After some thinking, and information sorting in my head, i made up some conclusions about self defense principles. I wroted it and decided to share with this community.
Probably i am wrong, but i am just a begginer in martial arts, so as in many other stuff, so forgive me. Do not take this text as unbeatable claims, it's just my thoughts, even if i wroted it in the style it looks like a bunch of facts.
Also, i hope to hear where am i wrong..
Here it is..
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Well, my opinnion is for the street, its all (almost all) about psyhology. More exactly, its how we control our body and mind in high stress situations.
You have the fighters which always win in street fights, but no enemy on the mat, so as reversed.
This is simply in high stress situations (and real self defense situation is hs situation) our subconscious takes control over us. We dont use moves wed like to, or which we think is the best we use the move which our subconscious calls from our muscle memory.
We build muscle memory by repeating a moves slowly, and repeating it many times and in different situations. When we do that, we are creating an neural engram, which is actually the picture of move we are learning.
The more times we repeated the move, the stronger neural engram will be. And that means, it will move up in the hyerarchy created of many neural engrams (moves, in this context) some of them learned, some innated. By natural, those innated engrams are on the top of the hyerarchy.
The higher neural engram is in the hyerarchy, the biggest possibility our subconscious will call move associated with that engram in high stress situations.
So, its now easy to make a conclusion, if you practice direct strike with your hand about 500 times every week, thats the thing youll be doing when somebody attacks you.
But..
Its not so simply. To call our subconscious out, body must accept situation as high stress (in body language dangerous) situation. When that happens, body pulls a trigger that calls our subconscious and let her take control. By default, its different, from person to person some persons experience high stress situations when you yellin at them, and some persons dont experience hs even when 5 enemyes attacks them.
Now, reader of this text probably asks himself: Is that mean that the figter which is not under stress is a bad fighter? , or something similar.
Yes, and no. In real defense situations, the stress must be always actually, because then our subconscious comes out, and we fighting by reflex, we dont think we are doing what we learned. If fighter is unscareable, thats bad. Then he dont fight reflexively, he fights by thinking.
This wouldnt be of big matter, if its not for this fact: Reflex is faster then thinking. Its not just big matter, its crucial.
I dont say if some guy fighting and thinking, he will be bad. Im sayin to fight and think, and be good fighter, you really must be outstanding character.
Plus, when you are under stress, your body thinks you are in danger (you are, right?). So, the body will give you incredible energy and speed to defense. When you are in normal state, no need of that extra speed and energy.
What does this all mean?
It means that this what i said, is the reason why its matter to have great tehnique. That is why its matter to repeat moves many times, and slowly, with patience.
This is why, if you are training for self defense, why its matter to training under different situations on training.
And this is why, after you throwed somebody on the mat, you must do the finish kick, and turn to next oponnent. If you do throws on training like the most people do, in the way i call throw and stare, thats exactly what youll be doing on the street. And, while you think how you should give that punk a finish kick (instead of doing it reflexly), the guy you should be turning to has just kicked you in the back..
And this is why i dislike doing forms with sinewave, because doing sinewave on the street while somebody is attacking you, could be deadly.
My oppinions about some very often questions and claims:
Which art is best for self defense?
None. And all of them. Depends how you practiced it.
Xxy art is is worthless on the street, but works in ring.
Fail. What you see in the ring is the fastest and simplyest thing you can do when attacked (kicks and strikes), and doing that moves is the fastest and the safest way.
Also, that doesnt mean that well trained Hapkido joint locks arent efficient, or that Wing Chun hand tehniques arent efficient. But, some things are simply more natural than the other. It takes much more practice and repetitions, and situations, so as trainings, to learn our subconscious moves like joint locks, then it takes to learn simply strike or kick.
Size matters.
Well, it cant be advantage. Because of just one thing. Thinking and believeing: Hes bigger, he will kill me because size matters!!.
Which move is most efficient on the street?
Theres no thing like best move for the street. You must be equipped with assortiman of well trained moves, which you can efficiently use on the street, under high stress situation.
While training, you choose the best moves, which works best for you. You create your own fighting system. If you train taekwondo, that doesnt mean you should strictly use some kicks you are unlikely to do. I train Hapkido and Taekwondo, and constantly im choosin tehniques and kicks which i think is the best. So as some Judo throws, even if i never trained it. So as Krav Maga eye gauging.
In the Judo parter, you are Judoka. In the boxing ring, you are boxer. In the karate dojang, you are karateka. On the street, you are fighter. Remember it.
What to say in the end..hope this will help somebody to understand the principles of self defense. You can pull a lot of conclusions from my text, which i didnt mentioned.
Probably i am wrong, but i am just a begginer in martial arts, so as in many other stuff, so forgive me. Do not take this text as unbeatable claims, it's just my thoughts, even if i wroted it in the style it looks like a bunch of facts.
Also, i hope to hear where am i wrong..
Here it is..
================================
Well, my opinnion is for the street, its all (almost all) about psyhology. More exactly, its how we control our body and mind in high stress situations.
You have the fighters which always win in street fights, but no enemy on the mat, so as reversed.
This is simply in high stress situations (and real self defense situation is hs situation) our subconscious takes control over us. We dont use moves wed like to, or which we think is the best we use the move which our subconscious calls from our muscle memory.
We build muscle memory by repeating a moves slowly, and repeating it many times and in different situations. When we do that, we are creating an neural engram, which is actually the picture of move we are learning.
The more times we repeated the move, the stronger neural engram will be. And that means, it will move up in the hyerarchy created of many neural engrams (moves, in this context) some of them learned, some innated. By natural, those innated engrams are on the top of the hyerarchy.
The higher neural engram is in the hyerarchy, the biggest possibility our subconscious will call move associated with that engram in high stress situations.
So, its now easy to make a conclusion, if you practice direct strike with your hand about 500 times every week, thats the thing youll be doing when somebody attacks you.
But..
Its not so simply. To call our subconscious out, body must accept situation as high stress (in body language dangerous) situation. When that happens, body pulls a trigger that calls our subconscious and let her take control. By default, its different, from person to person some persons experience high stress situations when you yellin at them, and some persons dont experience hs even when 5 enemyes attacks them.
Now, reader of this text probably asks himself: Is that mean that the figter which is not under stress is a bad fighter? , or something similar.
Yes, and no. In real defense situations, the stress must be always actually, because then our subconscious comes out, and we fighting by reflex, we dont think we are doing what we learned. If fighter is unscareable, thats bad. Then he dont fight reflexively, he fights by thinking.
This wouldnt be of big matter, if its not for this fact: Reflex is faster then thinking. Its not just big matter, its crucial.
I dont say if some guy fighting and thinking, he will be bad. Im sayin to fight and think, and be good fighter, you really must be outstanding character.
Plus, when you are under stress, your body thinks you are in danger (you are, right?). So, the body will give you incredible energy and speed to defense. When you are in normal state, no need of that extra speed and energy.
What does this all mean?
It means that this what i said, is the reason why its matter to have great tehnique. That is why its matter to repeat moves many times, and slowly, with patience.
This is why, if you are training for self defense, why its matter to training under different situations on training.
And this is why, after you throwed somebody on the mat, you must do the finish kick, and turn to next oponnent. If you do throws on training like the most people do, in the way i call throw and stare, thats exactly what youll be doing on the street. And, while you think how you should give that punk a finish kick (instead of doing it reflexly), the guy you should be turning to has just kicked you in the back..
And this is why i dislike doing forms with sinewave, because doing sinewave on the street while somebody is attacking you, could be deadly.
My oppinions about some very often questions and claims:
Which art is best for self defense?
None. And all of them. Depends how you practiced it.
Xxy art is is worthless on the street, but works in ring.
Fail. What you see in the ring is the fastest and simplyest thing you can do when attacked (kicks and strikes), and doing that moves is the fastest and the safest way.
Also, that doesnt mean that well trained Hapkido joint locks arent efficient, or that Wing Chun hand tehniques arent efficient. But, some things are simply more natural than the other. It takes much more practice and repetitions, and situations, so as trainings, to learn our subconscious moves like joint locks, then it takes to learn simply strike or kick.
Size matters.
Well, it cant be advantage. Because of just one thing. Thinking and believeing: Hes bigger, he will kill me because size matters!!.
Which move is most efficient on the street?
Theres no thing like best move for the street. You must be equipped with assortiman of well trained moves, which you can efficiently use on the street, under high stress situation.
While training, you choose the best moves, which works best for you. You create your own fighting system. If you train taekwondo, that doesnt mean you should strictly use some kicks you are unlikely to do. I train Hapkido and Taekwondo, and constantly im choosin tehniques and kicks which i think is the best. So as some Judo throws, even if i never trained it. So as Krav Maga eye gauging.
In the Judo parter, you are Judoka. In the boxing ring, you are boxer. In the karate dojang, you are karateka. On the street, you are fighter. Remember it.
What to say in the end..hope this will help somebody to understand the principles of self defense. You can pull a lot of conclusions from my text, which i didnt mentioned.