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« on: June 23, 2010, 03:39:04 am »
One thing to consider though, is the risk of permanent injury. DBMA style fighting is dangerous... Broken hands, kneecaps, shit happens. And I'm not sure if it's the best way of training for street self defense. Sure, sparring, getting hit etc. is an essential experience but in sparring you have the back-and-forth manouvers, faints etc. whereas in street, you just go out to get it over with asap. Maybe one faint, but then you go for it. From what I've seen the krav maga people have excellent exercises to get into such a mindset, but of course it depends on the instructor etc., most customers don't like getting hurt and exhausted that much. One thing I see a bit lacking is technique / strength development. I'd think boxing or muay thai combined with krav maga would be a very effective approach. But then, who has time to train two martial arts.