"if you are defending yourself on the street, you'd be an idiot to restrict yourself from striking if the situation is truly dangerous" Not necessarily. If yo

"if you are defending yourself on the street, you'd be an idiot to restrict yourself from striking if the situation is truly dangerous" Not necessarily. If you're a 100 pound woman being attacked by a 180 pound man, there's really very little point in striking if you aren't able to kick or knee genitals. And before it comes up, BJJ and judo techniques, even without striking, work pretty well on street combat situations, at least in buying you time to get away from the danger.