Caveat: This article is mine and mine alone. I the author of this article assure you, the reader, that any of the opinions expressed here are my own and are a result of the way in which my meandering mind interprets a particular situation and/or concept. The views expressed here are solely those of the author in his private capacity and do not in any way represent the views of other martial arts and/or conflict/violence professionals or authors of source materials. It should be quite obvious that the sources I used herein have not approved, endorsed, embraced, friended, liked, tweeted or authorized this article. (Everything I think and write is true, within the limits of my knowledge and understanding. Oh, and just because I wrote it and just because it sounds reasonable and just because it makes sense, does not mean it is true.)
Please make note that this article/post is my personal analysis of the subject and the information used was chosen or picked by me. It is not an analysis piece because it lacks complete and comprehensive research, it was not adequately and completely investigated and it is not balanced, i.e., it is my personal view without the views of others including subject experts, etc. Look at this as “Infotainment rather then expert research.” This is an opinion/editorial article/post meant to persuade the reader to think, decide and accept or reject my premise. It is an attempt to cause change or reinforce attitudes, beliefs and values as they apply to martial arts and/or self-defense. It is merely a commentary on the subject in the particular article presented.
The fallacy is the mistaken belief based on unsound reasoning that because someone feels something without a foundation of experience to draw from tend to assume that modern martial arts provides us security and safety in self-defense.
Students and Sensei practice in the modern dojo to perfect movements, these peopled are obsessed with minor details (atomistic vs. holistic, etc.) of technique which have no relevance to actual fighting. Dojo today do not show the reality of combat. They make technique seem much more complicated than it is, especially application (in the application of fighting and/or self-defense) wise. One’s techniques can “Look Good” and “Effective” in the dojo but when it is real and one is facing an adversary and actually facing grave bodily harm and even death, their skill at these techniques might not help them at all. This is because their practice in the dojo is not realistic or faithful to how actual attacks occur. When one is facing a real adversary trying to kill them they may freeze, choke or hesitate from the adrenal flood which is “Absent in the Dojo.”
Modern dojo and sensei will argue what appears and feels to be correct but lacks any connection to reality, reality based conditioning training and/or reality based experience. It stems from a belief system based on teachings that lack such experience based understandings toward conflict and violence that is often incorrect, illogical and misleading.
Such things are tied directly to a person’s self-esteem making it a part of their belief system whereby changes are instinctively most difficult to recognize, see and allow for change. Such logical fallacies are like illusions of thought, and they are very often sneakily used to perpetuate ongoing training materials that tend to get passed down to each successive generation of martial artists.
The goal of fundamental principles of martial systems, in particular the philosophical principles, is to present those without the reality based experience and/or training to see the mistakes so corrections become a part of the belief system making such corrections possible in lieu of impossible. A solid philosophy allows the other principle of “Theory” to realize fallacies true face to be detectable thus changing it to a reality based on proper training, practice and experience.
Theory and Philosophy, a more esoteric set of principles, allows the individual to see, observe and test things that normally are nor present in their lives as would be for professionals like police, military and corrections officers and so on. They allow the mind and body to see past the gossamer veils that cover truth and create fallacies that block clarity.
It does not take much, once this level of perception and awareness are created, developed and/or increased, to achieve a reality based conditioning program that trains and teaches us to actually take the dojo practices into the realm of combat, fighting and self-defense as it relates to adrenal stress simulations and conditioning where adrenal effects have a chance to train our minds and bodies to handle and use such chemical dumps in lieu of them using us, especially to use us toward passing the boundaries that make a self-defense square.
It should be stressed, “Styles for practicing are created by people often with no real experience or limited experience in actual combat, fighting and self-defense.” Most, if not all, styles have drifted away from the reality of combat, fighting and self-defense and its ultimate simplicity, its ultimate end, which is to defeat the adversary.
You do not have to practice a lot of different techniques. You don’t need many techniques such as styles might teach when you are in a real combat, fighting or self-defense situation. You must have a sincere spirit, a willingness to engage an adversary and end the situation as fast as possible.
The true dojo must walk away from a dogmatic/strict adherence to a style and look to the more pragmatic realistic way to combat, fight and defend against a predatory attacker. Practice those few techniques actually necessary in an attack scenario, i.e., combative, fighting or self-defense, that will work without regard to either fancy or complexities or quantity. Make it about quality, realistic adrenal conditioning will work quality necessary to end the combat, end the fight and end the self-defense situation.
No comments:
Post a Comment