PADDED ATTACKER CLASSES
A large number of self defense classes feature some padded attacker work but only classes that focus on “real impact” self defense training are built around students interacting with a padded attacker. In a “real impact” style class you will learn a technique, learn the theory behind that technique, practice the technique on each other and then practice it full force against a padded attacker. This sequence is repeated for anywhere from six to thirty hours. Intense self defense training classes can last up to six weeks and prepare students for real life situations that you might encounter during your normal life.
Padded attacker classes can be very traumatic in the beginning but by the end most students find that class has boosted their confidence and helped them to feel comfortable fighting back against an attacker. Just like with anything else the more you practice something the more comfortable you’ll feel doing it.
Practicing a groin strike or an eye jab on a mannequin doesn’t come close to simulating what it’s like to really hurt another person and to really intend to hurt them. Many women at first find it hard to use their full fighting strength against the attacker, which is why getting padded attacker self defense training is so important.
Padded attacker self defense classes also teach you how to use your adrenaline to your advantage and how to fight your way through that first adrenaline surge. Before your body goes into a “fight or flight” state you will experience a few moments when your body just doesn’t seem to work right and you have little muscle control or coordination. That is when the adrenaline is starting to flow and you need to know how to get through that and come out of that state fighting
You’ll probably be a little bit surprised at how fierce you can be when you need to be. Many women are shocked at the strength they use to fight back against an attacker even in a simulated attack. The confidence of knowing that you can save your own life will stay with you and that kind of confidence might someday keep you from being attacked.
During an attack most women freeze at the second they are grabbed or whenever there is physical contact with the attacker. Having a padded attacker simulate an attack and grab you can help you break through that block so that if a real attacker were ever to do it your first instinct would be to fight back instead of to freeze or panic.
Being able to think quickly and instantly fight as hard as you could someday save your life. The only way to really prepare for that is to take at least one padded attacker self defense class.
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