easy-digital-downloads domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/erikphillip/public_html/conflictresearchgroupintl.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121… or phishing. One thing every predatory criminal needs is privacy. The quality of privacy depends on the type of crime. Beating a member of your gang that you suspect of breaking the rules might go better if the other members can watch, but you’ll certainly limit civilian and police witnesses. The quantity of … [Read more…]
Largely this will be a draft of an article for Conflict Manager Online Magazine. I’ve been doing a four part series there, the last three are the steps towards application (deriving your principles, a touch of adult learning theory, stuff like that.) So, background– You have to know your principles, understand them. And you have … [Read more…]
Technique-based training is concrete. “He throws a straight punch and you outside block, side step and throw an inside knife-hand strike. Go do a thousand reps.” It’s easy to teach. He does X, you do Y. Reps. But I can think of zero actual fighters who find this valuable (except as a business model). To … [Read more…]
Under-Respect is effectively “a lack of Respect“. It comes in many forms. In order to understand Under-Respect, it is necessary to understand Respect. Respect is commonly thought of as “the admiration for someone or something”. But Respect is also a feeling that serves to restrain people. It is a form of self-control. When people are … [Read more…]
I just had someone ask about that tired old “traditional martial arts don’t work against the MMA/grappler ‘shoot’ (a lower leg tackle)” argument. **** First let’s make sure we’re using the same meanings of words. I have a friend who breaks down Japanese martial arts in three tiers: Commercialized Traditional Classic Classic is pre-WWII stuff … [Read more…]
It takes giving Respect to receive Respect. That is a commonly used phrase. It makes sense. If you are not respectful to people, they are unlikely to be respectful to you in return. But what if you Over-Respect them? It is possible to give someone too much Respect? Respect is considered to be such a … [Read more…]
Someone asked me for a story about using the Five Stages in a situation. Here’s my favorite yarn about someone trying to mug me. *** Some years ago I was killing time in a topless bar waiting for my girlfriend to finish her night class. Back then, not too many places had ATMs like they … [Read more…]
I am constantly asked ‘what do you do if…?’ questions. These are seemingly simple questions that don’t have simple answers (And giving simple answers [You just do this] is both lying and dangerous misinformation.) Someone painted multiple ambush scenarios and basically asked — for each — ‘charge or run?’ He referenced an incident where a … [Read more…]
The purpose of communication is to aid enforcement by conveying the rules of behavior (boundaries). Without clear communication appropriate (Just-Right) enforcement is difficult to achieve. Some words for Under-Communication are: Silence, Beat around the bush, Imply, Misinform, Mislead. Some people violate the rules unintentially because they don’t understand the rules of behavior. Other people violate the rules intentionally … [Read more…]
A small expose about why people need to remember that the middle must be fought for — starting within your own group *** Start by watching “Ken Burn’s Prohibition” It’s a three part documentary on the biggest debacle of trying to engineer society through law. The first episode is the rise and coordination of the … [Read more…]