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Originally Posted by hamworld05  How about Jeet Kune Do joelr? Bruce Lee practised it.  |
Bruce Lee believed in breaking barriers of styles, he actually did use grappling, you can see an armbar and a nice scissors takedown in Revenge of the Dragon.
But nowdays I think Jeet is taught as mainly a striking art. I'm saying, big time, no striking art will help a woman much in a self defensive situation. Even the heavyweight world womens boxing champ is useless once an attacker notices she's dancing around like a real boxer or a kickboxer. You cannot stop that guy. He's going to rush you and you'll be on the floor before you know what happened.
Just like every 4th degree black belt who entered the UFC when it first started. Their super kung-fu death touch punch didn't help when their opponent rushed in and tackled them.
When someone rushes you they usually have their arms out in front. Try punching someone when they are running at you with their arms extended.
The odds of you landing a knockout kick (after years of training kicks) while being rushed are really low.
What if the attacker jumps out and grapples you before you even see them or rushes you from behind and tackles you. What is the expert kicker puncher going to do when the fight starts with a heavy guy on top of you leaning on your head?
At least with grappling you'll have practice grappling and starting out the match with someone on top of you just like that. If you don't panic it's not a bad spot to be actually. If the guy on top is untrained it's easy to roll over with the right hip/leg movement and put him in your "gaurd" as it's called. Then, putting him to sleep is real easy.