If you see it coming, then yes, you want to move in. In this instance with the baseball bat (same would apply with a stick, pool cue, 2x4 - even a good ol' hay maker punch), moving in towards the attacker puts the pain end of the attack behind your head and allows you to counter attack. Your brain and your natural flinch response will tell your body to do otherwise, so you have to train for this response.baldeagle wrote:A question for the self-defense gurus. My gut tells me that the way to address this sort of attack is to close the distance with the attacker in order to reduce the power of his blow. Is that right? (I'm talking about if someone is unarmed.)
We do drills in all of our classes to help people understand this and to make it a reflex.