So I was watching UFC 94 tonight and I was thinking about something that always drives me crazy in movies.
The bad guy and the good guy are fighting, and the bad guy manages to stun the good guy temporarily. Then, the good guy turns to flee, giving the villian a chance to recover, and catch up to him and continue his assault.
This is one good thing, amongst many, that I think we can learn from MMA and relate to self defense. When one competitor gets the other in a disadvantageous position, he doesn't stop and adjust and mix up his techniques. He just pours it on.
I can think of scene after scene in movies where the girl manages to stab her rapist, but then crawls away instead of stabbing him ten more times and finishing him off. Right off the top of my head, in Kalifornia, Duchovny's character hits Brad Pitt in the face with a shovel, but instead of decapitating the now unconscious monster who has rampaged across the country, he leaves him there on the floor and runs away. Shocker, Pitt returns to further his aggression.
Yet in the fights tonight, when one fighter stunned the other, he just kept rocking him with the same technique. It might not be the best technique, but if it's stunning him, then keep it up!
Don't relent, don't mix things up. If your opponent is being overwhelmed by your assault, then overwhelm him! We aren't playing for style points here, this is life or death. Once you've seized the advantage, press and never allow him a moment to breathe.
Don't stop till you get enough.
-Rob
The bad guy and the good guy are fighting, and the bad guy manages to stun the good guy temporarily. Then, the good guy turns to flee, giving the villian a chance to recover, and catch up to him and continue his assault.
This is one good thing, amongst many, that I think we can learn from MMA and relate to self defense. When one competitor gets the other in a disadvantageous position, he doesn't stop and adjust and mix up his techniques. He just pours it on.
I can think of scene after scene in movies where the girl manages to stab her rapist, but then crawls away instead of stabbing him ten more times and finishing him off. Right off the top of my head, in Kalifornia, Duchovny's character hits Brad Pitt in the face with a shovel, but instead of decapitating the now unconscious monster who has rampaged across the country, he leaves him there on the floor and runs away. Shocker, Pitt returns to further his aggression.
Yet in the fights tonight, when one fighter stunned the other, he just kept rocking him with the same technique. It might not be the best technique, but if it's stunning him, then keep it up!
Don't relent, don't mix things up. If your opponent is being overwhelmed by your assault, then overwhelm him! We aren't playing for style points here, this is life or death. Once you've seized the advantage, press and never allow him a moment to breathe.
Don't stop till you get enough.
-Rob