MENTAL SELF DEFENSE

Thank you for coming back for our weekly question and answer series. Below is this weeks question, hope it helps you out. Well anyway, here’s the answer. Let me know what you think.

There are a ton of self defense classes that would both be good for woman and children. Taekwondo is an awesome martial art that is both fun and fairly easy for woman and children to get involved in.

Wing Chun is a Chinese martial art system that was actually invented by a woman (Shaolin nun Ng Mei). It is predominantly a self defense art, is easy to learn the basics, doesn’t rely on size or brute strength. This is one of the best martial arts to practice if you are a woman or small child. They teach economy of movement and the redirection of force. If you don’t know where to find a class teaching this, search online, there’s tons of information online about the subject.

The one thing to keep in mind is that all martial arts and self defense classes have some degree of difficulty. If you really want to learn how to defend yourself go to a few places near you that teach different styles of martial arts and ask if you can sit in just to observe. It doesn’t hurt to do so and you will get to see first hand what they offer and what you will be getting yourself into.