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I agreed with your post and it resonated with me, as having trained in martial arts myself, there is a lot of myths involved about fighting and defending.

The most important self defence to learn is one with a good instructor which may be hard for novice to find out initially, no matter what you learn it is your instructor that will either train you well or give you false illusions of grandeur.

The other issue you need to consider, is what kind of situations are you placing yourself in where you need to defend yourself in the first place.

Another issue, is that regardless of how well you are trained, it is always best practice to walk away at first if possible. Fighting or rather self defence should always be a last resort or measure in responding to a threat.