Simplify Self-Defense
Complex Motor Skills Make Sudden Self-Defense Options Complicated.
This is the great fallacy of martial arts.
Everything works in a demo.
The litmus test is NOT what we believe, it's what we see.
Reread #2 and search for real violence on YouTube or Google. Count how many times you see technical martial arts saving the day.
FTR: I am a lifelong martial artist. I love the arts. But I've studied violence long enough to know the difference between real violence and staged violence.
When the arts were martial and rules and honor were associated with fighting style vs style, we could observe the styles at work.
Real violence is no longer conducted in an arena, at a dueling site, or on a battlefield. There are no tea ceremonies before a Samurai duel. Commanders don’t ride up to one another and offer terms for surrender.
Today, more than at any point in our history, violence is sudden and brazen.
NEUROSCIENCE IS THE MISSING LINK IN TODAY’S TRAINING
Violence always attacked our nervous system before an actual physical blow made contact. But in the days of old, for the most part, the combatants knew when and where the fight would take place - warriors could steel their nerves.
Today violence is very different (unless you’re fighting in a combat sport).
A sudden violent attack will trigger a fear spike.
Your hands will come up to cover your head.
Both these reactions are spinal level and bypass cognition.
No one thinks: Flinch! Now!
It just happens.
Your nervous system does it non-consciously.
Three Steps To Greater Effectiveness & Confidence
Learn to convert the fear spike into metaphoric fuel to supercharge your resolve and effort.
Training your flinch response to expand and create what we've coined as our 'biological airbag' will make you safer (regardless of your training or experience).
Combine steps 1 & 2 into your counter-attack.
Fear triggers the flinch.
Converting it is the most efficient and effective use of your neurobiology.
Back to this statement:
Complex motor skills make sudden self-defense options complicated.
Here's a real-life example of what I’m explaining.
I received this question from Wayne. It's a great question. Wayne recently attended a seminar where the SME (subject matter expert) recommended deploying a complex motor skill to defend against a sudden violent attack.
Listen in carefully. I read the letter and explain the difference between complex motor skills vs. primal gross motor skills.
Neuroscience, physiology, refractory delay, and psychological fear, to name a few, all play roles in how quickly we respond to a threat.
Regardless of your level, you will get safer sooner when you make neurobiology work for you.
Clear the fear, by making it fuel
Weaponize the flinch
The SPEAR System® is genetically wired & behaviorally inspired and I want to teach it to you! Keep reading!
Coach B
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It really makes sense, no one goes into a startle stimulus, they recoil from it and weaponizing that is the only safe option. And as you say, to drill that is the best thing one can do for those scenario's.
Your idea to use spinal reflexes is the only way to survive a sudden attack. Your contribution to our safety is much respected and appreciated. One can tell you have been honest in your assessments of responses to scenarios and not just pulled techniques out of your hat. Pressure testing techniques is the only way to find out if they work. Well done Mr Blauer!
well said!