Violence Dynamics

[Xue Sheng]

Violence Dynamics

Understanding violence can be extremely complex. As a subject, violence could be said to extend from toddlers wrestling to boxing to rape to nuclear war. Self-defense, however, fits in a narrower range. You need to study the dynamics of the violence where self-defense is appropriate—criminal violence.

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Most of the people reading this will be comfortable products of comfortable homes with significant education and socialization. This is the norm in North America, where I happen to be writing. The norm is so powerful and pervasive that it can be very easy to believe that the values of middle-class Americans are universal. They are not. There are societies and sub-societies where violence is merely an easy way to solve problems; where a beating is considered as easy and more effective than talking.

 

[oftheherd1]

Interesting reads. I think it is a little over simplified. People can be very complex.

 

[Lee Mainprize]

A few good article on this subject - http://martialartsforselfdefense.com/a-step-beyond-martial-arts/