End a Fight Quickly - Top 7 Tips For Small People

[Arthur Stone]

Size means nothing in the martial arts. It doesn't matter how small or
tall your are: everyone is capable of strength, speed, skill and most
importantly, the ability to defend themselves. But some people think
that even if a small person was to win a fight, it would take a long,
strenuous effort. With these tips, you smaller martial artists can
prove larger people are no better:
1. Don't hesitate. Small people are often self conscious about their
size and are reluctant to act for fear of failing. Go straight in to
strike or execute some other technique with all your effort, strength
and speed.
2. Use your mobility and lower center of gravity as an advantage. Get
under their kicks and knock them off balance, weave in and out of
range. Distance and position, as I mentioned in an another article, is
what can make an invincible fighter. Keep moving; judge distance
(Note: because a smaller fighter might have less of a reach, close
quarters combat should be something he/she strives for skill in. If
you can stay close but out of their attacks, do--but be wary of grabs
and takedowns)
3. Don't go to the ground. Weight, unless you are proficient in
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or other ground fighting arts, is something that
will be working against you if a bigger opponent takes you to the
ground. If you are mounted and are being beaten, there is no way to
win the fight without the proper knowledge. This especially goes for
self defense situations.
4. Fight dirty. Go for the eyes, groin, neck, knees--but ONLY in a
self defense situation. Someone fighting you who is bigger is already
exploiting an unfair advantage, so you must use all of yours in order
to defend yourself. That means cheap-shots.
5. Modify techniques to use for your advantage. Don't make them
higher, but change them slightly or use a technique differently in
order to compensate for lack of size. Many Karatemen, who were often
barely five feet tall, developed their Karate to use their small size
as an advantage.
6. Use your opponent's weight against them. This is obvious, but many
people do not know how to do this correctly. Learn to yield and then
snap back, like bamboo. Or to blend with the energy and then suddenly
redirect it. Picking up techniques from Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan) and
Aikido will help tremendously here.
7. TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN. Practice constantly. Workout out every day to
make your self stronger and faster and tougher. Improve your skill,
and practice will both larger and similar sized opponents. In order to
get ahead of the big guys, we have to work hard!
Never feel inferior because of your size. You CAN defend yourself
against larger people, and you don't need brute strength. Technique,
if correctly practiced, will always prevail against an opponent. So go
train and get better!

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