[A Navy Vet]

"When I was 57 I took a year of Krav Maga instruction (2-3 times per week). I was usually, but not always, the oldest guy there. However, I learned techniques that can be a life saver. Krav Maga is very demanding. We were usually sweating thru all clothes by the end of the hour. Krav is systematized street fighting. The object is to disable your opponent(s) in the first 1-3 seconds of a street assault. It also teaches some good disarming techniques. Well worth your time. There are some related programs. Krav Maga is a copy-righted trademark. Locally, the spinoffs might have any name.'

Thank you for an informed response. Guess I was wrong about the need for training, which is why I don't join dogo/mojo...haha.

I thought it was like my street fighting buddy who taught us to go for the soft and painful parts. His philosophy was to do the most painful thing to an attacker and then run (his specialty was gouging eyeballs and slapping your hands upside both ears to burst the ear drums, not to mention going for the throat which I said above helped me a number of times). Yup sounds like a spin off of Krav Maga or just plain street smarts.

Don't box; don't wrestle; hit the vulnerable body parts.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Others tell me to move, as If I could.

[for-q-clinton]

I’m taking Gracie combatives. Check them out.

[Leaning Right]

His philosophy was to do the most painful thing to an attacker and then run

It absolutely amazes me how many instructors ignore the "run" part. I've observed, and participated in, quite a few self defense seminars over the years.

Never once did I hear an instructor say "after you have disabled your attacker, get away!"