Self defense laws vary from country to country. Sometimes even within the same country, the self defense laws vary from state to state. We should always find out the self defense law and it's statutes, where we reside. Usually there are factors or requirements that are common virtually in all the countries regarding self defense. First of all there should be a justified and clear case of one's life being in danger and hence one responded to protect oneself or their loved ones. Second common factor is about how much force is used. Was the use of force justified or not. Often people get carried away in a fight and their emotions get the better of them. This results in one keeping on hitting their attacker even after the attacker is no longer a threat. We need to learn to not let our emotions get the better of us. When sparring in training work on keeping your emotions in check, don't go berserk with emotions just because your sparring partner hit you hard. In se...
It doesn't matter how well trained one is or if one is in the right. It is always best to avoid a fight on the street unless there is no other option and your safety or life is in danger. There are just so many variables when one fights on the street, that no matter how well trained one is, the fight can swing in anyone's favour at any moment. Usually a fight, physical assault etc begins with an argument or one person is getting aggressive, abusive, showing signs of getting physical, trying to get up close etc. These are cues that we should use to increase the distance between us and the possible attacker. In such a situation we have 2 options, either we stay calm and just do our best to verbally de escalate the situation or we feed our ego and try to show who we are, or how right we are and so on. It doesn't matter if we are right and the possible attacker is in the wrong, just apologise and try to diffuse the situation. Giving into your ego and responding to aggressi...