To make a long question short....I have found myself in violent situations before , sometimes my awareness has tipped me off to the coming danger, only to start a huge rush of adrenaline. Not always a good thing for me.
This huge rush often leaves me half defeated prior to the first strike, shakiness and weakness sets in ... this could be deadly, for sure.
I suppose to a ring fighter, or someone who likes to fight this would not be a problem...because they fight all the time. can anyone give some guidance on this.... Perhaps this effects me more than others, but surely there are ppl here that have experienced similar things. I often think my body dumps too much adrenaline into my veins....but more likely I just need to learn to controll it.
any advice will be appreciated. thanks
It will go away with practice. In WC you must remain as relaxed as possible, that way your kinetic linking has no resistance. This is what allows you to deliver 100% of the power and still continue to fight as long as the opponent can. If you submit to fear and allow adreneline to kick in, you won't be able to remain relaxed. Just keep practicing. You will develop a fight mode that you automatically pop into and it's very relaxed.
Being relaxed is ultimately the key to successful WC. If you're focusing on being relaxed, you're not focusing of fear or what the other guy may do to you. This enables you to be the best fighter that you could possibly be, no matter who you're going against. Then all you have to do is just get better then everyone else.
A trick that I have always used and is very effective is to say the word "relax' in your head a few times until the voice goes away and your peripherals seem to cover a much broader view. You will notice that as your say it, your shoulders drop and then yer elbows start to pull down. Your pelvic will rotate forward and then your spine will straighten. Next thing you know, you can see very well and your stucture is built up....and the guy infront of you hasn't moved an inch. Also, in fight mode, time seems to slow down and you watch your body do the work.
I think this video is a pretty good demonstration of what I mean about popping into relaxed mode. Watch the dude after he takes his jacket off. He pops into a mode that is very familiar and comfortable to him. I like the video because the dude maintains his structure, even after being picked up. His legs act like pendulums. I actually think this maybe WT and if so, some respek. hehe
This may seem like much or un-realistic at the moment, but as I said, you just need to practice. Not to build confidence, cause confidence is just another element to confuse you during combat, but to honestly know what the moves are and to train the body to move to different music. Alot of young practitioners get into fights too early in their training and end up getting their butts beat because they were over-confident. After the butt kicking they no long have any confidence and blame it on WC. You want to stay away from this type of situation that way you don't waste your time or money. <---that alone is a display of WC btw
efficiency.
Oh and if you really want to learn how to fight well, go get your butt kicked really good. It teaches you to not get your but kicked again. It's a way to build up the fight in the fighter. You won't need it, though, if you're a good WC practitioner...or hopefully one day a sifu.
As for having someone yell or scream at you to build up courage, I don't think that's very effective. It's great for practicing fighting with the girl friend but not for WC. In reality, you can tell when a fight's going to happen or it will come with great suprise. People that yell and scream don't want to fight and are attempting to use intimidation to ward you off. A WCer doesn't say a word, because it's a waste of breath, and just walks up and pops the guy a good one
You just give him 1 of the million punches you have already thrown.
