Self Defence
Self Defence Classes in Rossendale
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Our self defence Classes Are For Everyone
People come to our world-class self defence classes for many reasons: to learn how to defend oneself and to instill discipline, to reduce stress and improve health, or simply to have fun. No matter your motivation, you will find your tribe at Straight Blast Gym Rossendale.
Every person who walks through our door:
- Stays healthy while learning something new & having fun.
- Loses weight, improves fitness & develops a healthy lifestyle.
- Makes new friendships & surrounds themselves with people who want to make them better & help them succeed.
Alive martial arts for self defence
There are a wide variety of martial arts in Haslingden from traditional styles such as Traditional Ju Jitsu, Karate, and Kung Fu, through to ‘alive’ martial arts such as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, Thaiboxing, Wrestling, and Judo. ‘Alive’ martial arts rely on sparring, timing, and resisting opponents.
When learning new techniques, it is important to initially begin with zero resistance. However, once the student has had the opportunity to practice the move a few times, their partner should then gradually increase the resistance until something close to full resistance is experienced. Alive martial arts are far more useful in street defence situations and almost always have sporting outlets.
Why is SBG Self defence right for you?
Our advice would be to stay away from clubs who focus primarily on self defence and talk about dirty moves like “eye gouges”, “fish hooks”, “bites”, etc without live sparring in the classes for senior belts. Such ‘dirty’ techniques without an alive delivery system are useless i.e. they will not determine success in a fight by themselves and are unlikely to finish a fight or control a situation effectively.
They also encourage an unhealthy training environment and typically are anything but ‘alive’. Finally, when it comes to law enforcement, such behaviours as biting will likely be punished as a sign of excessive force.
