What Does and Doesn’t Cause Injury
January 25, 2011 by goshinman · Leave a Comment
This real world video shows further examples of strikes that cause injury… as well as punches and kicks that are ineffective.
Well – it looks as though it has been removed – which goes to show that reality self defence in the face of violence is a different world from safe ‘dojo’ activities…
This was CCTV footage from a Siberian supermarket… yes, Siberia. That part of the world has quite a “different” view on “excessive force”.
One of the best ways to learn what works in the world of violence… and what doesn’t… is not by watching training videos of some “reality system” or martial art/combat sport. It’s to objectively watch footage of raw violence — like the CCTV video above — and see exactly what does (and doesn’t) cause injury.
Then go back to your “reality system” or martial art/combat sport training videos and ask yourself if what you are viewing will work in the real world.
Sadly, most often you’ll find… it won’t.
Although this boxer took on 4 guys in the street and managed quite well…
The Unconscious Power Of Assumed Constraints
October 13, 2009 by goshinman · Leave a Comment
Assumed constraints – the unconscious power inside you!
Combat Training Principles — Secrets For Staying Alive When “Rules” Don’t Apply
People often ask me for the best way to “protect” them in some imagined criminal assault.
They want me to respond by giving some perfect technique that handles their particular imagined scenario.
They’re often disappointed at first when I don’t respond the way they want me to answer their question. They don’t like to hear the truth — that violence is random and thinking only in terms of “techniques” to use against a random act is a good way to get you killed.
The problem with practically everyone’s approach to dealing with violence is not that they’re incapable of learning techniques – it’s that they don’t understand this way of responding to violence — real asocial, maim, cripple, or “kill you now” violence — is seriously flawed.
That’s because when it comes to violence, we (meaning you and me, the productive, law-abiding members of society) live lives of ASSUMED CONSTRAINTS.
We are taught early on by parents, teachers, and our legal system that if we want the benefits of living in a society like ours then we need to constrain our violent impulses when things don’t go our way.
And obviously, this is a very good thing.
It’s the reason you don’t kill the obnoxious jerk that steals your parking place, you wait patiently for the light to turn green at an intersection, and you don’t shoot the neighbors Labrador for digging up your rose garden.
When it comes to the subject of violence, we are controlled by society much like circus elephants are controlled by their handlers.
These trainers know the most reliable way to handle an elephant is to “condition” it when it is very young.
They put a shackle on the baby elephant’s leg with a short chain that is held in the ground by a very long spike. The baby elephant tugs at the chain attempting to break free.
After a short while the elephant breaks the skin around the shackled leg and gives up. But the pain of attempting to break free is never forgotten.
Later on, that same method is used to control the now fully-grown elephant, even though the adult beast could pull the spike free with no more effort than you and I use to remove a thumbtack from a corkboard.
And the same approach is taken with all productive members of society regarding the tool of violence.
We are “shackled” at a very young age — first at home, later in ours schools, and finally at our workplaces.
When faced with violence, most of us respond SOCIALLY.
We attempt to communicate with our attacker in hopes of avoiding the use of violence. We may threaten to use this tool but we really don’t want to since that shackle is still firmly attached.
The sad part of ASSUMED CONSTRAINTS is that most martial arts, combat sports, and, yes, even most “reality fighting systems” teach you to respond — WHILE STILL SHACKLED!
It doesn’t work.
I learned long ago the first order of business is to teach my clients how easy it is to break those ASSUMED CONSTRAINTS when the threat warrants such an approach.
Because the real threat to society is when we run up against some “rogue elephant” that has never been “shackled” and has no problem using violence to get what he wants. And imagine how easy it is to fight someone if they have their leg shackled.
Remember first and foremost — violence is rarely the answer to most situations, but when it is the answer, it’s the ONLY answer.
Once you understood that (and as a reader of this newsletter you have heard me say it numerous times) you then must be able to rip off those ASSUMED CONSTRAINTS and free yourself so you can utilize the tool of violence when required.
I can assure you the methods and principles taught in Target-Focus(TM) Training Live Seminars and our various other products do EXACTLY that, allowing you your best chance to survive an asocial, violent threat.
Take some time to digest this message, read through it again — then look within to see if you can truly break free from your “shackle” if the need arises.
If you’re not sure — really sure — then get some help to do this because you don’t want to discover those shackles are intact with a 9mm pressed against your ribcage.
Until next time,
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Is Your Martial Art Really Fit For Self Defence?
August 16, 2009 by goshinman · Leave a Comment
I look around the ‘sport’ martial arts in the area and see many advertise perhaps contradictory concepts – ‘fun for all the family’ and ‘great for self defence’. I have my own personal opinions on what does and doesn’t stand a chance of working (most of it starts long before any physical encounter..), but I throw this out to provoke thought!
Are you happy with one-on-one linear attack and defence to a common beat in the safety of the rules and regs of a training night – perhaps you create the scenarios to suit and fit in your particular favourite martial art techniques?
Or, do you pressure test the physical component of your art in padded up, full contact, multiple attacker, heart stopping, adrenalin driven, fear stricken mode out on the grass, concrete or a narrow alley where escape is the paramount action? Are you testing for real world scenarios – such as being mugged getting in or out of your car in dark car parks?
Take a look at what is being reported in the Evening Telegraph recently and also some CCTV that was tracking the street outside Liquid Nightclub one evening. Think how you would , or could, deal with it or avoid it.
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Published Date:
14 August 2009
By ET Staff
City leaders have united to call for an end to street violence in Peterborough after three mindless attacks in a week coincided with the release of CCTV images showing the reality of a brutal assault.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2999987001?bctid=33654800001
Violence in Peterborough
Video
The teenage victim of the CCTV attack says more young people are staying away from Peterborough city centre at night because it is “not safe anymore”.
The 19-year-old had been on an evening out in the city to celebrate Christmas with friends when he was attacked and brutally beaten by a gang of youths after leaving a nightclub.
The Dogsthorpe teenager, who has asked not to be named, confided that seeing the images of the attack in The ET would bring back painful memories he hoped never to have to relive.
But he said it was important for people to view the footage for themselves.
“People should see what goes on and the levels of violence some people will resort to just because you’ve bumped into them or something ridiculous like that,” he said.
“It was Christmas time, and I was just out having a good time with my friends, but the night ended like it did, and it’s something I’d rather forget about.
“No one’s safe any more when they go out, because more people are turning into cowards and kicking people on the floor because they can’t handle their drink.
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The couple had been on their way home from a family day trip to Skegness with their eight-year-old boy, a family friend and five other youngsters aged between one and 12, when the sickening assault was launched in Paston Ridings at about 7.30pm.
Two teenagers began shouting abuse at the family and were joined by two older men in their 20s, who set upon the main victim after he confronted them about their behaviour.
His girlfriend (35) said: “The two older men were behind him and the four of them got stuck into him at the same time. He ended up on the ground. They kicked and kicked at his head, his back and his arms, and one of them stamped on his hand so hard he left a footprint.
“They snatched a golf umbrella off my eight-year-old son and whipped him with it many times on his back. It’s covered in large, red blisters and bruises, and his ribs are also badly bruised.
“There was nothing I could do. I was screaming at one of them to leave him alone. He told me to shut up and punched me in the face. I was holding my friend’s one-year-old baby at the time.”
Her boyfriend received hospital treatment for a number of injuries, including a broken hand. He welcomed The ET’s campaign to stop the violence in Peterborough.
He said: “These people are mindless cowards. They attack in numbers, and they will do it again and again until they are caught and locked away. They need to be caught and punished.”
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Case study 2: An ordinary family were again the victims when gang violence reared its head in the city only hours after the first attack.
This time, a 43-year-old father was viciously attacked after taking a group of youths to task over lewd comments made to his two teenage daughters in Bretton Park, Peterborough.
One of the drunken attackers threw a full beer can in his face from barely six feet away, while another smashed a glass bottle over his head, leaving him stumbling around in a daze.
The 20-year-old boyfriend of one of the girls then became the focus of the gang’s fury, after stepping in to help the victim. He was knocked to the ground and subjected to a barrage of kicks and stamps to the head so severe that he was feared dead.
Fortunately, he regained consciousness and suffered no serious injuries, despite needing hospital treatment.The attack happened as the family were taking a short cut to their North Bretton home through the park shortly after midnight last Sunday, having attended a wedding nearby.
The 43-year-old, who is still recovering from his ordeal at home, said: “This violence has got to stop. They don’t seem to care about the consequences of their actions, and it won’t be long before someone is dead.”
- Police today arrested two men aged 19 and 20 in relation to this incident.
Case study 3: Exactly one week on from the second attack, another sickening incident of violence happened in frighteningly similar circumstances in the same park – this time leaving a young father in intensive care.
The 31-year-old from North Bretton, Peterborough, was taking a short cut through Bretton Park with a friend following a night out in the city centre when they were attacked by four thugs at about 3am on Sunday.
While his friend escaped with relatively minor injuries, the father-of-two was not so fortunate – as The ET revealed on Tuesday.
After apparently receiving repeated kicks and stamps to the head as he lay helpless on the ground, he suffered severe head and facial injuries, and was admitted to hospital in a critical condition.
While he remains seriously ill, the unfortunate victim mercifully appears to be making a recovery. He has been moved from intensive care at Peterborough District Hospital to the high-dependency unit, and is said to be stable. He is expected to undergo surgery this week.
A close friend said: “It’s just unbelievable to think that almost exactly the same thing has happened in the same park only a week earlier. You would think something could have been done to stop it happening again.”
Two 17-year-olds from Peterborough were arrested in connection with the attack and have since been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Link to page: peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ItHasGotToStop.
Real Life Violent Confrontations
November 27, 2008 by goshinman · Leave a Comment
Real Life Violent Confrontations as experience by Richard.
Okay, this one happened to me this past year.
I was waiting for a friend of mine to show up at a tavern filled with locals (I really rather not say where or when for obvious reasons). It was a weekday so the place wasn’t too packed but there were about 20 people or so.
So I’m sitting at the bar having a beer waiting for my friend (who by the way never showed up, the *******) and about 4 feet away from me are four guys being excessively loud and rowdy. Not that I really cared about them or anything but they were hanging around directly in between me and the front door of the tavern. So naturally, when I would turn to glimpse at the front door looking to see if my friend was coming or not, I would inadvertently have to look pass them.
After the third or fourth glimpse, the bigger and louder of the four guys walks over to me and says “What the F!#$ you lookin’ at a$?” Typical. I respond, “I’m just waiting for a friend of mine who’s late is all, I was looking at the door to see if he was here.” To which this guy responds “Why the F!#$ you addressing me?” I tell him that I am simply answering HIS question.
He then walks over to me and tells me that I now have a problem. At this point his 3 friends come around behind him and one of them turns his beer bottle over grabbing it by the nozzle. I immediately catch that and safely assume that there is no way these guys are listening to what I have to say. So, I bring my beer mug lower next to my waist (I’m sitting on an elevated bar stool) and I slowly turn to the bigger guy. As I begin to speak, I immediately stand up and uppercut him under his field of vision right in the jaw with the beer mug and swing it back down breaking it across his face catching him completely off guard.
One down, three to go.
These guys were fast though, I mean, they didn’t even skip a beat or take the time to look at their friend because as I broke my mug on the guy’s face, his buddy with the beer bottle had already broken it across the bar and swung at my face. I slipped it linearly but got cut across and above my right eye. The guy did not stop swinging, he also cut me across my left biceps before I could jam him and knock him out smashing his head against the bar. I kept smashing his head as I caught his two other friends coming in on me. I figured if I keep striking this guy, the other two will pull me off of him instead of hitting me or stabbing me.
Plan worked.
They grabbed me off their friend (who was out cold) each had me by one side and began trying to punch the crap out of me. We were to close range for their strikes to have much effect so I began striking eyes and throat.
I stuck my thumb into one of their throats and immediately raked across his eyes. I then turned and spat in the other’s face totally catching him off guard then elbowing him across the face and jart kicking him into his knee causing it to buckle severely and head butted him knocking him down.
The other guy came back at me again clinched me right away trying to take me down (no text book take down or anything just a plain ol’ sloppy tackle) which I jammed and stuck my fingers in his eyes, spun his neck around and whipped him on the floor. By then, I was ****ing blood out of the corner of my right eye and thought I was completely disfigured. Not to mention the fact that I could barely see out of my right eye because of the blood pouring into it.
This is where the F!# bouncer decides to grab ME by my pony tail (I know, I know, I should cut my hair) and pull me off my feet then attempt to grab me in a rear choke hold. I immediately palm struck him in the groin, doubled him over and struck him with a solid elbow uppercut style. I then clinched him and did a classic hip toss throwing the big SOB onto a bar table (which didn’t break, they always do in movies **** it!).
I then stood up, looked around to see if anyone else wanted to kick my ass for Christ’s sakes (like 5 F!# guys wasn’t enough). The place was as still as a framed picture and as silent as a church as I stood there, bleeding like a stuck pig from the corner of my eye. To boot, I was wearing a white T-shirt that was now drenched in blood, both the other guys and mine so I must have looked like a freak out of hell. I immediately took off grabbing the bar man’s towel which he wipes the bar with towards the back exit and ran to my car covering my face.
I got to my car and drove off and parked it in a parking lot of a closed shopping mall across the street from the tavern to see what happened next. The cops came and so did an ambulance and one by one on a stretcher went the 4 guys into the ambulance. I drove home (thank God my wife was out of town or I never would have heard the end of it) and went to wash my face expecting to see half of it ripped off judging by the amount of blood that came out of it.
It turned out to be a cut half an inch in length. Nothing more serious than that.
Analysis.
First mistake.
Being in that God forsaken tavern in the middle of no where alone.
My second mistake?
The assumption I made, thinking that braking my beer mug on the first guy’s face would buy me a fraction of a second or so to regroup, run or take another guy out before they can react. My assumption caused me a beat in time where I got hit by the freaking beer bottle across the corner of my eye, had I not assumed, my reaction time might have been quicker and I wouldn’t have a stupid scar above my right eye as I type this.
Third mistake.
Forgot about the bouncer, and to think I worked as one for 4 years on and off… I just couldn’t believe the ***** waited till the end of the fight to jump ME instead of grabbing or stopping one of the 4 on me, how ridiculous of me to think that. (Obviously a friend of theirs) another assumption that could have cost me dearly.
Fourth Mistake
… going back to that town and tavern would be the fourth mistake I’m never going to make unless I’m having a bad day and want to let off some steam.
Mistake number 5
… still being friends with the ******* who never showed up in the first place and it was HIS idea to meet there!
Anyhow, live n’ learn folks… live n’ learn.
Later, Rich. www.senshido.com
Malcolm
Peterborough Martial Arts
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