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 6121First of all, don’t get all weirded out by the triune brain theory. Yes, most psychologists don’t recognize its validity (always be suspicious of books on the brain written by famous astronomers) but it is a model that works and helps make other concepts easy to grasp. Here goes: There are three levels of your … [Read more…]
Operative Awareness is awareness that is functionally useful. It has an actual effect on your assessments and actions. “Be aware of your Surroundings” is an extremely common sound bite of self-defense. The general idea is that by being “aware” you are less likely to be victimized by a criminal. Many people who promote awareness for … [Read more…]
I’ve long been a fan of simple, but profound concepts. The difference between simple and profound wisdom and a sound bite–the latter is a conclusion. Whereas the former is a fundamental. Now in case you don’t know the difference between a fundamental and a basic, it’s subtle, but important. For most of the definitions, basics … [Read more…]
Justified and justifiable are not always the same thing. In 1992, the Oregonian surveyed Portland Police officers. One of the details: In the four years before the survey, 86% said they could have fired with full legal justification but chose not to. There are some implications of that– for every 28 shootings, officers bet their … [Read more…]
Going back to Jeff’s Rules: Everything you teach must have a tactical purpose. Corollary to that, the way you teach must have a purpose as well. How you teach must serve the purpose of teaching. This is about getting stuff into your student’s heads, not showing what is in yours. This is about what your … [Read more…]
One of the things from Violence Dynamics in Minnesota. The drop-step is everywhere. Not going to go into too much detail on what the drop step is. You can read that here. Just the basic Dempsey drop step generates enormous power. But it also increases speed. Gravity is faster than you. And, if you can … [Read more…]
Read this first, if you haven’t already. It’s the basics of how I teach power generation. The drop-step falls under the category of power stealing. It is very simple. It is also counter-intuitive and violates a lot of what martial artists are taught from day one. The drop-step is as simple as falling. Ernie described … [Read more…]
Power generation is one of the big mysteries. It seems that every time I get a handle on it, feel confident that I can explain what makes a hard hit hard, how to wallop somebody good, some joker comes along and shows me an entirely new way to hit hard. Over the years I’ve worked … [Read more…]
In the summer of 2014 after 39 years Abbeydale Ju Jitsu Club ceased to exist, it did not go quietly or as planned and after a deal of conflict, a great deal of conflict I emerged as the new ‘leader’ of Applied Ju Jitsu, new start, new name. Together with two of my closest training … [Read more…]
Everyone is a conflict manager. Everyone. Conflict is one of the few stable facts of life. If you interact with people, there will be conflict. People disagree on what needs to be done–Conflict. People agree on what needs to be done but disagree on how to do it– Conflict. Conflict is something we all handle … [Read more…]