# Self Defence #



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>“The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups.”

Src: Bruce Lee


>“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

Src: Bruce Lee


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## Summary ##

I learnt the hard way that learning to fight...leads to fighting.

Once I learnt that, I looked for a way to avoid fighting, while remaining capable of defending myself, and those I love.

Depending on how much time you have, I would recommend the following two routes:

* [[Self Defence/Aikido/]] -- which will take a long time to learn, but ingrain in your the concept of looking for peace.
* [[Self Defence/Vee Arnis Jitsu/]] -- which will skip it all, in order to get to self defence only.
    * Start with this, get safe, then learn the softer skills, the mental calmness that [[Self Defense/Aikido/]] will provide.