Quote:
David Skaggs wrote:
Boxing, learn to hit and get hit.
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Boxing does teach you how to take a punch or at least not to be too scared of it but one thing (I actually did Nippon Kenpo (sort of armored MMA) but it still applies) is it really comes down to an exchange of blows with the idea that you deliver more than you get and better still the ones you do give are more devastating than the ones you receive. For self defense boxing just does not happen.
Interestingly while I was doing that art I did get into an altercation (running battle with two purse snatchers which ended up on the escalator on the London underground) and yes blows were exchanged but what decided the issue was something as simple as taisabaki. Taisabaki being the take home lesson for Shodokan Aikido also.
For self defense the real issue once you is aggression management - meaning not being overwhelmed by the aggressor and being able to focus your own to the point where you need to be.