Some thoughts on self defence

Off topic slightly with this one - but thought I'd throw some stuff out there.
Went to jitsu on Saturday, some good, some bad - there was a lot of groundfighting on the menu, most of which I can't train due to my knees. Now the class will be doing lots of groundfighting on the grounds that 'most fights end on the ground'.
This is not a public pop at Sensei - but it got me thinking, about paradigms and such...you know the sort of thing that generally fills young ladies heads these days...

I'm not entirely convinced all fights end on the ground, but that's not so much the question I think I wanted to consider. I think it was more are all self defence situations 'fights'? What is a 'fight' - does it encompass an attempted mugging or assault? I'm not sure. And do these situations count for the above statement?

That's all fairly academic stuff in the end - though it does have a bearing on how one trains.

However, my other thoughts - I cannot train in a way that will allow me to be proficient in groundfighting without most likely crippling myself on the way. Does this therefore mean I am to walk the world defenceless?

I don't believe so. I would like to think that it is possible to train other skills that would give me a better chance than I would otherwise have, bearing in mind the most likely self defence scenarios I might have to face. I also don't see that it is either insulting to me or any of the martial arts I train to accept that there may be situations that I might not be able to get myself out of with my skills and try to avoid these where able.

It'll be back to rambling about fitness soon - but if anyone fancies adding some thoughts feel free...

Ooohh presents

I got a big box today - it had protein shake in it - a training gift from afar, and a bottle to make it in, with a dinky little wire ball to shake it with.
I was going to do some weights this evening so I thought I'd try some out, there was no milk in the house so it was water with the vanilla flavour - it's not horrible, but not actually nice either, maybe milk is better (I like the stawberry one I had anyway).
So weights - three sets of the dozens done. I'm going to go for four sets next week and then think about upping the weight. All in all very much like last time, but completed all three sets of weighted lunges, which I was very pleased with - it means my core and my legs are getting stronger, which is what I need to hold my bodge-job of a pair of knees together. Also I realised that when I had been putting my leg up on the bed to do my latius-dorsi exercise I hadn't paid any attention to careful placement of my leg and weight to protect my knee, so it must be feeling stronger.

Today also included a 40 minute cycle ride, so I think I've done ok.

Week one day one: Running

One of the other things you need to know about me is that my joints are rubbish - they hyperextend and dislocate if their my knees and are generally not very well constructed. I also have very flat feet. This combination has led to me running looking like Jack Sparrow on a really really special day - it's not very efficient and a bit hurty. But with the cycling and swimming and wearing insoles in my shoes on a regular basis I've been convincing my legs to go in a sensible plane - the forward and back one! So I thought lets give it a little go. I've a new training book, which has a running program for people who have never run, well that's me. So up I got this morning and did
Run 1 min
Walk 3 mins
x4
(I told you this was a beginners program)
It was fine, got home did my morning 'make me big and strong' sets:
15 tricep dips
15 crunches
10 leg raises
10 girly press ups
5 real press ups (hoping to slowly replace each girly with a real as the weeks go by)

Hmmm, after all that I still have another 45 mins before I need to leave the house.
Time for a cup of tea!