In my professional career I deal with specifications. There are two kinds for me, business and technical. Business specifications as in business analysis of that businesses objectives, what is the purpose of that business and how do they go about doing business. Then there is business requirement such as increasing market share or more detailed user requirements, etc.
The technical requirements part deals with software development. I work in IT and with developers creating software solutions for business requirements. These include both functional and non-fucntional. You get my drift here, requirements are the essence to a business and development process/business.
If I were to venture into the business/technical analysis of the self-defense from martial arts industry I might find some interesting things. I wonder sometimes whether that industry has any real requirements that are the governing factor in this potentially dangerous and unregulated industry to the possible detriment to the customers.
Lets take a look at the instructor. Do they have to meet any standards to practice their craft? Do they meet any governing requirements to make sure the produce educated and proficient practitioners? There are a plethora of other questions that could be asked to determine if one is sufficiently educated and trained to actually provide self-defense instruction.
Take a read of the many books on violence and self-defense, the ones that actually address all the issues involved, and then ask - Does this instructor meet the level of requirements in education and proficiency to teach me all I need to know to defend myself properly and within the legal specifications.
Requirements, there should be federal, state and local mandates to govern this industry simply because of the ramifications when someone who is "trained" applies that training in a "self-defense/fighting" situation.
What would I say are the requirements to open a business of self-defense training? A most difficult task. First and foremost I would require a specific amount of classroom instruction from professionals on the topics you would find in all the following books:
Bibliography:
In this particular book there would be a requirement of seperate classroom instruction of greater duration and requirement as to the legal aspects of self-defense, both criminal and civil, as well as a complete training syllabus on the "Prerequisites section" along with full training syllabus on other sections that really have great effect on the life of the person applying self-defense, etc.
Miller, Rory. "Force Decisions: A Citizen's Guide." YMAA Publications. NH. 2012.
Miller, Rory Sgt. "Meditations of Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence" YMAA Publishing. 2008.
Miller, Rory Sgt. "Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected." YMAA Publishing. 2011.
Bolton, Robert, Ph.D. "People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts." Simon & Schuster. New York. 1979, 1986.
Elgin, Suzette Haden, Ph.D. "More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense." Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 1983.
Elgin, Suzette. "The Gentle Art of Self-Defense at Work." New York. Prentice Hall Press. 2000.
Elgin, Suzette. "The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense" Barnes & Noble. 1993.
Elgin, Suzette. "The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense" MJF Books. 1997
Elgin, Suzette. "The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense" Barnes & Noble. 1995
Elgin, Suzette. "Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense." MJF Books. 1990.
Navarro, Joe. "What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People." Collins. New York. 2008.
Grossman, Dave LtCol. "On Killing: The Physiological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. Back Bay Books. New York. 2009.
Grossman, Dave Lt.Col. Christensen, Loren. "On Combat: The Physiology and Physiology of Deadly Colnflct in War and Peace." Warrior Science Publications. 2008.
DeMente, Boye LaFayette. "The Origins of Human Violence: Male Dominance, Ignorance, Religions and Willful Stupidity!" Phoenix Books. Kentucky. 2010.
Kane, Lawrence A. "Martial Arts Instruction: Applying Educational Theory and Communication Techniques in the Dojo." YMAA. New York. 2004.
Newberg, Andrew MD and Waldman, Mark Robert. "Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth." Free Press. New York. 2006
Many of these subjects would require at a minimum of a full semester of classroom and lab work, i.e. lab work being in a training hall to gain as many as forty hours of instruction and experience, etc. I am sure that those professionals named in the bibliographies could add a considerable amount to this requirements and specifications training and education.
Often the only prerequisites and requirements one needs today to teach self-defense is a black belt from some martial arts training facility.
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