Re: Martial arts are not useless and have their place…but not necessary for learning the “skill” of self defense.

[J R]

@James Goolsby said:

Amen, brother!
It’s SDTS for me all the way. In fact, the ONLY reason I even still train in anything like aikido/jujitsu is because, as a police officer, I am often required by my department to show that I at least attempted to “subdue and control” an individual before I commence to hacking and chopping (unless, of course, the fight is already on… then all bets are off!) Even then, though, I often find myself resorting to GDT and SDTS many times — for example, the ol’ Hand Yoke to the back of the neck tends to get their attention quickly.
Great post. Stay safe, my friend.

James, I feel you brother. I am a police officer too and the Guardian Program has worked. My department does not approve of the control techniques in there but, I have used a few and they have worked great. Especially the hand yoke ot the back of the neck! I used that once when we had this big fight we were breaking up and the biggest mouth in the group wasn’t fighting anybody anymore but he was instigating others. I gave him the hand yoke to the back of the neck, that shut him up quick and to the crowd it looked like I was just taking him into custody and not trying to fight. I did the hand yoke during an almost riot too and it shut somebody down real quick too. Also, the bulldog neck twist worked real good too on a domestic with a guy trying to fight me. I got him down quick and without incident.