Taking The "F" Word Out of Fighting

What's the F word in a fight?
FEAR.
This is what makes or breaks you in a confrontation.
If you've ever been in a real fight you know all to well that feeling of the adrenaline
flooding your body and making you feel like your shaking inside.
Then the doubts , can i really handle this situation?
If you really have to fight then you need to take the fear factor out. How do you do
this .
Just like soldiers, by training for it. Make your training a real as you can.
Have your training partner yell at you and make aggressive moves toward you,
have him pull a real knife and stand in front of you.
Even though you know he's not going to hurt you ,your brain still registers danger!
Use this drill with any weapon you'd like ,baseball bat ,stick ,bottle,chain etc.
Think about what technique or combination of techniques you would use for
for different attacks. Is the attacker coming at you with a weapon he is swinging or
is it a weapon he has to thrust at you ? What angle is it coming on ?
Then do as many techniques as you can for each and do them over and over,
soon they will blend in to a whole arsenal of moves.
Soon when you see a threat to you , instead of fear your brain will see a bunch
of targets in front of you.
Reality self defense is just like anything else, the more you practice the better you
will get at it.

Here is a drill I used when I was an instructor.
I would call out a couple of students and have them free sparr, I would instruct them to
take turns attacking each other, they could attack any way they wished and defend
anyway they wanted, after a couple of minutes i would start throwing weapons on the
ground by them, who ever picked up the weapon would attack the other with it.
This makes the other person being attacked to move spontaneously without having to
think about what he is going to do. He doesn't have enough time to think about it !
Next i would call in another person to enter the area and join in the attack.
Then things start to get interesting.
What this does is make the person being attacked go to survival instinct.
This sharpens reactions and makes a timid fighter become a flurry of fists and feet!

This drill really works give it a try. Make sure it stays in control as I've seen people
become so pumped up that they don't pull their punches and kicks and wind up
hurting their training partners.
I had my share of bumps and bruises from this drill !!

Have Fun !!
Jerry

Inter-changing Techniques

Hi All,
If you surf the net for fighting technique you will see a lot of different
moves for different situations.
There are moves for knife attacks,club attacks,grabs etc.

What some people don't realize is that you can use the same technique for
most ,if not all attacks .Depending on the angle that the attack comes at you on.
Say you are practicing a technique for someone trying to stab you ,using
a straight thrust at your midsection and you step back with your right foot
and turn your body so instead of facing him squarely your body is sideways.
With your body in this position ,the attacker's body and arm holding the
weapon go right past you allowing you to grab his wrist with your right hand
and striking him with a left back chop to his throat with your left.
Then keeping his arm straight you put it under your left arm (under your arm pit)
and sit down hard and break his arm.
Do you see that you could do this move on any strike that comes straight
and at your mind section , punch, stab, even kick.
Think about it and try practicing it.

I'm not saying you can us only one or two moves for everything.
But you can interchange a lot of what you already know for more than
one situation.

Peace, Jerry

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Peace ! Jerry