SELF DEFENCE

Physical self-defence is the use of physical force to counter an immediate threat of violence. Such force can be either armed or unarmed. In either case, the chances of success depend on a large number of parameters, related to the severity of the threat on one hand, but also on the mental and physical preparedness of the defender.

Many styles of martial arts are practiced for self-defence or include self-defence techniques. Some styles train primarily for self-defence, while other martial/Combat sports can be effectively applied for self-defence. Not all Martial Arts are sport, so they focus their art on self-defence. To provide more practical self-defence, many modern day martial arts schools now use a combination of martial arts styles and techniques, and will often customize self-defence training to suit the participants’ lifestyles, occupations, age groups and gender, and physical and mental capabilities.

At Central Taekwon Do UK we take the self-defence element very seriously as this is generally the primary reason for a student taking up the art.  We utilise a combination of Taekwon Do, Ju Jitsu, Krav Maga and Tactical Edge techniques to give you the very best self-defence tool box for the street if you are unfortunate enough to have to use them.  This would involve techniques such as joint locks, release, take down and throwing techniques, defence against knife and bottle attacks.