Back to Website Youth & Adult Martial Arts Classes – Ages 7 and Above $20.00
At South Miami Taekwondo, we do not believe in so called ã³´reet
fighting.ä Unless oneâ³ life is seriously
threatened, our policy is to turn the other cheek. The use of
martial arts for violence is and in our opinion always has been a
misuse. Martial arts are for making yourself a better person.
However, there are times when combat is truly unavoidable, like in
the case of a home invasion, for example. Another example of
unavoidable combat is armed, forcible rape. These situations
involve violent criminals whoâ³ intent is ultimately to
seriously damage or kill our physical bodies. Arm bars, jumping
kicks and other fancy Hollywood martial arts tricks are risky at
best in these situations. They are difficult to actually pull off
under an extreme adrenal state and worse, they tangle the victim in
a contest with the attacker rather than focus on escape, which is
our number one goal of self defense at South Miami Taekwondo. More
reasonable, simple to use weapons involve little or no training at
all: Yell for help. Bite. Gouge the eyes. Improvised weapons are
also must in real self-defense combat. We train improvised blunt
weapons (bat, stick, book, tire iron), sharp weapons (broken glass
shard with towel, tin can lid with towel, pencil) and environmental
/ defensive weapons (book, tree, roll under a car, walls, table,
chair). When should you fight? Good question. We ask our students
several questions: In the situation you have in mind, what would
you have your grandmother do? This is what you should do too. Also,
if you WANT to fight, this is probably a conflict in which you
should not be involved. If you do NOT want to fight, youâ²¥
probably going to HAVE to fight.
At South Miami Taekwondo,