Whats the difference?

Self defence and martial arts, whats the difference??

Martial arts is a discipline that can take years of practice to become efficient in a certain style, it is predominantly a fighting style or defensive element based and the coveted black belt is what most practitioners strive for.

Self defence can also take years of practice to perfect but can also be very efficent in just a couple of lessons, your not going to be an expert at defeating someone but it is more of an awareness of your surroundings and using common sense to get yourself out of a situation before it even starts.


Most martial arts are self defence orientated or its background is on self preservation, so I suppose they are very similar in that way, however, One is a true art form and the other is more of an everyday awareness of our daily lives, I would much rather use the term self awareness than self defence, you see the self awareness part is the bit that makes you look at what your everyday life entails, where you go, what you do, the risks involved in all of these, self defence is actually using skills you have learned to get yourself out of a possible violent situation.

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Carl