Timeline for What techniques would you select if you want to train by yourself only 45 minutes per day and your priority is self defense?
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| Nov 18, 2020 at 2:58 | comment | added | DukeZhou | Before I began study of martial arts, 1000 pushups per day was my practice. Stood me in good stead when I got jumped, even though I had no idea what I was doing, and had to react by instinct. Hitting a heavy bag is also great to get your fists use to applying force, because people who never actually hit anything can injure their wrists. And if you have limited time, best to practice one technique you can guarantee, as opposed to many you can't. I actually heard a story about a martial artist who used one punch—he would inch into range and POW—he was really good at that one punch! | |
| Nov 16, 2020 at 14:41 | comment | added | Waterman | I respectfully disagree. Athletic training is very specific. You are not going to hit harder by lifting weights over practicing hitting. Hitting the heavy bag properly builds power, timing, etc. while also making you practice something which is directly applicable in a fight. Of course a strong person could overwhelm a significantly weaker person. A more honest comparison would be pitting two equal opponents together after one only did deadlifts and the other only practiced elbows. If you want to be a fighter you need to train 80% martial arts and 20% strength, not the reverse. | |
| Nov 15, 2020 at 6:37 | comment | added | Philip Klöcking | Just to illustrate the point of Dave: I once had a real good martial artist with excellent technique telling me that I would easily overwhelm her if I'd try for real by sheer mass and strength. Also, working a heavy bag might improve the technique - which is doubtful without a coach - but in self-defense, it is strength, footwork, and timing which decide whether something hits and even if it hits, whether it matters. There's a reason why the really dangerous people are strong and fast. And for strength and speed, the exercises described are most time-efficient. | |
| Nov 15, 2020 at 6:28 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | @Waterman The reason I ask is because I think a lot of fights have been won by a good deadlift. Being strong matters, a lot. A strong person's unpracticed elbows can be much more dangerous than a weak person's trained elbows. | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 22:36 | comment | added | Waterman | I don't see what my personal best anything has to do with it. Yes, I don't do deadlifts but it is not because I don't think they are one of the best strength building exercises around. My sprint times are pretty awful but I still believe running away is the best self defense if you can do it. I do believe that the best way to exceed in any activity is to do that activity. I haven't seen many fights where deadlifting was effective. I have seen many fights were elbows were. Simplistic, but there it is. | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 20:12 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | @Waterman I think the deadlifts are way more relevant to fighting for a lot of people. If you disagree then I respectfully would be interested to know your personal best deadlift. | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 19:14 | comment | added | Waterman | Okay, but I have a different viewpoint. I would select something that has both direct martial as well as conditioning benefits. For example, practice Muay Thai elbows on the heavy bag over deadlifts. With elbows, you have an effective self defense tools in close range. I think they probably have more benefit than deadlifts for fighting. I think the highest priority for self defense is training self defense techniques, not auxiliary exercises. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 16:25 | history | answered | Dave Liepmann | CC BY-SA 4.0 |