Important self defense tips when you’re fighting someone
Danger could strike in the blink of an eye, so you need to keep both eyes focused on your attacker to protect yourself. With that said, let’s see how to avoid blinking during a self defense encounter.
Firstly, amateur fighters tend to look away and close their eyes when they’re about to receive a punch.
This habit displays a severe lack of experience with physical conflict. And, unfortunately this behavior will not be to your advantage in a fight.
Ironically, our body’s natural survival instinct is to flinch when we are about to take a hit so we can brace for impact.
This is actually really dangerous when you’re facing someone who knows his way around a fight.
The experienced assailant’s eyes are focused on his target, while the inexperienced fighter blindly takes the hit.
You want to be able to see what your opponent has in store for you
This way you know the best way to maneuver yourself so you can defend from a blow, and counter with a blow of your own.
Blinking constantly and looking away signifies you’re in a passive position, and you will be dominated by your aggressor.
In the following video, we teach you how to deal with the natural urge to blink and shy away from your opponent’s punches. You can use this info to turn the tables and take control of the fight.
Now you understand the dangerous position you are in when you close your eyes in front of an attacker. You can now take what you have learned and apply it to your overall self defense training regiment.
Many people don’t even understand that this is a problem that needs to be fixed.
There is a huge list of topics covered on our Self Defense YouTube channel. These will fix issues many people run into when learning personal protection.
For those of you who require more in-depth instruction on how to defend yourself in dangerous situations, we got you covered.
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I recommend you to check out our online class on Striking Fundamentals for self defense to learn the flow of a fight.
Remember to always attempt to de-escalate a hostile situation, and never start a fight on purpose.
If a fight is unavoidable make sure you know how to use verbal defense strategies to take care of yourself and make it back home.
p.s. Don’t forget to avoid blinking when you’re in a fight.
Stay safe out there,
Patrick Viana
Code Red Defense