It pays to know how to defend yourself. Whether you’re shopping at the grocery store, having fun with friends at a bar, or waiting for a tow truck after your car breaks down, you never know when someone could attack you. In these situations, knowing some self-defense moves could come in handy. With that in mind, below are five benefits of taking self-defense classes.
Know How to Take Care of Yourself
Whether you’re throwing kicks up and down the floor at self-defense class or blocking someone’s punch and counter-attacking, you’ll learn the necessary skills for handling any potential adversary. You’ll also learn to become more aware of your surroundings when you’re out. In fact, self-defense teaches students how to assess their environments to better position themselves for safety in any situation, according to TBO-Tech. Even in situations that aren’t life-threatening, it’s important for individuals to know how to carry and defend themselves.
More Self-Confidence
One of the more important benefits of taking self-defense classes is knowing you can protect yourself. This self-confidence will manifest itself more as you perfect your techniques and truly believe you can ward off any attacker in any situation. Self-confidence is important in everyday life, as well.
Improves Balance
When facing unexpected danger, you have to be able to execute defensive maneuvers without falling down. It’s also imperative to stay on your feet in case your assailant continues attacking you. Self-defense classes teach you to control your body while you focus on your target. Your instructor may, for example, have you tense your stomach muscles during attacks to strengthen your core muscles and help you stay upright.
Enhances Natural Reflexes
Over time, and through continuous practice, you’ll learn what moves to use against different attacks and assailants. When your attacker grabs you from behind, for example, you may automatically slide your foot down his shin and stomp on the instep of his foot to get loose. In fact, your self-defense tactics will become so automatic for you, they’ll almost seem like reflexes.
Get You In Fighting Shape
Whenever you’re attacked on the street, you must have the endurance to execute the moves to subdue your attacker. Otherwise, you’ll collapse and get pummeled due to pure exhaustion. When you take self-defense classes, you’ll build up your stamina so you can withstand the rigors of fighting and defeating an adversary. Naturally, maintaining a regular exercise regimen will also help you maintain your strength and physical abilities even outside of the classes.
_______
Javill Byron is an accomplished martial artist, entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist based in Miami. As the owner of Top Shot Miami and WMB Martial Arts, Javill strives to serve as a valuable resource for individuals who want to improve their physical abilities and learn to protect themselves. Javill is especially passionate about helping children with disabilities and children who are bullied.
As a philanthropy-minded person, Javill Byron devotes much of his time to his nonprofit, WMB Foundation, Inc., which provides services to families and children diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, or Autism and aims to promote academic success and generally enrich their lives.
_______
Originally published on JavillByron.org