Why train weaponry?

Weaponry.... "Why train it, I don't carry a weapon, I don't walk around with a stick, how likely am I to use the things I learn in the weaponry classes?"

I've heard similar questions a few times and the answer is simple, Martial Arts are to be used for defensive purposes, for your safety and the safety of those you love. You are not a trouble maker but that doesn't mean trouble will never find you. I'm sure we've all heard our parents say something like "It's not that I don't trust you, I just don't trust everyone else out there". We don't know what we will be faced with in a volatile situation and the simple truth is we want to come out of any unpleasant situation with as little damage as possible.

 

If you want to fight against a grappler, then you need to have some understanding or training of grappling, the same applies for weapons. An assailant may come at you with a weapon, wouldn't you want to know about sticks and knives then? If you're in a multi opponent situation and you happen to get a hand on a weapon that was dropped or a branch even, wouldn't you want to know how to handle that weapon to get away from your attackers as quick as possible?

You could be at a wedding an uncle Charlie has had a little too much to drink and is waving his bottle or glass around, like any situation you don't want to hurt him but he may need to be restrained at least so he is not a danger to anyone else around him in his state. Knowledge of weaponry and disarms will give you a base in all of these situations and won't stop there, they will help your empty hands techniques. Ask me and I'll show you an arm pass/arm drag take down I use that comes directly from knife defence I teach from Filipino Kali.


There are no guarantees in life, Martial Arts training do not guarantee victory, just watch a boxing match or MMA fight, unless it ends in a draw there is always one loser no matter how skilled.  



Be prepared to raise your chances, that's why we train. Join us in in the Kali class every Friday at 19:30.

See you at the gym, Oss!


These clippings were not collected from various papers, they are ALL from the Saturday May 24th edition of the local Telegraph & Argus.