Blog Article/Post Caveat (Read First Please: Click the Link)
First, listen up buttercup, this guy in my view, perception and belief is one very professional and experienced person who can literally light the way toward self-defense. Take a look...
Know that in any model that lays claim to teaching relevant, proper and efficient self-defense must first provide appropriate and comprehensive knowledge, i.e., provide academic teaching not just from sensei or senpai but from professionals who are certified by fire and certified to teach the necessities of the model. Then before taking up the sword or gun or empty-hands teach them the type of awareness necessary to make it work and while teaching that encourage a decision-loop whereby the student practitioner understands and gives themselves permission to do it and do it right.
Knowledge and Awareness are often given over to the more fun stuff and to the compliance influence concepts that "sell the model and product" over actually providing students the necessary knowledge, understanding and awareness that says, except in rare cases, avoid the shit altogether.
I added in the term, "understanding," as well because you really have to understand things as to your personal beliefs, your perceptions as they stand at the moment due to what you known and what you don't know and especially what you don't know you don't know (Mr. MacYoung calls this unk-unk). If you don't understand what is true, necessary and positive then even with the knowledge you may not be able to use the awareness necessary to avoid aggressive/violence when it comes a knockin.
I am a karate-ka; I am a Marine (currently inactive; served 72-82 actively); I focus my karate and expertise as it is toward defense-protection in self-defense defense more from an academic perspective as I don't actively teach in the dojo, kind of retired from that. I want the same thing as Mr. M, to at least from my cheap seat steer those who may read and follow my more philosophical way so that they too can seek out professionals who can guide them to knowledge, awareness and that kind of understanding that provides them the best tools to avoid, "Danger Will Robinson!" You know that fictional robot is right, if you can kind of symbolically see it first then wave around your hands and tell yourself that danger is present then act accordingly, you can miss out on all the fun stuff of fighting, getting hurt or killed and going to jail without a get out of jail free card. Consider what Mr. MacYoung and friends are seeking, to give you that "get out of jail free card" so you don't have to deal with that wide spectrum of aggression and violence.
Thanks Mr. MacYoung, thanks Mr. Miller and thanks to all the others who took up the sword to pass on to others what it really takes to... "AVOID through KNOWLEDGE and AWARENESS!"
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Situational Awareness: a concept and trait whereby one knows what to look for, understands how to act and react to achieve a specified objective, say for self-protection, and has achieved an awareness necessary to make it work. In short, knowledge and awareness is how you avoid shit! ;-)
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