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 6121Conflict Management Media – CMM provides examples of the principles, concepts, tactics, and techniques of both conflict management and conflict mis-management. In this Episode, we learn from a incident between a Human Statue street performer and an Annoying Man. Episode #2: The Human Statue Strikes Back Test your knowledge and learn more about conflict … [Read more…]
The following episode shows a conflict on a version of “Survivor”. Don’t worry if you can’t understand the language. The people’s body language and actions are what is most important. http://youtu.be/VhK1AAnl92w?t=38s Learn by testing your knowledge. Quiz created by Erik Kondo. Loading CM-TV: Episode #1 Want to … [Read more…]
I have a “right” to be treated with respect, it is other people’s responsibility to treat me respectfully regardless of my behavior. I shouldn’t have to be concerned with my own personal safety, my safety should other people’s responsibility. I am a business owner, all my employees treat each other politely and fairly at all … [Read more…]
Once upon a time, I’d elected to go into a cell and talk down an extremely agitated inmate, and it wasn’t working. One of the big keys to talking down people in altered mental states (bad drug reactions, stress that makes them temporarily out of control, or truly unstable mental illness doesn’t really matter much) … [Read more…]
How deep is your game?” has been coming up a lot, lately. Erik Kondo, a friend and one of the CRGI team wrote a draft article about becoming a skilled conflict manager. Everything he wrote was absolutely true, but everything could also be distorted or even used against you, if you only relied on the … [Read more…]
Can you defend yourself better than the average person? Most likely you think you can. Most Americans think that he or she is more intelligent, a better driver, and generally more competent than average. Interestingly, people with the lowest abilities tend to be the most likely to over-estimate their abilities, while people with the highest … [Read more…]
Many people think violence is simple because ‘stupid people’ do it. When people do that, it’s not an assessment, it’s a value judgment and, at the same time, a dismissal. Fact is, it’s not really thinking at all. It’s an emotional, inductive decision made by the monkey brain based on beliefs. Then that decision is … [Read more…]
As a self-defense instructor and a court recognized expert witness on violence I have a bit of a problem with this. First off ask any firearms instructor about what they consider minimum standards of training — especially when it comes to legal issues regarding lethal force issues — and you’ll get a much higher answer … [Read more…]
In a discussion, learn to tell the difference between an ad hominem and an attack — and respond to each appropriately . An argumentum ad hominem (argument to the man) is a logical fallacy. It is basically saying a premise is wrong because of who is saying it.* “That’s wrong because you’re a ____(fill in … [Read more…]
Aaaaand someone just asked me why Asian MA are so flowery and full of mystic, warrior BS … while Western stuff is so much more ‘real’ **** You do of course realize you are talking about westernized, Asian martial arts don’t you? Like you might as well be saying “Why is Mexican food not that … [Read more…]