Inhabitions

In martial arts one shall find inhibitionds a detriment to applying their craft in a defense or combative situation. A person's inhibitions will hurt them far faster than anything. Being self-conscious results in the inability to act and to further exacerbate the situation it also removes the ability to remain more relaxed and to move in a natural way. It can be either a voluntary or involuntary restraint one puts on themselves and can hinder a more direct expression or action of our instincts regarding survival. 

Overcoming inhibitions should be an integral part of training, practice and the application of all aspects of defense. This means you have to remain aware of and within the boundaries of the rules, i.e. the legal and medical ramifications of using martial arts. It speaks toward the importance of the entire spectrum that includes avoidance and deescalation before the physical implementation of martial arts or any other physical method of defense.