Cosmoline
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The recent thread on the importance of learning martial arts got me thinking about how I would apply such things in my real life. The bottom line is, I'm almost always carrying a firearm or several firearms. My primary need for martial arts training is NOT to grapple and best my opponent, but to stop a non-deadly attack by some drunken fool or loutish moron. I absolutely do NOT want to bring them in with some grapple and have them anywhere near my firearms. Or my torso, for that matter. I don't even want them close enough to punch. If they're close enough for me to punch them, they're close enough to spill my innards out or grab for my firearm.
I'd much prefer to use my legs and a walking stick to keep them at bay and if need be hurt them. I want to learn how to launch physical attacks that focus on pushing away rather than bringing in or flipping over. My goal isn't to pin them or make them beg for mercy, but to knock them back and give myself enough time and space to get out of Dodge before I have to kill someone. I've been doing a lot of bike riding, so maybe there's a martial art that emphasizes kicking and pushing with the legs while keeping the hands free to deploy more serious weaponry if needed. I have no doubt I could deal some serious blows with my legs if I knew how. But at the same time I'm way too big to be diving down on the ground like that Brazilian whatzit.
So, THR dojos, is there any such martial art?
I'd much prefer to use my legs and a walking stick to keep them at bay and if need be hurt them. I want to learn how to launch physical attacks that focus on pushing away rather than bringing in or flipping over. My goal isn't to pin them or make them beg for mercy, but to knock them back and give myself enough time and space to get out of Dodge before I have to kill someone. I've been doing a lot of bike riding, so maybe there's a martial art that emphasizes kicking and pushing with the legs while keeping the hands free to deploy more serious weaponry if needed. I have no doubt I could deal some serious blows with my legs if I knew how. But at the same time I'm way too big to be diving down on the ground like that Brazilian whatzit.
So, THR dojos, is there any such martial art?