An awesome session as ever last night! Many thanks to all who made it - great effort (as always) and a warm welcome to our two new students! TRAINING NOTES (1.07.2014): (I dont do these often enough. Shout at me if I forget next time!) [-] I dont give legal advice, but rather point you in the right direction for finding out more from the people who can, and giving my understanding and interpretation in terms of practical application as a result of my study. [-] The objective is to survive and escape - NOT to retaliate or take out our anger on the attacker. If we do, then its become a fight. [-] Breathwork, hard/difficult/awkward training, pressure testing, taking yourself out of your comfort zone, facing everyday fears and ensuring realism in training all assist with maintaining the necessary determination, confidence and self-control to avoid the dangers of blind panic and adrenalised rage. [-] Theres a big difference between controlled, focussed aggression and unfocussed anger. [-] The severity of the situation must be accurately assessed in order to avoid using too much or too little force to safely escape. [-] Dont forget that when people grab you, its not the grab as such youre generally worrying about but the strike (armed or not) with the other hand. (Or the ragging you around and throwing you down to the floor.) If it takes a long time to work a method of getting out of that situation, its not going to work well against a committed attack. Striking works well against such things. Find an opportunity and strike to escape. [-] Once youve done what you need to do, youve done it! Dont hang around! Make your escape and capitalise on it - FAST! Run off! Get somewhere safer. Youre not there to spar with the guy and exchange blows. You dont want to be there at all. The book I mentioned (and highly recommend) is Understanding Reasonable Force by Mark Dawes, and you can see it on our recommended reading list at evolutionaryselfprotection/recommended-reading/ Dawes, Mark. Understanding Reasonable Force. NFPS. 2006. ISBN 1-84667-012-8. Hope you all have a great weekend and Ill see some of you next time, and some the time after! Details of the class at evolutionaryselfprotection/public_training/
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 12:13:24 +0000
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