Yes-n-No. Yes, any martial art can be taught and utilized in self defense. No, if the instruction does not delineate between fighting/violence and self-defense/protection. I say this from an American perspective and more so due to the legal requirements of the State of California.
I read the Chiron blog about self analysis where a commenter stated a model referred to as "90-9-1." I have not researched this yet so only assume the sources are accurate, i.e. I know the parties and in all likelihood the stats are close or accurate, etc. If this is true then I suspect that what I am saying will mean nothing as 90% of us will never, ever, have to deal with self defense vs. violence/fighting.
Today, I "see" American Martial Arts, proposing a 90% of, as "a sport" and NOT self defense/protection applicable. It also comes up that most who are sport oriented tend to believe that it will be there in a violent situation. All research to date indicates that this is not true except in a very, very narrow aspect which I refer to as a "school yard scuffle." I think others refer to it as a monkey dance but not sure.
Does this mean sport martial arts cannot be also self defense? Nope, as long as it is differentiated and the intent of practice and training are distinct and diligently done in a proper manner, format, etc. It is very hard yet it can be done. I believe there are, proposing a 9% of, those martial arts dojo/instructors who have that capability and instruct/teach it well. There are also a part of that group that are professionals, i.e. actually live, breathe, and work in violent jobs, environments, etc. and they can practice and instruct, mostly, in this arena as well. Then again this is just my opinion and view and perspective ;-)
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