Reality based training - #4

Train for reality!

Today I will show you the difference between self-defense, fighting & art (Martial arts).

Art - Beautiful!
This is 100% art itself.
It is like a text book. You learn everything, but you have to decide what to use and when to use it.
The problem with most teachers and students (not listening or not teaching) is the failure to distinguish art from reality and sparring.

This failure to distinguish makes many followers keep finding the most deadly art that will MAKE THEM superhumans.

The problem is NOT the art, it is the USER of the art. Most arts, if not all, can take care of most of the common problems in self-defense scenarios. The problem is not using the right techniques at the right time.

Or worse NOT KNOWING what is art, what is reality and what is sparring.



Fighting
Fighting is to engage in an exchange. You are NOT going to kill that guy nor out to maim him. It is just sparring. This requires different techniques and skills.

This removes 80% of the ART in martial art. This is like the 20% where few techniques are rendered in a match to gain maximum points.

Self-defense
This is from a movie - but the best vid of what Kali self defense is. Note what he says:
1. Fast
2. Take your opponent out quickly
3. Domestic violence type

What differentiates self-defense from fighting is usually the distance and time. You want to GET OUT of the situation. You want to engage fast and finish your opponent. You have an option to run or avoid fighting.

There is 1% art and 99% brutality. You either die, land yourself in jail, or come out alive with scars (mental & physical).

Reality based training for martial arts practitioners.

Reality based training - #3

When you train, you have to QUESTION what you are training.

Do not believe whatever you hear/see, and it does NOT mean that if you train in ONE art, you have to believe it is THE ONE. There is NO WRONG explanation, NO WRONG technique, ALL techniques work in SPECIFIC scenarios and positions in which they are designed to be "shown" or "acted" upon.

There is NOTHING wrong in doing drills, but KNOW what you are doing is real or not real.

Women'se self defense grappling - Self-defense???

Realistic? Hmmmm





This is what happens for real, you get your face smashed!


Simple basic training all ladies should do



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*Self defense is a subset of Martial arts*
*Reality based self defense training cannot always be real, because there may be no one left to train with!* - Me
*Train for what happens most and you will be able to handle most of what happens -- Marc "Animal" MacYoung*

Training for reality - #2

When you train, you train ALL aspects, close range, long range, distance gauging...etc.

You have to KNOW WHY you are training WHAT you are training. What is it for? Why do it? Do you do it for real?

Will you get a false sense of security when you excel at ONLY ONE ASPECT of the ENTIRE training process?

For example, training chi sao is good, but if that is all you want to excel in, thinking you can chain punch and fight at such close distance, then you will have an awful wake up call!




This is the "right" way - keeping your distance always



Once you get tooooooo comfortable in getting close, you will be taken down to the ground. Keeping your distance is important.


ALL training is good, just keep in mind that you have to ensure you train in ALL aspects of a fight and not get too caught up in only one aspect of it.


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*Self defense is a subset of Martial arts*
*Train for what happens most and you will be able to handle most of what happens -- Marc "Animal" MacYoung*

Training for reality? #1

How do you train for reality? #Part 1

Some people/instructors/masters/xxx will tell you that they have experienced fights as doormen, barmen, war, special forces.... Some may not be very truthful of their experience: See

http://www.fakeselfdefenseinstructors.com/

http://martialartslies.blogspot.com/

The rest of us, will just have to guess, because we DO NOT want to get involved in a fight anyways and HOPE that we will NEVER EVER meet anything nasty.

While some instructors want to fantasize and become mongerers of fear to show their abilities, "punish" their students and subject them to "real life" conditions.

Students feel like their lives are in jeopardy and they execute techniques amidst the adrenaline running amok and after that feel invincible that they overcame some "nasty" dude.

In reality, the "nasty" dude is just another human being (probably an accountant) who does NOT think like a bad guy and does not attack for real of hurting his friend.

In the Dojo


Reality



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*Self defense is a subset of Martial arts*
*Train for what happens most and you will be able to handle most of what happens -- Marc "Animal" MacYoung*

Boaz Aviram

Who is Boaz Aviram?

He is the author of a Krav Maga book titled

"Krav Maga - Use of the Human Body as a Weapon Philosophy and Application of Hand to Hand Fighting Training System"

Boaz Aviram's martial arts credentials:

Boaz Aviram served as the IDF’s chief instructor for Krav Maga

Karate Black Belt

He trains/researches other martial arts too.

More information about him:
http://kravmaganewyork.net/

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*Self defense is a subset of Martial arts*
*Train for what happens most and you will be able to handle most of what happens -- Marc "Animal" MacYoung*