Self Defense & Martial Arts Confusions and Misconceptions

[Tez3]

I don't think he ever went to Ireland. His main deployment was Afghanistan but I'm guessing the scenario was similar.

It's reasonable common sense actually and should be taken up again with the current terrorist threats. it's not paranoia. it becomes a habit in the same way you lock your doors before leaving home, don't leave your car keys in the ignition etc. A precaution nothing else.

 

[jobo]

It's reasonable common sense actually and should be taken up again with the current terrorist threats. it's not paranoia. it becomes a habit in the same way you lock your doors before leaving home, don't leave your car keys in the ignition etc. A precaution nothing else.

what if you go to a restaurant and they give you a table in the middle with no wall, the poor guy would have a serious break down,,,, OH NO there are people behind me PANIC

 

[Tez3]

what if you go to a restaurant and they give you a table in the middle with no wall, the poor guy would have a serious break down,,,, OH NO there are people behind me PANIC

Look if this triggers things for you I know some good help sites.

I believe sincerely that if you learnt to read posts properly it would be an immense help to understanding what people are saying then you could join in the adults conversation safe in the knowledge you were contributing something rather than having everyone think you are trolling. Learn to read - Read Easy

 

[Midnight-shadow]

It's far more complicated than PTSD. If I eat in public at work while in uniform (which I rarely do), someone should be facing the entrances. Such actions need to be habit and the only way to make something a habit is to do it on a regular basis. This may apply even tonthe adventurous "foodie" who seeks out restaurant gems in bad neighborhoods. The same practice is good for general self defense simply because it acts as reinforcement for basic situational awareness.

I won't claim to know exactly what it's all about, I'm just repeating what my friend has told me when I asked him about it.

 

[Juany118]

I won't claim to know exactly what it's all about, I'm just repeating what my friend has told me when I asked him about it.

Oh what your friend says is very real, I have a former coworker who came back from deployment with PTSD. All I am saying is that you can practice the same habits in a way that is psychologically healthy, it need not be symptomatic of a disorder of some sort.

 

[drop bear]

It makes perfect sense, and it is explained.

You dont have weight classes in MMA training. weight classes are a lie.

 

[jobo]

You dont have weight classes in MMA training. weight classes are a lie.

here is a vid of mmaers breaking all the rules, tp to show that they can bite and eye poke with the best

 

[jobo]

Oh what your friend says is very real, I have a former coworker who came back from deployment with PTSD. All I am saying is that you can practice the same habits in a way that is psychologically healthy, it need not be symptomatic of a disorder of some sort.

how have you convinced yourself that your paranoid condition is healthy

 

[drop bear]

Combat is all about psychology. Hell you yourself in another thread pointed that out when you referred to some "brain washed" soldiers sill freezing under fire. That is a psychological reaction to the fight or flight reflex.

Everything in the article is also NOT blatantly obvious. How many people, that you know, actively think about the preventative measures? Do they scan a room for entrances and exits as they enter? Do everything they can to have their back to a wall when they sit down? Do they practice what is often called target hardening?

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It isn't really martial arts though. Because they don't have the grounding. What I mean is a martial arts background is not a qualification for any of that stuff. If martial arts do that stuff they need to be qualified elsewhere. If not they are just making stuff up as they go along.

 

[drop bear]

here is a vid of mmaers breaking all the rules, tp to show that they can bite and eye poke with the best

Here is a misconception. RSBDers have a monopoly on real street experience. I know ring fighters with more real world under their belts than 20 so called real world experts.

Australian Mark Hunt dismisses street fighting link to UFC

 

[Juany118]

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It isn't really martial arts though. Because they don't have the grounding. What I mean is a martial arts background is not a qualification for any of that stuff. If martial arts do that stuff they need to be qualified elsewhere. If not they are just making stuff up as they go along.

I wouldn't argue with your point at all. I was simply trying to say that while martial arts can be very useful in self defense, the concept of "self-defense" goes well beyond a form of actual fighting/combat.

 

[drop bear]

I like to sit where I can see the entrance and the whole room so I can see any hot chicks that come in...

No.

So they have the pleasure of seeing you.

 

[CB Jones]

No.

So they have the pleasure of seeing you.

I see you are aware of my status as an international sex symbol.

 

[drop bear]

I wouldn't argue with your point at all. I was simply trying to say that while martial arts can be very useful in self defense, the concept of "self-defense" goes well beyond a form of actual fighting/combat.

I have developed an issue with training in general that takes my money and tells me the blatantly obvious. Yes I am looking at you colour codes.

I did a customer service course once where I was told making personal calls and ignoring customers was the wrong thing to do. I mean how did I get through life not knowing that?

How this relates is when we get commentry like doing martial arts you really should be more than some sort of kill monster. And for some reason we all need training in this. If we don't receive training in how to just be a normal person then martial arts isn't really doing its job.

 

[jobo]

I wouldn't argue with your point at all. I was simply trying to say that while martial arts can be very useful in self defense, the concept of "self-defense" goes well beyond a form of actual fighting/combat.

do you have a periscopes so you can look round corners

 

[drop bear]

do you have a periscopes so you can look round corners

you use the reflective surface of a window.

Your spy craft needs work.

It is why ATMs have little mirrors.

 

[jobo]

you use the reflective surface of a window.

Your spy craft needs work.

It is why ATMs have little mirrors.

I don't think they have mirrors here, I've never noticed them. All the cash machines in Manchester have a beggar sat next to them, he watches out for you for a pound

 

[drop bear]

I don't think they have mirrors here, I've never noticed them. All the cash machines in Manchester have a beggar sat next to them, he watches out for you for a pound

Glue a mirror to his head.

 

[drop bear]

by the way. you do need to know and check for skimming devices. So here you go.

Police give tips on detecting ATM skimming devices

 

[jobo]

Glue a mirror to his head.

it would be easier to take a periscope,