Bridget Phetasy
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Yeah, it really can, especially in that position.
I want to get back into it.
Because they learn how to shield with their shins.
They learn how to grab at the biceps and the shoulders and prevent you from using your strength.
They learn how to get under hooks and to go behind you.
They learn how to defend themselves.
Well, we don't want women's self-defense.
I'm not disparaging women's self-defense classes.
But what my feeling is is that you should learn how to actually fight.
I used to teach Taekwondo at Boston University, and then they had this women's self-defense class that they were going to do there, too.
And I got a chance to watch it.
And I was like, none of this is going to work.
None of this is going to work.
The Gracies do a different thing, though.
This is the reason why I'm saying this.
Knowing how to do something is not enough.