THEY REALLY DO ... SURPRISINGLY SO, I MIGHT ADD!!
This is a video mash up of Bas Rutten, who is some kind of mixed martial arts fighter. He has a six minute video of practical self defense on You Tube as well. Don't know how much it is worth to anyone to check out ... I mean, the days of scrapping should be long behind most adults, right?
The thing about his full length video, Bas Rutten Self Defense course, is that the first two sequences, are things that I feel very comfortable in teaching. In fact, the moves are what I would teach my twin sisters, and what I would start off with anyone in trying to 'win a fight'.
What put this front and center on my mind today, is that I was watching 'Fight Science' on the National Geographic channel last night, and of the martial arts that were demonstrated, the boxing punch was the blow that was most likely to generate a knockout. The thing about that is, you need certain conditions to actually accomplish this. Still, I wasn't surprised. I remember it being said that Thomas Hearns could generate 1500 pounds of force with his right hand ... and when you realize that the show was using 1000 lbs. of force as what you would need to generate a knockout ...
WHAT IS AGGRESSION?
In my mind, aggression in a fight begins the moment you have decided to physically impose your will (i.e. 'kick someones arse!) on another person. Not that I am one to 'wait' for an invitation. The other day, over at Nutwood Junction, the topic of when to intercede came up. For me, it is like the porno ... you don't know what it is, but you do know it when you see it.
Me, I don't mind asking someone if they are alright, if like there is a woman sniffling at table and some cat mean muggin' her ... I don't mind being called out my name, and I don't scare easily, if at all. And in my mind, that has me on alert, because if you don't expect a threatened reaction, then you should keep to yourself, and let someone else get involved (which, is NOT the worst thing) directly.
Yet once I have decided to ask, I am 'ready'. Now, a standing instruction, an 'order' almost, is that if I do decide to get involved, that whoever is with me, get to safety and/or get help. What I DON'T WANT is their help, or for them to try to 'prevent' what may happen. That is why when Nebraska pulled me back from that cat who was running 'around' us (since she says he wasn't running at 'near' us ... but he was too damn close to me!) it was a matter of me trusting her. I like to get off with the first punch, because it is kind of second nature for me to 'beat up' someone ...
Once I have decided that it is indeed, 'go time', I am not going to be hesitant. If who ever is with me, is doing they have to do, which should be getting safe and getting help IN THAT ORDER, then I can do my 'work'.
And it isn't that I am that 'bad of a cat' ... more like I know I can do what I can do. I have had to find that out under certain conditions that the average person hasn't come close to experiencing.
WINNING TIME
Often in fights, the difference is made when the fight is up for grabs. And this circles back to aggression and how it is applied. I know what I am looking for, and what keys that is going to unlock my victory. Thinking about a situation between a couple, or a parent and child, one of the problems with getting in the middle of that kind of mess, is that you don't know where 'help' is going to take you.
So once I have reached the conclusion that I am going to do something, it comes with the consideration that the person that I am supposedly helping doesn't want or desire my help. There is also the possiblity that this person you are 'rescuing' will fight you.
Which is why 'winning time' begins with the moment you have decided to do something to intervene. And the best thing to win, is to go for the fastest, most decisive kind of win there is. In teaching my twins on how to fight, I tell them that the most important factor is the committment to winning. I would show them how to 'step thru' the uppercut to set up the hook, and how the hook would put them into position to throw another uppercut with the same hand.
Pulling back that second uppercut, a knee shot to the groin from the leg on the same side of the uppercut hand, should get you to the 'second level'. For them, I would tell them to either get away or grab a weapon and use it. Me ... aw, don't want to say what I would do, cause it will sound like bragging. But I do know what it would mean for whoever was on the recieving end ...
... and if there are any 'hurt feelings', I apologize, from the 'winning' side of things.
3 comments:
I have to say that, as with Ken, I would certainly feel safe with you!
I love what you told your sisters about self-defense. Everything I've read (there's a great book about it called Attitude, by Lisa Sliwa) says that if you know in your gut that you have to fight, go into it with the attitude of doing as much damage as possible. I.e., go medieval on his ass. Yell, scream, kick, gouge, bite, do whatever you need to do to put the big hurt on him.
I've been fortunate to never be in that situation (knock on wood), but I don't doubt that I would just temporarily lose my mind and despite my small size, I think I could cause some serious hurt. I don't let my temper out very often, but when I do...it's not pretty.
Love, Beth
Hey Mark this is too funny get this - I posted my comment to this post on my own blog. Is my brain turning to oatmeal lol? Anyway. No wimp, you. I'd say we may have a genetic remnant that allows us to encourage the feeling of wanting to pummel someone to a pulp. Others fight against it, even the urge to display their anger, but look at this whole industry built around our human enjoyment of watching fighters! Goes back a long way - you know the term "bread and circus"? Old saying from Roman Colosseum days when famed gladiators made a living by fighting for the public who were given food while they watched the show. Actually I think you make good points here, esp about women knowing the basics about self-defense with only hands and feet. (Btw, by "professional" I meant people with alphabets after their names, those I trust more than my janitor to help me heal myself of this "thing".
Never been much of a fighter, but did take a number of years of martial arts, so do not think I would have a problem to "commit" if push came to shove, so to speak :o)
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