This will further your edge in your training and will take you to higher levels as a martial artist.
Martial arts lessons #1 - When you can avoid an attack from happening in the first place you will be at an advantage. If you can give up your wallet to a man with a gun pointed at your face you just won.
Even if it means losing twenty dollars and credit cards you can cancel later. Knowing that violence is only a tool allows you to remember that avoiding confrontation can work sometimes better then violence.
Martial arts lessons #2 - Not all sport based martial arts can work on the streets in an attack. I had to learn this lesson the hard way. You want to train in a system that is focused on reality based self defense.
I recommend such styles as: Krav Maga, Military Martial Arts, Jeetkunedo Concepts and Karate.
Unfortunately I didn't include any ground based fighting arts, simply because in a street assault you never want the fight going to the ground.
Martial arts lessons #3 - When you are confronted and being intimidated with impending violence be the first one to attack and attack hard! Let your animal instincts take over and don't allow fear to paralyze you from attacking or counter attacking.
You want to explode with violence that will disrupt your assailants mind and actually take advantage of the bad guy and have a better chance of winning!
Just knowing those three things can take your training to a higher level. Being trained and taking martial arts lessons is a good idea, but having the integrated systems of reality based combat will make you a better fighter.
