Bare Essentials First Responders Self-defense Training

Ever since the beginning of time, humans have used their fists, rocks, sticks and whatever else was available to them as a mean to fight, defend or protect their family and self. With time they began to formalize and systematize these skills into forms of combat that are known as Martial Arts—fighting methods that involved the use of natural as well as manmade weapons. Some martial arts historians claim the foundation of the arts started with the development of language by ancient people for their protection against enemies and animals. However, it is the author’s opinion that man identified the need for self-protection way before there was a language; it makes more sense that such skills found their origins as the answer to man’s primal instinct of survival. The bottom line is that when it comes to effectively protecting oneself a stick, a rock, a punch or kick are not enough. For this reason, an effective form of Self-defense must also include the knowledge of when, where and how to use the techniques learned, in other words, it must also include self-defense strategy