Learn To Fight: 3 Key Principles You Must Know

Learning to fight can seem very mysterious to the outsider, but it is actually quite simple. Follow these simple steps and you can learn to fight in a matter of a few weeks.
1. Focus on simple movements that utilize large muscle groups.
  • Fine motor skills diminish rapidly in a violent conflict. This is a neurological response to high levels of stress. This is not a bad thing as long as you aren't relying on complex fight moves.
  • Learn simple fighting techniques like a few simple kicks, eye gouges, ear slaps, throat strikes, and simple punches.
2. Focus on fighting moves that target high value sensitive parts of the body.
  • The first thing you should learn is what areas you should target and why.
  • Next you should learn a series of fighting moves or techniques to use on those targets. It is essential that you have more than one move to attack each target and only use fighting techniques that can be used on several targets.
  • This gives you versatility. Things change rapidly during a fight; people move, things get in the way, etc. If your best move is an eye gouge but your attacker is wearing sun glasses you have to adapt your eye gouge into a throat strike on the fly. This seems simple but unless your practice this kind of versatility you will never be able to use it on the streets.
  • What if you are going to go for a kick and the attacker suddenly rushes in. A good fighter will quickly turn that kick into a powerful knee strike.
3. Practice fighting in as realistic of a setting as you possibly can.
  • Learning how to fight while never doing any full speed training is useless.
  • Practicing full speed punches and strikes in front of a mirror can be useful if you don't have a partner. But you should try to find someone to practice with.
  • Buy a pair of focus mitts (pad you wear on your hands) and have a partner hold them at the level of a particular target (eyes, throat, groin, etc).
  • Now have your partner move around stepping to the left and right, backwards and forwards, so you have a moving target. In a real fight targets don't stay still. Learning to fight requires learning how to locate and strike quickly moving targets.
  • To make the situation even more realistic have your partner yell at you and get in your face. This will raise the stress level and simulate a real fight where you have adrenaline pumping.
Remember to always use protective gear while practicing and never practice damaging moves like eye gouges and head butts on training partners without the proper protective gear. Lastly always practice on a padded floor. A simple fall on concrete can cause serious injury.
To learn some simple and devastating fighting techniques check out Fightfast.com or my blog at Fightfast.com/blog.
Stay Smart and Stay Safe,
Bob Pierce
President
Fightfast.com
Bob Pierce is the President of Fightfast.com which specializes in providing its customers the practical knowledge and skills they need to keep themselves and their families safe. TRS the parent company of http://www.Fightfast.com has been a self defense industry leader since the early 1990s bringing costumers highly skilled instructors with real world self defense skills.
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