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 6121Planning the section on defense for “InFighting.” And there’s a snag. Not a big one, probably easily solved, but it is part of the schism between learning and doing. Or talking and doing. Or, obviously, writing and doing. Infighting is close work. And fast. You have to do most of it by touch. And defense … [Read more…]
I have a love-hate relationship with teaching. I love teaching, or I’d make my living another way. Watching people grow stronger is one of the coolest things to watch, right up there with desert sunsets and ocean storms. And feeling even a tiny bit of responsibility for that growth is a huge ego stroke. No … [Read more…]
Two people can have entirely different reactions to the same event. What can be crippling psychological damage to one is a challenge or an incentive to grow for another. Civilian scenario training, like we did in Sheffield, is more complex and more dangerous (on may levels, not just physical) than most of what I see … [Read more…]
Be careful with the language here. I will be using the word ‘training’ as a generic term for the different methods to get something into your student’s heads. At the same time, I will be using the word as a very specific type of training with deep drawbacks. It’s kind of like ‘fighting’ in that sense. We need … [Read more…]
Are you having fun?” The student grins, “Yes.” “Are you getting hurt?” He looks a little confused,”No.” “Then there’s no reason to be so tense. Relax. Breathe.” RC pointed out that in certain professions, sleep deprivation is just a natural state. Whether you’re a pager slave or you do shift work; whether it’s crossing time … [Read more…]
More funny than serious. I was at a convention talking to an acquaintance in a busy hallway next to the hotel coffee shop. Suddenly, her eyes shifted to look over my shoulder and they went wide. Without thinking, I drop-stepped backwards at an angle and spun towards the threat with my elbow. My normal counter-assault … [Read more…]
There are a bunch of numbers running around: that it takes 300-500 reps to instill a new motor skill, 3000-5000 if you are replacing an old skill. That’s training. How many reps did you need to learn not to touch a hot stove? Once. And you pulled your hand away with perfect body mechanics. That’s … [Read more…]
MASLOW In 1943 Abraham Maslow published his famous hierarchy of needs. The idea was simple. If you are in danger of dying—starving, thirsty, sick or about to be killed and eaten– that is your highest priority. Until you have taken care of your immediate survival needs you don’t give a damn, and you don’t waste … [Read more…]
Conversation the other day about training paradigms. The person was advocating that things are learned best starting with basic technique, then building on that into a system. As near as I can remember one quote, “The first day, sensei showed us a punch. It wasn’t quite right, but he told us to practice and pay … [Read more…]
People are afraid of violence. And some of them make the choice to train to protect themselves from violence. But training isn’t free. Not financially, not physically, not emotionally. How much do you have in your wallet or purse right now? Credit cards and stuff, too. If you are afraid of getting mugged, that is … [Read more…]