Defend Yourself with Karate in a Real Fight

By Al Case


Most people don't understand the Karate Method of winning a fight. This is a whole aspect of fighting that has served generations, even enabled peasants to defeat armed samurai, and yet it is not understood. In this article we will discuss the exact strategy you need to employ to win any fight, and this method can be used by practitioners of any art, including Aikido, Taekwondo, Kenpo, etc.

The first thing you need to do, if you're going to win the fight, is to set the distance. This means more than just controlling whether the fight is to be conducted at a certain range. This means setting up the fight so that no matter the range, you are using your best weapon, and in a position to close the distance and knock him out, take him down, or whatever.

To enter the fight you must establish a position, then shuffle forward until you step on the line between you and your opponent. This is an invisible point, but he will noticeably flinch, or move away, or make some other motion when you cross that point. Once you understand how to invade his space in this manner, you must do the things I am going to list in the following sentences, all while easing in on him and trying to get into his space without him reacting.

Once you are controlling the range, you must establish the side you are going to attack on. Most martial artists stand with their right side back, but it doesn't matter which side they choose. And, to be honest, it's not really important which side you use.

Once the sides are set, begin to circle. You should be circling to his open side, that side which exposes the flat of his body, and avoids the wedge of his body. Sliding forward with occasional random movements, you attempt to edge into his open space with the wedge of your body.

You are now giving him with two problems, as you are treading on his territory with both forward and sideways motions. Moving in this manner, hold up your hands so that your opponent has to either push between them, or try to move around them. So either hold your fists closer together, so that he will push try to come around them, or hold the fists wider so that he will think he can attack through the center.

What these three things do is make an opponent predictable. It won't take long before he goes for the opening you have presented, and you are about to get a glorious opportunity to take him to the cleaners. The forward and back edging, the side sliding, when he moves in you will already be moving out of his range, but you are going to have to be quick to take advantage.

Being quick means you have to see it coming, you have to set up the situation, and cause him to think he can get away with it. You see, a fighter won't attack unless he thinks he can win. So you have to make him think he has the advantage, and then you have to time his totally predictable strike if you want to win the fight with Karate.




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