Recently I had the chance to take a class related to armed self-defense. In other words, the class was about fighting someone when you are also carrying a weapon. I am by no means an expert in this area, and in fact I am pretty much a sponge when it comes to this information. Shooting a gun, carrying a weapon, self-defense – these are things I have heard of but have not really made an effort to actually study. I mean, it looks fairly straightforward on TV and the movies. In my mind, my strategy has always been to “just kick my attacker in the crotch”, because that seemed like an effective idea. Clearly you can see how naïve I have been about the whole self-defense thing.
While the class gave me many “a-ha!” moments, what my overall takeaway was is that there is a lot to learn about shooting guns, carrying any type of weapon, and self-defense. There are many different strategies and considerations that come into play when defending yourself, and safety is important as well. After all, you don’t want to end up being hurt by your own weapon if you can avoid it.
So, while I wouldn’t call it a new hobby, I have started diving deeper into self-defense. Why? Part of it is I want to exercise my right to bear arms. Most of it, however, it to protect myself and/or my family if need be. Hopefully that day will never come, but at this point in my life I think I would feel awful if something happened that I could have prevented by being more prepared to defend myself and my family.
How about you? Have you ever wanted to learn more about self-defense? I don’t want to scare people, because it isn’t necessarily the nicest thing to think about, but it can help to alleviate fear by being prepared.