Self-Defense Training

Most people in today’s society generally equate the phrase “self-defense” with “martial arts.”  Although the two terms are related, they do not necessarily equate for several reasons.

There are a wide variety of martial arts disciplines.  Although all have origins as either battlefield or personal self-defense disciplines, the majority have evolved to serve other purposes, such as sports, stress relief, fitness, and wellness.  As a result, self-defense is often a secondary consideration to these other purposes.

Certainly the study of a martial art will impart skills that you can use to defend yourself, but skills are just a part of the self-defense equation.  Awareness, attitude, willingness to act, ability to identify threats and vulnerabilities, knowing how to counter-act these threats and vulnerabilities, understanding how the environment affects the situation...all of these are elements of the self-defense equation.

Mind Body Spirit Martial Arts offers courses specifically designed to improve your ability to defend yourself.  These courses concentrate on

• building the correct attitude to defend yourself

• identifying a threat to yourself

• identifying how environmental considerations can work for you

• learning how to effectively use your natural weapons

• learning how to defend yourself by making good choices

These courses will be helpful no matter what your martial arts experience because they don't concentrate on teaching new skills, sets, or forms, but rather on using basic principles to solve problems.