Self defense doesn't always mean hurting someone that's trying to hurt you. Often, the best defense is avoiding dangerous situations and diffusing violence before it becomes focused on you. But when physicality becomes unavoidable, self defense training helps you to end it with a minimum of hospital visits.
Different schools of thought, from martial arts to military-style close combat to street fighting, treat self defense training in very different ways. Some rely on physical strength and speed, some on anatomical understanding and applied science, and others on inner strength and force of will. That said, there are a few qualities that separate a true self defense training system from a sport or a physical fitness regime.
Awareness - Any attempt to secure yourself from danger starts with being aware of where the danger comes from and what threats it's likely to bring with it.
Avoidance - Knowing what the threats are, simply not being there is the best possible way of defending yourself.
Attitude - But if the danger finds you anyway, you have to be able to face it without letting fear or empathy paralyze you.
Ability - Without actual ability to perform the techniques you've learned, all that attitude won't do squat.
Adaptability - Even Sun Tzu said it -- "The best battle plan does not survive first contact with the enemy." You must be able to adapt to changing circumstances, varying threats, and unforseen complications, period.
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