Comment Re:Troll! In the dungeon! Thought you'd want to kn (Score 1) 559
It's highly unlikely any training will help you if it's a fight.
is contradicted by this statement:
I've done a reasonable amount of full contact fighting which taught me to get the first heavy hit in
It's true that situational awareness will do more for you than being trained but caught unawares. My wife does ju-jutsu training. They teach the women that if they are confronted by a large male attacker, unless they have no other option they should run for the exact reason you bring up, it is hard to land a devastating first blow and the first blow they land will devastate you. I tell her find a weapon, since we have kids and it's likely she won't be able to run without leaving them. Untrained, even with a kitchen knife she's not that scary. I want her trained so that hopefully she could intimidate an attacker and as a last resort have a better chance of landing that first blow.