loki09789
Senior Master
The man makes the art through commitment and training with a clear purpose. MA is a good empty hand art, if you understand and train Translation constantly. Know what you are preparing yourself for and get good at the skills that you need, simple enough.
There are things that you learn through training and things that you bring to your training like your will, character, toughness... Unfortunately, most of what I see - myself included sometimes - is a focus on the technical aspects over the situational aspects of a real down and dirty fight for your life.
Situational training or training exercise models similar to LEO/Military training I think is still the best way to prepare people for 'real' situations. Training technique on the floor in work out clothes with multiple repetitions or controlled power random striking is good for aspects of fight-ability, but it is not enough. When you have people role playing a mugger/rapist/attacker who will not quit and swears and grabs and does all those things that a real attacker will do (as closely as possible without sacrificing safety entirely) is the only way to help students tap into their internal strengths, or recognize the weaknesses that they have to overcome?
If a student has to go through a complete situation from zero to writing out a police report they are applying a complete package of physical/mental skills that cannot be 'trained' as much as experienced and then reviewed like a post game report or mililtary After Action Report.
Paul Martin
There are things that you learn through training and things that you bring to your training like your will, character, toughness... Unfortunately, most of what I see - myself included sometimes - is a focus on the technical aspects over the situational aspects of a real down and dirty fight for your life.
Situational training or training exercise models similar to LEO/Military training I think is still the best way to prepare people for 'real' situations. Training technique on the floor in work out clothes with multiple repetitions or controlled power random striking is good for aspects of fight-ability, but it is not enough. When you have people role playing a mugger/rapist/attacker who will not quit and swears and grabs and does all those things that a real attacker will do (as closely as possible without sacrificing safety entirely) is the only way to help students tap into their internal strengths, or recognize the weaknesses that they have to overcome?
If a student has to go through a complete situation from zero to writing out a police report they are applying a complete package of physical/mental skills that cannot be 'trained' as much as experienced and then reviewed like a post game report or mililtary After Action Report.
Paul Martin