• Home
  • Features
  • BJJ News
  • MMA
  • Interviews
  • Shop
  • Giveaway
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • BJJ News
  • MMA
  • Interviews
  • Shop
  • Giveaway
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
Home Features

No, TikTok Didn’t Teach You Self Defence

Kian Rogers by Kian Rogers
January 6, 2023
in Features
0
TikTok Self Defence
112
SHARES
931
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

This is in response to a recent article on The Guardian, paid for by TikTok, explaining that the author had used the app to learn self defence remotely during the pandemic.

I’ll start by saying that there’s nothing wrong with remote learning, instructionals are huge in the BJJ community and for good reason; they allow you to get elite-level techniques to replay and learn at your own pace. But i don’t think there’s any good coaches out there who would advocate for exclusively remote learning, it’s a pretty common opinion that instructionals are best used to supplement live training and only when a grappler already has a decent fundamental knowledge of the sport.

Trying to learn self defence techniques over TikTok as an absolute beginner violates both of these basic principles of remote learning. First, the beginner isn’t live training so has no idea how good they actually are at the techniques being practiced. How many of us have sent a session perfecting a certain technique in drilling only to try it for the first time in sparring and fail miserably? Now imagine the technique is one you’re being told will save your life, and that first time in sparring is when somebody is trying to attack you on your way home. That’s a recipe for disaster.

Even worse in my opinion, as an absolute beginner you would have absolutely zero reference point for what works, and what doesn’t. High-level grapplers can see this just by watching something demonstrated, it becomes readily apparent whether the technique is high-percentage, low-percentage, or damn near impossible to pull of and not really worth learning. But as a beginner, everything looks the same. Everything you watch works in the video that you see it being demonstrated in, so why wouldn’t it all work when you try it in a real-life situation?

These two problems are readily apparent in the original Guardian article. The writer openly admits that the only person she’s live-training with is her housemate, who also has zero experience. Apparently this was enough for her to learn “front choke defence”, from a video of a woman demonstrating it without any partner at all. There’s just no feasible way that the author has managed to learn this technique to any usable standard, if it was even reasonable usable to begin with.

Now you’ve got a situation where a completely untrained person has learnt a bunch of techniques that may, or may not work. But they haven’t really learnt any of them at all, they only know them well enough to do them at a slow pace in a zero-pressure environment and have never even attempted them at full-pace against a fully resisting opponent. This unearned confidence and bad reaction is what turns a mugging into a stabbing, it’s what ensures that the attack takes place because the victim has decided to try and defend themselves instead of running away, or immediately finding help.

No, TikTok won’t teach you self defence. It’ll just allow you to think it has, which is even worse than never learning to defend yourself at all.

Tags: Opinion PiecesSelf Defence
Previous Post

Ben Askren Will Wrestle Again And Won’t Rule Out Return To MMA

Next Post

Nicky Rodriguez Has A Younger Brother, And Jacob Is Just As Talented

Kian Rogers

Kian Rogers

Kian is a Judo black belt with years of competitive experience before finding BJJ. Originally from Ireland, Kian moved to Spain for work and that's where he first started the sport, since becoming a brown belt in BJJ.

Related Posts

BJJ Community and PEDs
Features

The BJJ Community Needs To Decide What To Do About PEDs

by Diogo de Souza
March 15, 2023
IBJJF Pan Championship 2023 Full Preview
Features

IBJJF Pan Championship 2023 Preview

by admin
March 14, 2023
Mental Health on the BJJ Journey
Features

Dealing With Mental Health Along The BJJ Journey

by Nick Hughes
March 13, 2023
Helio Gracie v Masahiko Kimura Remastered
Features

Throwback: Watch Helio Gracie v Masahiko Kimura Remastered

by Kathrine Burne
March 8, 2023
Skills for Longevity in Grappling
Features

How To Develop The Skills For Longevity In Grappling

by Nick Hughes
March 5, 2023
Next Post
Jacob Rodriguez Nicky Younger Brother

Nicky Rodriguez Has A Younger Brother, And Jacob Is Just As Talented

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Premium Content

ADCC 2022 Day 1 Recap

Who’s Making Their Debut At ADCC 2022?

September 15, 2022
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza Retirement MMA

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza Announces Retirement From MMA

August 11, 2021
IBJJF Minimum Belt Times

Report: IBJJF Earns Nearly $2 Million Revenue From Membership Alone

September 30, 2020

Browse by Category

  • BJJ News
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • MMA

Browse by Tags

ADCC ADCC 2022 ADCC Trials Andre Galvao ATOS Bellator Celebrity BJJ Combat Jiu-Jitsu Craig Jones Danaher Death Squad Felipe Pena Ffion Davies Fight 2 Win Garry Tonon Gordon Ryan Gracie Family IBJJF John Danaher Judo Kade Ruotolo Kaynan Duarte Law Enforcement Lucas 'Hulk' Barbosa Mason Fowler Mikey Musumeci Nicky Rodriguez Oliver Taza ONE Championship Opinion Pieces Pedro Marinho PFL Polaris Polaris Squads Roberto Jimenez Submission Underground Team Grappling Third Coast Grappling Throwback Tye Ruotolo UFC Who's Number One William Tackett Women's BJJ Women's MMA Wrestling
Jitsmagazine.com

Your home for the latest BJJ and grappling news.

Categories

  • BJJ News
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • MMA

Browse by Tag

ADCC ADCC 2022 ADCC Trials Andre Galvao ATOS Bellator Celebrity BJJ Combat Jiu-Jitsu Craig Jones Danaher Death Squad Felipe Pena Ffion Davies Fight 2 Win Garry Tonon Gordon Ryan Gracie Family IBJJF John Danaher Judo Kade Ruotolo Kaynan Duarte Law Enforcement Lucas 'Hulk' Barbosa Mason Fowler Mikey Musumeci Nicky Rodriguez Oliver Taza ONE Championship Opinion Pieces Pedro Marinho PFL Polaris Polaris Squads Roberto Jimenez Submission Underground Team Grappling Third Coast Grappling Throwback Tye Ruotolo UFC Who's Number One William Tackett Women's BJJ Women's MMA Wrestling

Recent Posts

  • Craig Jones Set To Start New Podcast: ‘El Segundo’
  • Tammi Musumeci Talks About Bianca Basilio Match And Training With Mikey
  • Roberto Satoshi De Souza Returns At RIZIN 42

© 2020 JitsMagazine.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • BJJ News
  • MMA
  • Interviews
  • Shop
  • Giveaway

© 2020 JitsMagazine.com

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?