What’s the Best Self Defense Move?

What’s the one or two moves you should know?

I get this question a lot and the answer isn't what you think.

First of all this question illustrates a huge problem in the world of self defense. You have been forced to learn moves or counters to specific situations. The more “moves” you know the better off you are.

This is bullish!t.

In fact the amount of moves you know has no bearing on your ability to protect yourself .

I’ll give you an example.

The “Front Choke” attack – arms extended waiting for you to react is not how it will happen. In reality your attacker will be head butting you, kneeing you and trying to bang your head off of a delivery van. By the time you remember to tuck your chin, it’s over.

In every other system on the planet your training looks something like this: Attacker grabs your shirt collar, you practice a counter defense. Then your attacker grabs your throat and you practice yet another defense. He pushes you and yet another defense.

3 different defenses,for 3 different attacks, meanwhile all of those attacks could be defended against with one simple set of skills.

You train for every possible attack and the truth is, when your fight of flight mechanism kicks in all of that goes out the window. The problem is you won’t realize this until you’re really attacked since it is IMPOSSIBLE to recreate a life or death situation in training.

The reality is this: MOVES ARE NOT IMPORTANT. Tactics and Mindset are what’s important.  Moves are just the method to implement those tactics and mindset.