BJJ as self defense for women

[Ric]

But shouldn't women's self defense be all about defending against men?

Not at all. I see very few street fight videos of women "fighting" men. It's usually girl vs girl, and since the "attacking" girl isn't using those self defense scenario attacks that are taught in women's self defense seminars, you have to wonder how effective those seminars are for real life situations that a girl can find herself in.

[Liquidrob]

Did Kat Young put Meisha Tate out cold with a head kick? Only one I can think of right now

[Derek Dunford]

I have to agree, being on bottom doesn't seem nearly as dangerous in female mma fights. It seems like it might just be the difference in explosiveness, women seem to need to throw in bunches to do damage, less of a one shot knock out risk if somebody gets caught.

[derrick ikwueme]

Did Kat Young put Meisha Tate out cold with a head kick? Only one I can think of right now

i don't know, Damn it's crazy that chicks can't get knocked out. that's some crazy nature shit

[brianspinaltap]

Not at all. I see very few street fight videos of women "fighting" men. It's usually girl vs girl, and since the "attacking" girl isn't using those self defense scenario attacks that are taught in women's self defense seminars, you have to wonder how effective those seminars are for real life situations that a girl can find herself in.

True, but then rapists are notoriously strangely camera shy.....

http://www.feminist.com/antiviolence/facts.html

[brianspinaltap]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobile...n_2165745.html

[Kurzy]

It's obvious that females are not impervious to being knocked out. Any impact that can shake the brain is going to knock a human out. I think the OP is just saying that it seems it take a LOT more to knock out a woman than a man. Which may or may not be true.

[Liquidrob]

Mike Tyson didn't even KO Robin Givens with a free shot

[Paul Hughes]

I'm really happy this thread has been posted actually. For me, jiu-jitsu and a little judo are the best forms of self defense a woman can learn, especially attacking from guard.

I'm actually in the early stages of putting together a completely free jiu jitsu based self defense course for women focusing on situations where a woman would find themselves alone and need to fight back rather than run away. I was inspired by, I think the guys name is Arun, a guy on this forum from India who put a self defense course together after the rape incident in Delhi.

I've included things like basic collar chokes in the case of a guy wearing a leather jacket and basic sweeps from guard. Obviously the guard is a very important position for a female to be able to attack from. I have tried to stay away from joint and shoulder locks and mostly focus on sweeps and chokes, "there are no tough guys with chokes".

If anyone has any ideas for techniques I'd love to hear them. Thanks guys.

[Ric]

I think the OP is just saying that it seems it take a LOT more to knock out a woman than a man. Which may or may not be true.

Actually, I'm not saying that. I'm saying a woman can't generate enough force to knock out another woman. That's a "game changer" for me if I'm teaching women how to fight woman. For a man the takedown phase of BJJ in a street fight is very dangerous. While my strategy would indeed be to go to the ground if I were fighting another man, I'm very aware that I could easily be knocked out in pursuit of the takedown. However, if I were teaching my daughter how to fight another girl, I wouldn't hesitate to tell her to go to the ground because she is in no danger of being knocked out by a punch or kick from another female. That was the realization I had that prompted me to write the post. It's something I have never seen pointed out anywhere. From what I've seen from watching dozens (hundreds?) of female street fight videos, its safe to say that any woman can survive multiple kicks and punches delivered by pretty much any other woman. That isn't the case when a guy is fighting another guy.