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May 29th, 2011, 08:07 AM #21
Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
I have to say that there is a huge difference between traditional martial arts and "traditional commercial" martial arts...the ones where basically if you pay your dues you get your belts. Not too many of the old school ancient traditional classes out there any more but when you find one you won't be so quick to say that they fail....believe me. In real original martial arts there was only 1 belt.
White.
After decades of training it took on other colors. First yellow, then green from grass, then brown from being so dirty, then black from being so dirty over decade upon decade of training that you couldn't distinguish the colors any more.
Traditional commercial classes made belt systems to get more money.
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May 29th, 2011, 08:30 AM #22Grand Member
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Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
everybody has made valid points, just goes to show you there is no one perfect solution to a assault on your person. every encounter is and will be different. the most important item missing that i've noticed is the willingness to do major harm to another individual without having to think about doing it in advance. this willingness has to be spontanious and imediate using any means availible. i know this is a firearms forum but there are allways other non traditional weapons availible hard objects such as bricks, rocks,furniture ect. not to mention perforating items such as pencils, pens ect.. the idea here is what you have prepared with is not always a viable alternative, one must think outside of the box and be able to use what is at hand in a devestating manner. just my two cents from a lowly amature. be aware, be safe utmost be willing. red dog
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May 29th, 2011, 10:58 AM #23
Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
Synergy, my old friend, the invitation is always open for you to come train with me. The information is out there, that was my goal. If you think it is BS than ignore it. If you think there may be something to it than investigate it and train accordingly. Food for thought, if you are hungry.
This is not to try to get the traditional crowd to see it my way.
This is not to get the people who see it my way to pat me on the back.
This is not to get people to train with me.
This is to get people to question whether their training is realistic or not.
- George
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May 29th, 2011, 12:22 PM #24Grand Member
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Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
mercop, for the most part i agree with your intial thread, to many have a narrow thought process on self defense. most of this narrowness comes from their training their personal likes and beliefs and their overall comfort zone. i'm simply stating the average individual will not does not think outside the box at criticle times but reverts to their own comfort zone which may or may not provide the tools and technique that is needed to survive a criticle encounter. many different skills are needed at these moments and they must be spontanious and decisive. again the overall mental aspect of self defense cannot be ignored, the willingness to do anything using anything to prevail has to be ingrained into our thought processes. kuddos to you for starting this discussion i'm sure ther will be many points of input from our fellow readers, granted some will miss the point but others will aprouch this with a open mind and offer up valid points. to all out there try not to read between the lines and look for alterior motives but take the context for what it is and offer up valid ideas and constructive criticism. red dog
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May 29th, 2011, 12:45 PM #25
Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
I appreciated the read, but wish the OP didn't have a BS username "mercop" which reeks of some Casper Van Dien commando B-movie.
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May 29th, 2011, 12:55 PM #26
Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
For one of the most lucid writeups I've seen about this quandary follow this link:
http://nononsenseselfdefense.com/FEARvsDANGER.html#TFT
Vampires and scorpions, indeed.
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May 29th, 2011, 01:21 PM #27
Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
All great points, however I think you are missing the most important one. One that I personally experience long time ago in a country with which I was not familiar. I have military background with strong emphasis on combat shooting, among couple other trades. I had been training for about 2 years, every day for combat, but the day it happen I froze. I was so scare I literally did not know what to do. See there was something in the real deal that there was not during training. Someone was actualy shooting back at me. HOLY CRAP!!!! this shit is for real. I have a scar on my right leg to prove it. It took me several minutes to react. After that it was easy because I had experience the fear of dying. WHat I am saying is you must be prepared to take a life to defend yours or someone else. It is not an easy decision, I dont care what anyone says. I know, I hear you out there, " man if they come after me they better get it right because I am going to f..k them up". Well good for you, if you can. Many of us are brave at the range plinking targets, in any scenario, they don't shoot back. That is one part of training that no one can know that outcome untill it happens. I am not saying that training is not important, it definately is and you should train religiousely as much as you can, and not just at the range on a firing line, but most importantly you must believe in the use of terminal violence as a form of self defense. Today I do and I am ready to use it, I know because I did. Are you?E FLUCTIBUS IRRUIT IN HOSTEM. AECIDAE TELO IACET LIBATIS.
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May 29th, 2011, 01:23 PM #28
Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
All great points, however I think you are missing the most important one. One that I personally experienced long time ago in a country with which I was not familiar. I have military background with strong emphasis on combat shooting, among couple other trades. I had been training for about 2 years, every day for combat, but the day it happen I froze. I was so scared I literally did not know what to do. See there was something in the real deal that there was not during training. Someone was actualy shooting back at me. HOLY CRAP!!!! this shit is for real. I have a scar on my right leg to prove it. It took me several minutes to react. After that it was easy because I had experience the fear of dying. WHat I am saying is you must be prepared to take a life to defend yours or someone else. It is not an easy decision, I dont care what anyone says. I know, I hear you out there, " man if they come after me they better get it right because I am going to f..k them up". Well good for you, if you can. Many of us are brave at the range plinking targets, in any scenario, they don't shoot back. That is one part of training that no one can know that outcome untill it happens. I am not saying that training is not important, it definately is and you should train religiousely as much as you can, and not just at the range on a firing line, but most importantly you must believe in the use of terminal violence as a form of self defense. Today I do and I am ready to use it, I know because I did. Are you?E FLUCTIBUS IRRUIT IN HOSTEM. AECIDAE TELO IACET LIBATIS.
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May 29th, 2011, 01:50 PM #29
Re: Too important to kee my mouth shut anymore Part I
Great point, and very true. The problem is that when you ask this on a gun forum many will think you are only talking about shooting someone. You never know who will fight or ball up after being punched in the face. It is best to have this happen the first time in training and not in the street.- George
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May 29th, 2011, 06:58 PM #30Grand Member
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