting, using knives, bats, etc, are all legal (untill a cop comes). Know that the ground is most likely cold, and hard. Know that there are weopans all around you.
