Rory Miller once again speaks volumes in a subject few have any true knowledge of and especially lacking in experience. This includes most of the martial artists who profess to teach self-defense. I just wish I had been on the receiving end of his knowledge and experience at the beginning of my life as a martial artist and not the winter years (regardless of my winter years I do feel of use still in my practice and preaching).
Use vs. Need: Mr. Miller, in another complete context, speaks to the use and need of the student. Most martial artists will not need what the practice and often than not, never "use it" either in real life violent encounters. I feel this may affect the quality of the teachings because it may mean a "sense" of what a practitioner needs and will use is left to the glorification of the media toward "selling" instruction on self-defense. Another whole topic of separating the economics from the use and needs of a person.
There are so many variables in every single aspect of this thing we loosely call self-defense that I am becoming more aware of what it truly takes to achieve success in being smart enough, stubborn enough and to take all that is offered out there and separate the chaff from the good stuff to understand, adapt and utilize it both in instruction and in it usage in today's complex society where legal and medical ramifications are astronomical.
I can kind of feel Mr. Miller's frustrations because he understands better than most just how important this can be and discovered once again just how much more he has and wants to learn about this subject that it is impressive that he has not fallen into a false sense of expertise or mastery on this that he can find more to learn and understand from others experts in their respective fields .... read his latest post here. You will understand a bit better what I am trying to say here :-)
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