What martial arts would be good for a person with a physical disability to use for self defense?
Paralysis from waist down and in a manual wheelchair.

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For some people self defense means carrying a gun in case they are ever confronted by an attacker while they are out. While a gun can be an effective self defense tool they can let you down and in these cases you will wish that you knew how to use your body as a weapon to fight off the bad guy.

Recently I had a chat with a friend who was from Colorado and had a permit to carry a concealed weapon everywhere he went in the state. Of course the problem came when he took a trip to San Francisco to see a friend and had to leave that gun behind since California did not honor his permit. After leaving a restaurant one evening a mugger approached him and demanded his wallet. Forgetting he did not have his weapon he reached for it while verbally calling out his attacker. Of course when it turned out not the be there the situation went from bad to worse immediately.

While guns can be effective the problem is you cannot carry one with you at all times and stay in compliance with the law even if you do have a permit. We also read stories of those who have their gun taken from them by their attacker where it is promptly used against them. But by learning one of the many martial arts styles available you can use your body as a weapon and this is one weapon that is not against the law to carry and can never be taken from you no matter how hard the attacker my try. You can still choose to carry that gun but make sure you back it up with some real self defense training.

When we see that someone has been brutally attacked or robbed on the nightly news it is easy to think of it as just something that happens to other people. But just the night before, those people were thinking the same thing and it did end up happening to them, they became the news. While we all know we should take the warnings to heart and take the time to learn self defense to fight off any potential attacks we may one day face, we just never seem to get around to it. We feel we always have time to learn those self defense skills since we will not be the victim of an attack ourselves.

Other than not believing we will ever actually need to know how to fight off an attacker many just feel they do not have the time to fit the training into their already busy lives. But that could not be further from the truth. With a martial arts DVD anyone can train in the convenience of their own home when they have time. Even if it is only thirty minutes a couple of times a week this effort will pay off big should you ever become the victim of an attack.

With a video to teach martial arts anyone can learn at their own pace the skills they will need to fight off an attacker. From men to women and even kids, the moves and techniques should be learned by everyone and putting off taking the time to learn will not help should you need it now. You never know when you may become the victim of an attack so being prepared today will help you should you need it tomorrow.

I have been playing a roll for a few years now, I’ve been hurt so many times by people. I created this self defense mechanism and barrier which people can eventually sense as fake, I put on a mask and try to act. I can’t find who I am anymore. I find most people to know who they are and can socialize easily and get people to like them, I’m the opposite, I’m no longer the person who would socialize and feel natural, it started since I started being lied to, being around hypocrite people, sensing negative views and vibes around me, people with double intentions, people who dislike you but put a mask on. It has gotten worse to the point I know I’m being fake and so do people, some people try to tolerate my behaviour by acting the same as I do, they are like a mirror, it’s like a magnet I can pass on to people and people can pas on to me, I have failed to like people in every job, I’m always nervous because I’ve set up my mind to know that they will eventually find out I have social issues in a few days, or that I’m weird which causes most of the people who are just as me to develop a barrier, hateful or distant behaviour, I’m not hurting any one, I just developed this self defense mechanism that is covering who I am, I used to(and down deep) still feel I’m a clean mirror, I used to believe in everyone, feel everyone was good, give a chance, I’d see the beautiful side on everybody, no prejudice, treat every one equal, forgive easily and still believe but the repetitive bad vibes in most of the people I met, the hypocrisy, disappointments, specially jealousy made me broke down and put on a mask to not be hurt again or t least don’t feel hurt but it’s getting worse and people outside and mainly at my job talk and feel what is going on, they are also nasty since they are hypocrite and talk behind my back, even the ones I think I might open to once I express how I feel to them if they show interest in my persona, they are all the same…everybody is acting bad, I want to go back to who I am, a humanitarian, honest, balanced, loving faithful, innocent being. Society and experiences have made me what I am now, why did I let that happen? I can’t hide from them, am I just weak and naive? People are so jealous and bad minded nowadays that I just feel like vanishing to not feel, get emotional and put on a mask in a nervous and fake manner to not get hurt any more but I still do….is it karma?

Please help, I’m sad and numb.

Thank you.