CanadaWrestle
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Hey everyone, I have a very specific question, and before everyone piles on me for "another one of these topics!??" I have a very specific set of circumstances and have been mulling questions around and wanted to see what people say.
First off, I am a Psych Nurse, so I deal with the actively psychotic every single day of my life, (I do LOVE my job btw).
Although most people in the world are very nice and peace loving (yes, even when they are psychotic, most people do not become violent), on the odd occasion, they do get agitated and aggressive. As one of the only males on the unit, I am often called to 'de escalate" these people first (security staff will usually scare the patient and make them become physically responsive). Now, since I am usually the one talking to people in crisis like this, I am most likely to be attacked first. This is one of the reasons why I need some sort of self defence.
NOW- the problem I have is that if I
a) Punch them in the face while they are aggressive with me, I will definitely lose my job (therefore striking is not a good option, don't want to develop those 'reflexes').
b) Throw them on the ground so hard that I cause physical damage, ie. broken collar bone, or arm. Again, I will lose my job.
Another aspect of my job is that sometimes with the help of the security staff we need to restrain a patient, or hold them down to receive injections.
So, I am kind of feeling that BJJ would be my best martial art to learn, it has fairly basic take downs that are not over the top powerful (like Judo), and does not have any striking so, I won't accidentally throw a punch when engaged.
What do you all think? Am I wrong, and Judo may be better? I need to be able to put someone on the ground safely, without causing damage, and being able to control them well the ground. I realize that a lot of Judo schools do 50/50 take downs and ground work, rather than 99% ground work like BJJ. I just don't want to take BJJ and be left with my only option to be to pull guard against someone who is actively psychotic.
First off, I am a Psych Nurse, so I deal with the actively psychotic every single day of my life, (I do LOVE my job btw).
Although most people in the world are very nice and peace loving (yes, even when they are psychotic, most people do not become violent), on the odd occasion, they do get agitated and aggressive. As one of the only males on the unit, I am often called to 'de escalate" these people first (security staff will usually scare the patient and make them become physically responsive). Now, since I am usually the one talking to people in crisis like this, I am most likely to be attacked first. This is one of the reasons why I need some sort of self defence.
NOW- the problem I have is that if I
a) Punch them in the face while they are aggressive with me, I will definitely lose my job (therefore striking is not a good option, don't want to develop those 'reflexes').
b) Throw them on the ground so hard that I cause physical damage, ie. broken collar bone, or arm. Again, I will lose my job.
Another aspect of my job is that sometimes with the help of the security staff we need to restrain a patient, or hold them down to receive injections.
So, I am kind of feeling that BJJ would be my best martial art to learn, it has fairly basic take downs that are not over the top powerful (like Judo), and does not have any striking so, I won't accidentally throw a punch when engaged.
What do you all think? Am I wrong, and Judo may be better? I need to be able to put someone on the ground safely, without causing damage, and being able to control them well the ground. I realize that a lot of Judo schools do 50/50 take downs and ground work, rather than 99% ground work like BJJ. I just don't want to take BJJ and be left with my only option to be to pull guard against someone who is actively psychotic.
