With learning real self defense, you typically have two options. The first is to seek out a qualified personal defense instructor who can work with you either one on one or in a group setting. The other option you have is to search around try to find a good set of self-defense videos. But you might ask, do self defense videos even come close to being as good as in person self defense training? In this article, we’ll take a look at this question and see if one has an overwhelming benefit over the other.

With in person self defense training, you have a live instructor that can help you along the way and answer any questions. This can be especially useful if yo urun into any problems, and need an immediate answer. You might have to wait a few hours to get an answer if you were watching self defense videos. And that’s only if you’re able to find an instructor who answers questions. A lot of times you would have to look on forums for the answer because many instructors would just ignore your question. Because of the anonymous nature of internet forums you are also risking getting incorrect information from someone. This obviously is not a problem if you can train with the instructor face to face.

Cost is another big factor to be aware of when choosing between self defense training and self defense videos. Self defense training can be very expensive if you want to learn from a good instructor. Many instructors charge up to $1000 per day if they are a top level instructor. However, if you wanted to receive self defense videos from that same instructor, you could get them for much less. So you must also consider the cost benefit of self defense videos.

And of course there is the replay factor of self defense videos. To make sure you learn the moves completely, with videos you are able to slow them down and watch them over and over. If you need to watch a move several times in order to master it this is very beneficial. This can be done in person as well, but since it could potentially slow down the class it might upset other students if they learn faster than you.

All in all, self defense videos can be just as good as one on one self defense training. Just make sure the instructor is good, and only pick the good videos that will fit you.