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They, on the other hand, think that because they are blocking my attacks or getting through with a technique that they could actually defend against my attacks and hurt me if I were a real attacker. I am a power blocker who was taught that blocks should be performed as if they were attacks, so sometimes I block their attacks with power or use power attacks to let them know that I have been allowing them to be ineffective and that they are not as good as they believe they are. The same holds true for me when I spar bigger and better fighters; they sometimes let me know they are just playing with me as a cat plays with a mouse before the kill.

Taekwondo training involves learning and perfecting Taekwondo techniques but it also involves strength building, and mind and body hardening. It does not matter how perfectly you perform a punch or kick, if it does not hurt the attacker, the attacker will keep attacking. The only thing that impresses a bad guy is pain—preferably his or her pain. You cannot inflect pain if your strength is weak, your body is not hard, and are you are not mentally capable of inflecting pain or injury. Likewise, you cannot deal with your own pain if your strength is weak, your body is not hard, are you are not mentally capable of dealing with your pain or injury.

If you spar, even in no-contact sparring, you have probably been “clipped” by punch or kick, and maybe even with relatively hard contact. You know that it was painful, and in the case of hard contact, maybe it even stunned you for a moment. Think how the contact would have felt had the opponent been a hardened, powerful guy that was very angry and intent on seriously injuring or even killing you. That one punch or kick would probably have injured you, maybe stunned you, or even knocked you unconscious. During that moment, you would have been helpless and the attacker would finish the job by beating you senseless or even to death.

When you are facing someone who is taller, bigger, stronger, or meaner than you are, you will not be able to defend yourself effectively unless you have:

• a strong, hardened body;

• effective defenses;

• powerful punches and kicks that hit hard;

• the ability to absorb blows, shake off pain, and fight while injured; and

• the mental hardness it takes for you to inflect pain.

So be you a child, teenager, woman, or a man, if you are not tougher than your opponent is, you will probably not be able to defend yourself effectively. The best you can hope for is that you can do something that will allow you to escape before you are incapacitated.

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