Please take a look at Articles on self-defense/conflict/violence for introductions to the references found in the bibliography page.

Please take a look at my bibliography if you do not see a proper reference to a post.

Please take a look at my Notable Quotes

Hey, Attention on Deck!

Hey, NOTHING here is PERSONAL, get over it - Teach Me and I will Learn!


When you begin to feel like you are a tough guy, a warrior, a master of the martial arts or that you have lived a tough life, just take a moment and get some perspective with the following:


I've stopped knives that were coming to disembowel me

I've clawed for my gun while bullets ripped past me

I've dodged as someone tried to put an ax in my skull

I've fought screaming steel and left rubber on the road to avoid death

I've clawed broken glass out of my body after their opening attack failed

I've spit blood and body parts and broke strangle holds before gouging eyes

I've charged into fires, fought through blizzards and run from tornados

I've survived being hunted by gangs, killers and contract killers

The streets were my home, I hunted in the night and was hunted in turn


Please don't brag to me that you're a survivor because someone hit you. And don't tell me how 'tough' you are because of your training. As much as I've been through I know people who have survived much, much worse. - Marc MacYoung

WARNING, CAVEAT AND NOTE

The postings on this blog are my interpretation of readings, studies and experiences therefore errors and omissions are mine and mine alone. The content surrounding the extracts of books, see bibliography on this blog site, are also mine and mine alone therefore errors and omissions are also mine and mine alone and therefore why I highly recommended one read, study, research and fact find the material for clarity. My effort here is self-clarity toward a fuller understanding of the subject matter. See the bibliography for information on the books. 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.


Note: I will endevor to provide a bibliography and italicize any direct quotes from the materials I use for this blog. If there are mistakes, errors, and/or omissions, I take full responsibility for them as they are mine and mine alone. If you find any mistakes, errors, and/or omissions please comment and let me know along with the correct information and/or sources.



“What you are reading right now is a blog. It’s written and posted by me, because I want to. I get no financial remuneration for writing it. I don’t have to meet anyone’s criteria in order to post it. Not only I don’t have an employer or publisher, but I’m not even constrained by having to please an audience. If people won’t like it, they won’t read it, but I won’t lose anything by it. Provided I don’t break any laws (libel, incitement to violence, etc.), I can post whatever I want. This means that I can write openly and honestly, however controversial my opinions may be. It also means that I could write total bullshit; there is no quality control. I could be biased. I could be insane. I could be trolling. … not all sources are equivalent, and all sources have their pros and cons. These needs to be taken into account when evaluating information, and all information should be evaluated. - God’s Bastard, Sourcing Sources (this applies to this and other blogs by me as well; if you follow the idea's, advice or information you are on your own, don't come crying to me, it is all on you do do the work to make sure it works for you!)



“You should prepare yourself to dedicate at least five or six years to your training and practice to understand the philosophy and physiokinetics of martial arts and karate so that you can understand the true spirit of everything and dedicate your mind, body and spirit to the discipline of the art.” - cejames (note: you are on your own, make sure you get expert hands-on guidance in all things martial and self-defense)



“All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed.” - Montaigne


I am not a leading authority on any one discipline that I write about and teach, it is my hope and wish that with all the subjects I have studied it provides me an advantage point that I offer in as clear and cohesive writings as possible in introducing the matters in my materials. I hope to serve as one who inspires direction in the practitioner so they can go on to discover greater teachers and professionals that will build on this fundamental foundation. Find the authorities and synthesize a wholehearted and holistic concept, perception and belief that will not drive your practices but rather inspire them to evolve, grow and prosper. My efforts are born of those who are more experienced and knowledgable than I. I hope you find that path! See the bibliography I provide for an initial list of experts, professionals and masters of the subjects.

Avoidance, Escape and Evasion

Blog Article/Post Caveat (Read First Please: Click the Link)

Triad of pre-physical self-protection. We could add in deescalation but that often comes about once we enter into the potentiality of the physical aspect of protection and defense. Our ultimate goal is to develop a high degree of knowledge and understanding of aggression and violence because if people cannot recognize it, don't accept that it is a part of being human and then learn how they can act to avoid it then we have missed that objective in self-protection and defense. 

In short, creating an awareness so that when we walk past our front gate and enter society we will recognize and accept the possibilities when a threat presence triggers our conditioned spidey sense. We immediately scan the area, come to some conclusion as to what may or might be a threat and then, during that scan, detect the best escape path possible. 

It would even better serve us if we could be aware as we walk around in our environment to discover, recognize and accept the perimeter of a possible danger-zone, environment, so we can simply walk, run or ride another way. 

People want the cool stuff and they want it quickly. That is not a bad thing if it involves a club-like sport or philosophical practice of a martial discipline but the moment people add in the "self-defense" aspects then things change, drastically. People in such programs don't know what to ask about and whether there is a way to handle aggressions and violence without resorting to their own aggressive and possibly violent actions. 

Yes, there are, we are human after all, times and incidents and circumstances where we will find ourselves embroiled in some aggressive situations that often lead to violence but even then there are ways to avoid through escaping and evading those vignettes of potential violence. In lieu of charging head-on, what many disciplines advocate and teach, we can circumvent, circle, around those vignettes of potential aggression and violence to find safe escape avenues. 

Avoidance: To avoid is to, "the action of keeping away from or not doing something." To avoid is to, "to take appropriate actions to nullify, or render void, any potentiality of encountering aggressive and violent situations and people." 

Escape: Is to break free from the confinement of our egoistic minds and to take control of our actions and emotions, emotional maturity, to escape the environment/situation. 

Evasion: To take such actions as to evade, miss encountering and experiencing, something that has the potential of aggression and violence. To avoid and escape by taking actions, often paths, that take one to safety and security. 

Bibliography (Click the link)


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