The Rapid Fire Women’s Self Defense Training System
As a martial arts practitioner and instructor with over 30 years of experience I have been exposed to a number of different self-defense system and have learned what works and what doesn’t. The most common problem with the majority of self-defense programs available is that they are overly complicated and not practical for most people. The foundation of the Rapid Fire system is to be as simple as possible and allow anyone the opportunity to learn it regardless of age, body type or fitness level.
Rapid Fire Self Defense and Fitness is a program that incorporates simple yet effective techniques and strategies that all participants can follow. The system is based on one simple question “Are your arms free or not,” at which point you will learn to react quickly and effectively with the Rapid Fire striking sequence of high, low, middle and clear working towards your main goal of creating a window of opportunity for escape and getting to safety.
People always ask me why is this striking sequence so important? The simple answer is that you have programmed yourself to react with a consistent set of strikes that WORK! In any attack situation you do not have time to think about what you have learned or start questioning whether these techniques are going to work you just react with confidence.
The first thing you must learn is the Rapid Fire self-defense equation that incorporates these 4 essential components:
1) Awareness
2) Confidence
3) Avoidance
4) Preparation
These four points are vital in trying to prevent attack situations from occurring. Now that we have looked at the preventative method of the Rapid Fire system lets focus our attention on the teaching method of the actual self-defense techniques.
The Rapid Fire training system includes three methods of instruction:
1) Air Techniques
2) Pad Work
3) Situational Training drills
In order to have a complete understanding of the training system I will now break each part down separately.
Air Techniques
- This is a method of training were a partner is not necessary, you will learn how to execute individual strikes as well as combinations in the air emphasizing proper technique and body mechanics.
Pad Work
-By using this approach to learning participants will develop a true feel for the techniques being taught, build a real sense of self-confidence and increase power and speed by striking a pad with an individual technique or in preset combinations.
Situational Training Drills
-This strategy of teaching will have the students simulating different attack situations and reacting with the strikes they have learned following the Rapid fire striking sequence of high, low, middle and clearing.
You can now see the importance of the Rapid Fire Training system and how it will realistically prepare you for actual attack situations.
Until next time be safe,
Joel Wasel
Rapid Fire Creator
