If anyone reading this needs any help defending themselves from someone who throws a single punch and stands there, let me know, because I have an extensive library of techniques in my DVDs that apparently have been built for that exact situation.
Seeing how the 80/20 rule states that 20% of your efforts produce 80% of your results, the reverse of this rule is also inherently true, implying that the remaining 80% of your effort produces only 20% of your results; the inverse of which sucks!
If you don’t like reading here’s a VLOG you can refer to. Prepared = Dueling, squaring off, agreed fighting — not just weapons use Unprepared = Ambushes, Muggings, Does your MA only practice for prepared confrontations, where both fighters are prepared? Or do you practice for unprepared situations? The history of MA…
Learn the basic 5 stages of relationship engagement in combat. Why does it matter? Because you probably aren’t training with an understanding of what your system is actually focused on. Learn.
People tell me that they want to be good at silat regularly. They tell me that they are serious. The real deal. They are as good as their word and they will train hard. Some want to master pencak silat or the “martial arts.”
Life hits us all from time to time. It’s easy to let that wave of struggle derail our focus and our attention away from the things in life that we truly enjoy and grow from. If you’re like me, you have to consciously decide to get yourself back on track.
Can you adapt to the violence of a real encounter? Are you prepared for failure? If you said yes, can you show what in your training prepares you for this? Are actually training it?
Understanding your range and the necessity to control the range is far more important than a bunch of terminology. Does your system actually train range or does it assume range?
Aaron Chappell on Silat Pertempuran, the host of the Stepping from Stone to Stone Podcast and student of PSP exploring the context of your training.