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This quiz will test your your introductory understanding of violence dynamics. Please enter your email address to receive your score and the correct answers. If you do well, you can even download a Certificate of Accomplishment. [mlw_quizmaster quiz=4]
This quiz will test your introductory understanding of asocial violence as described through the models of Marc MacYoung and Rory Miller. [mlw_quizmaster quiz=7]
I get tired of people asking me for ‘fear management’ questions and ‘how can I do 27 stupid things and still be safe? I do not live in a world of insults, loss of face, feelings or self-esteem issues. I do live in a world of danger. Dangers usually created by selfish and reckless … [Read more…]
The internet is awash with memes. Many of these memes are designed to convey a point of view or explain a subject. Many memes can be divided into two types, Smart Memes and Dumb Memes. Smart Memes have the effect of making you smarter by providing insight, by showing you a new perspective, or … [Read more…]
You must study problems in order to find solutions. If self-defense techniques are the answers, Violence Dynamics is the study of the problem. I have designed models that I am very happy and successful with, but they are models, not truths. So it will take some work to be sure that I’m making a checklist … [Read more…]
From what I see on my Facebook feed, there is a huge uptick people expressing their feelings of contempt. Prior to the election, my image of a person expressing contempt was that of a teenager displaying her (or his) lack of interest in an activity with the facial expression of “that’s stupid” written all over … [Read more…]
Are you interested in making America strong? Here are my thoughts on how you can help do it. Making a strong America requires having more strong Americans. What does it mean to be a strong American? It means to be a strong person. What does it mean to be a strong person? Being a … [Read more…]
There’s something I’ve written about, thresholds, and it’s not quite right. Experience with violence rewires you. The person who has survived a violent encounter is not the same person as they were before the violent encounter. Five encounters later, there’s another definite change. Then another and another and another. Six discrete stages is as … [Read more…]
I teach ‘self-defense.’ As such I can tell you locus of control is the elephant in the room. Which is kind of funny because everyone is arguing over the elephant poop problem, but denying there’s an elephant standing there. If I may beg your indulgence I’d like you to do two actions. First, hold … [Read more…]
Contempt is a form of lack of respect. In terms of interpersonal relationships, it describes an aspect of how a person feels about someone else. It also can describe how someone feels about something inanimate such as an institution, rule, or law. The key point here is that contempt is an emotion. It is not … [Read more…]