Consider a self defense situation to be a pressure, and then consider what will work, under pressure.
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Consider a self defense situation to be a pressure, and then consider what will work, under pressure.
Training or not, I think it is better to have a plan, and when you start breaking down what you train into percentages, the opposite side deserves no more than twenty percent, Board breaking, about two percent, add in some cardio, and the discovering of new material, and you get left with a number that represents you, and your game. Let us hope it is a large percentage.In other words you end up falling back on your training.
In other words you end up falling back on your training.
That could be viewed as one of the differences between training for a sport and training for self defense.
While being ambidextrous is not an absolute necessity, it is certainly preferable, as much as possible.
Every teacher I have trained under and every seminar I have ever attended in TKD has asked me to do drills with both left leg and right leg.
Nice thing to say and I here it a lot. But what does it actually mean and where is the proof to the extent it happens.
Otherwise it is just a catch all comment.
Use the right tools for the right job.Everyday life proves it. You don't "rise" to the occasion under pressure you revert to what you know, what you trust and what you have trained. You don't spontaneously just drive with the skill of a stunt car driver. You drive to your level of training and skill. You don't just run a marathon...you have train for it.
MA is no different if you don't train it..you won't be able to effectively use it. And I find it wise to have as many tools in the "toolbox" as possible.
Use the right tools for the right job.
Um... Ok fill your box with as many tools as you can find, but wear what you will use on your tool belt.Just don't short change yourself by thinking that a tool is "not useful". You can never predict what you might really need.
I've only been to a couple seminars. The Bill Wallace seminar was 100% using the preferred leg, but of course that's his style.
Bill Wallace is a Karate guy. .
Bill Wallace is a Karate guy. I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I'm saying that TKD promotes practice from both stances. Karate might be different. I've never spent any time in a Karate dojo.
Wallace also doesn't have a choice. He can only kick with the one leg due to an old injury. So not really a fair comparison.
Bill Wallace original background is "Karate". But to say he is a "Karate guy" (Whatever than means) is a gross mischaracterization.
Back in the day when police carried revolvers they were trained on the range to dump the brass in their hand and then put it in their pocket because it made clean up easier. They had to stop teaching that when they were finding dead cops that were taking the time in shootouts to dump the brass in their hands to put in their pockets. Taking more time then just drop it and reload and keep shooting. In Stress they reverted back to their training and it was poor training and got them killed.Nice thing to say and I here it a lot. But what does it actually mean and where is the proof to the extent it happens.
Otherwise it is just a catch all comment.
True, but no one was saying it was.The leg is not applicable to the left brain, right brain dominance of the human mind. Practice makes perfect .