All you need is one simple technique

[YouKnowWho]

Your thought?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECoD...76816DF48B3424

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvtwytNJqw

[-N-]

One really good technique can get you by.

But the time you run across the person that has mastered how to shut down that technique, you will be in trouble.

Best to have a few in which you are expert.

Then you can use strategy in addition to technique.

The girl in the video won not so much because of her one technique. More so that she was more aggressive.

[-N-]

Brendan Lai sometimes would say, "Technique can be matched against technique, but nothing can match speed."

One way of thinking of this is not in absolute speed, but in being faster than the opponent can adapt.

Strategy is part of this.

[bawang]

one of my students in Wombat Combat™

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBTPjhImt2A

[Syn7]

I think training a small set of high percentage techniques is most likely the best way to learn self defence quickly. That being said, if you want to step it up beyond simple street defence you need to diversify. If you know a smaller set of techniques, the odds are that it will be enough. But for those who want more security, it takes more.

Sports are a bit different. But when you get higher up, you really need to put more into your bag. There are very few one trick ponies that last a long time on top.

[Kellen Bassette]

one of my students in Wombat Combat™

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBTPjhImt2A

I see you finally trademarked your style, Leung Ting would be proud.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Its' not really about how many techniques you know, though having more than 1 is a good idea.
It is about how much you have exposed your techniques to.
If you have mastered 8 techniques and have exposed them to all manner of situations and environments vs the bets trained you can find, then you will be able to pull those techniques off against pretty much anything anyone can throw at you.

[Robinhood]

Your thought?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECoD...76816DF48B3424

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvtwytNJqw

Martial Arts are More for self development,. If you want to just hurt people , get a weapon or a taser gun, if your so worried about being attacked.

[YouKnowWho]

Martial Arts are More for self development,

If you train

- combat and you say that you train health, you are humble.
- health and you say that you train combat, you are cheating.

[pateticorecords]

If you train

- combat and you say that you train health, you are humble.
- health and you say that you train combat, you are cheating.

hahahaha... so true!