Self Defense, Global Method of Self Defense (MGA) what it is and how it works

Knowing how to defend both physically and psychologically is a requirement of many, especially women. One way to defend yourself is to learnself defence. A term that indicates the ability to defend oneself from dangers and threats to one’s physical but also mental integrity, generally it is considered as a set of defense techniques inspired by different disciplines of Martial Artsthe. Today everyone can learn these techniques: from beginner to expert in martial arts.

Learning self-defense allows you to increase self-confidence and to know the various types of danger so that you are prepared to act. There personal defence, in fact, it includes technique, strategy and tactics that can be combined with each other for the defense against aggression and / or attacks. The activity is based on two essential concepts: being prepared; act only for defense and never for offense (in compliance with current regulations).

The purpose of self-defense is, therefore, to always know how to protect oneself in compliance with the Italian laws on self-defense. By learning this discipline you will learn how to react to different attacks (front, side, from behind) but also to attacks (thrusts, strangulations).

Given the importance of this discipline, FIJLKAM – Italian Federation of Judo Fight Karate Martial Arts, has created a specific self-defense system: Global method of self defense (MGA) which turns out to be a mix of the most important federal disciplines, which have different fighting characteristics.

Global method of self-defense: what it is and how it works

The global method of self-defense is the synthesis of the main federal disciplines such as:

To learn how to defend yourself, they teach you:

• Karate attacks;
• melee of Judo;
• articular levers of Aikido and Ju-Jitsu.

Thanks to these different disciplines, different techniques are learned that allow you to face different situations of risk and aggression. To gain self-confidence and self-confidence, practice is essential, thanks to the character and will is formed.

Self defense: learning levels

There are three levels of learning in self-defense:

• Basic: study of movements and elementary movements to avoid blows on various parts of the body, avoid blockages and counterattack with simple acquisition techniques in order to solve low risk situations.
• Intermediate: learning in more complex conditions by level of criticality and training in order to be able to withstand unfavorable contexts with greater variability of the offensive actions carried out by the aggressors.
• Advanced: training on extremely critical situations that consider speed, multiple and organized assaults, attacks with pointed and edged weapons.

The benefits

To conclude we can say that this discipline helps above all to defend oneself by countering blows of various kinds such as kicks and punches, through appropriate attack techniques. Not just defense. This practice can also be considered a real sporting activity. In fact, in self-defense, you use the whole body and especially your arms and legs. So you strengthen your muscles but also work on agility, responsiveness and improve your reflexes.