10 Self Defense Techniques in a 1-1 Combat

With crime rate on the rise every day, one thing that we have to learn for sure is how to do defend ourselves in a situation of 1-1 combat. This combat can be any unavoidable scenario that you, God forbid, may find yourself in when you are on the street. Be it a snatching case or may be any other sort of crime scene, you should know the basics of how you can save yourself or put a fight. It is always told to a warrior that if you have to pick one from a sword or a shield, always goes for the shield. That means defense is always more important than offense.

We have listed some of the basics that will help you do well in defending yourself. These all techniques are tested to help a lot over the years and everyone should know them.

1. Keep the Hands Up

Rule number 1, always keep the hands up! Why? Because when your hands are up you are always blocking the hits on your face and the face is the most important thing to protect if you are in a fight. Also when your hands are up and you are protecting your face, you are also protecting your nose. One hit on your nose and you are down for sure! From here it is hard to come back since nose hits are critical. This is the reason that you always see the boxers with their hands covering the face during the fights.

2. Put the Enemy on the Ground

Once you have put the enemy on the ground, beating him/her up is really easy since you can use your feet and heavy boots (if worn) for kicking. Also when the enemy is on the ground you can give a kick or two and then execute your escape plan; in other terms, you can run away. If the enemy is on the ground, and he/she wants to get up, it will buy you time as well. This is an important step in defense as well. Never let the enemy put you on ground or else you might be at the receiving end of the above stated treatment.

3. Decrease the distance

Talking about the boxers again, have you ever noticed that once a boxer is getting the heat from the other, he tries to be very much close to the other one? Reason, when you are near to the one beating you, he/she cannot have a full swing on you. More the distance, harder the swing you will receive. Try to avoid it as much as you can.

4. Buy time/Catch Breath/Stay calm

Catching up the breath is very much important in a fight. Whenever possible, try to buy some time so that you can catch your breath and eventually stay calm. Because if you are staying calm, only then you can think properly and use your brain for the better.  As said earlier, putting your enemy on the ground, helps you buy a lot of time easily.

5. Hit First

When the combat is evident, you should always go for the first hit. Making a good first hit will put your enemy one the defense and this might stop the whole fight altogether. Also if it is a matter of pride, it is said that whoever hits first is said to be the winner, no matter how much you get beaten up later. This tip may not always save you and is more of an offensive technique than a defensive technique.

6. No Rules, Use Any thing

As you’ve probably heard, everything is fair in love and war. It is often seen that men never go for the balls of the other men in a fight. This is actually stupid. If you are in a fight, everything you can use should be used. Try the fish hook, poke the eye, hit the balls, pull the hair, break the nose. Go wild. It’s a fight after all and you have to defend yourself because if you won’t use these techniques, your enemy will. What will you do then?

7. If You Get Hit, It is Not the End

You are in a fight. You should know in a fight you will get hit. So what will you do if you get a whack? Think you are done? NO! In a fight everyone gets hit. Every one falls. But the one who rises again, forgetting the pain would survive till the end. This is one of the most important techniques and can really break stamina and patience of your enemy.

8. Predict the Move

If you predict the move of the opponent, you can nullify his/her every move. If you predict that you’re about to get punched and you duck it, the opponent will end up wasting the energy and you won’t be hurt at all. Also this will put you in the pole position of mind games. The opponent will think twice before executing any move considering you may break that too. This requires a lot of attention and focus. Without attention, focus and reflexes, you can’t use this tip.

9. Make Your Impression Big

The idea behind this tip is the fear you can put in the opponent’s mind about you. Have you ever seen a guy weighing 200 pounds and having a height of 6 feet having an issue with someone? Usually this does not happen because no matter how bad he would be in a combat, no one dares to bug him or initiate a fight with him. Reason being the impression he is carrying. You can do the same. Never lose the eye contact. Even if you are sure that you will get beaten up real bad, try to portray that you are not afraid of it and will beat the crap out of the opponent.

10. Use a Shield, Anything Would Do!

Again, what has been stated above, a shield is very important. You can use any thing for a shield. You can use a bag, a book or may be a piece of wood or anything else that you find on the street. You can even use you own hands and forearms for that matter to block any thing. Yes you will get hurt a little but in either case, it’s better than getting your head whacked off your body.