If you're going to learn anything, it probably shouldn't be a punch. You need to practice a punch in sparring if it's going to be worth half a fuck for anything. I have a bunch of years of BJJ experience + a couple months of muay thai and I wouldn't be caught dead throwing a punch for anything besides distracting someone as I close the distance.
If I had to teach somebody who's probably not going to practice very much, it would be 3 things:
How to fall without fucking your shit up (more easily researched "the breakfall"): you tuck your chin and don't reach out your arms
The outside trip: if you're like me then you were playing around with it in primary school
A mount escape: not losing is a core fundamental of winning
Wrestling with your friends is a lot of fun. If you want to punch well you either need a coach or the element of surprise.
That’s fair, the things you mentioned are definitely useful in their own right and probably more practical. I just wanted to share basic stuff I remembered from self defense classes I took as a kid that served me well over the years.
If you're going to learn anything, it probably shouldn't be a punch. You need to practice a punch in sparring if it's going to be worth half a fuck for anything. I have a bunch of years of BJJ experience + a couple months of muay thai and I wouldn't be caught dead throwing a punch for anything besides distracting someone as I close the distance.
If I had to teach somebody who's probably not going to practice very much, it would be 3 things:
How to fall without fucking your shit up (more easily researched "the breakfall"): you tuck your chin and don't reach out your arms
The outside trip: if you're like me then you were playing around with it in primary school
A mount escape: not losing is a core fundamental of winning
Wrestling with your friends is a lot of fun. If you want to punch well you either need a coach or the element of surprise.
That’s fair, the things you mentioned are definitely useful in their own right and probably more practical. I just wanted to share basic stuff I remembered from self defense classes I took as a kid that served me well over the years.