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 6121There are very few facts. There are very few truths. There may be one best way to do a thing, but in an infinite universe the odds that your way is the best way is, roughly, zero. There are very few facts, and no one gets emotional about facts. Diamond scratches talc, never does … [Read more…]
First 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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
Writing on something. This one is hard. Probably broader and more complex than anything else I’ve tackled. Teaching and learning for emergency skills. The passage I’m working on now is the experience threshold issue: Because most people have so little experience with violence, they go into violent professions with no idea of what a “normal” … [Read more…]
Question: I am a woman, why should I care about Violence Dynamics? Answer: Violence and conflict are pervasive and often oppressive facts of the human condition. It behooves everyone to understand the parts of the world that can harm. Knowledge is power. One of the biggest dangers, for all people, is the tendency to extrapolate … [Read more…]
I’m in Germany. My normal arrest and control lesson plan is pretty practical. In eight hours we cover: 1-step Joint locks Take downs Leverage and leverage points Stance integrity Ground movement Pain (ethics and application) Lock transition to cuffing Momentum Using the Environment lds. All useful, all intuitive… Tuesday I found out some of the … [Read more…]