One of the other threads started out about a fight and something that happened in it with the starter wanting to know the Japanese name. Well, it turned onto a path of people talking about the incident, the beer involved and the legal problems afterwards. I kind of got to thinking and thought I would continue the discussion on a slightly different path here.
In the Takamatsu-den we have a stance called "hoko no kamae." For those of you not familiar with the term, imagine the classic Iraqi salute with the arms in the air, slightly curved inwards. There are other varients taught me by my Japanese teachers. One of them can be said to be lowering the arms a bit to a kind of "keep back" stance.
I have used this stance in training for a beggining stance before the blows start. If anyone looks at me just prior to the fight, the will see a guy with body language saying that he does not want a fight. If the police ask them, they will possibly remember this. I practice saying, "I don't want any trouble! Leave me alone! I don't want any of this macho (censored.)"
If anyone hears that, they may remember it if asked. According to Marc MacYoung, he has found the comment about macho stuff to be picked up on a lot by females.
If there is trouble, I do not want it to appear I started it. Maybe taking that stance will get the other guy to back off. And if it does come to blows, I can be pretty sure the blow will be coming straight for me rather than from the outside. But after the fight has stopped, I hope that people remember that when they heard the yelling just before the fight started I was the guy backing away with my hands in a "stay away" stance. It may save me from being booked into the jail for the night and an expensive legal situation later.
Comments anyone? I would like to hear more about dealing with the police after a situation. But if Bujinkan students just take what I wrote about hoko no kamae and apply it in a realistic way in their training, I may have done my good deed for the day.
In the Takamatsu-den we have a stance called "hoko no kamae." For those of you not familiar with the term, imagine the classic Iraqi salute with the arms in the air, slightly curved inwards. There are other varients taught me by my Japanese teachers. One of them can be said to be lowering the arms a bit to a kind of "keep back" stance.
I have used this stance in training for a beggining stance before the blows start. If anyone looks at me just prior to the fight, the will see a guy with body language saying that he does not want a fight. If the police ask them, they will possibly remember this. I practice saying, "I don't want any trouble! Leave me alone! I don't want any of this macho (censored.)"
If anyone hears that, they may remember it if asked. According to Marc MacYoung, he has found the comment about macho stuff to be picked up on a lot by females.
If there is trouble, I do not want it to appear I started it. Maybe taking that stance will get the other guy to back off. And if it does come to blows, I can be pretty sure the blow will be coming straight for me rather than from the outside. But after the fight has stopped, I hope that people remember that when they heard the yelling just before the fight started I was the guy backing away with my hands in a "stay away" stance. It may save me from being booked into the jail for the night and an expensive legal situation later.
Comments anyone? I would like to hear more about dealing with the police after a situation. But if Bujinkan students just take what I wrote about hoko no kamae and apply it in a realistic way in their training, I may have done my good deed for the day.