Personal defense is a mastery of combat techniques to deal with physical aggression. We also talk about close combat (close combat) or street fighting. The term "self-defense" has etymologically the same meaning, rather it refers to an armed defense.

personal defense is primarily the management of fear during an assault [ref. Necessary].

Teaching the defense of professional well-being on martial arts or combat sports with a difference in size: martial arts, pay close attention to respect the opponent, sometimes even named "partner"; In personal defense, the goal is to stop the attack before being mastered, welcome or even killed, as quickly as possible. Please rigorous compliance with safety rules during teaching and training, with the use of dummy weapons and protective wearing, the actual application is done without any respect from the attacker, Respect not his victim. The French reply must be proportionate to the attack, and one can only be considered in self-defense if one is attacked first.

Personal defense aims to make the best use of the environment and the use of objects that come to our attention: belt, chair, bottle, ashtray ...