back in the saddle...

I've had a few breakthroughs in the past year but haven't had the time to codify them into anything useful, explanations to come...

Self-defense class geared specifically for Crossfit people; if it works it will be pretty huge.

Clinic #1:

Gulag-fit as a warmup

startle/flinch reactions, the Soviet Ministry of Sport and you.


it's 90% psychological, it doesn't take much skill for some asshole to hide behind a dumpster and hit you on the head with a pipe...

fighting is: a continuum, a spectrum, an outcome of violence. You did not choose this but you will not allow this to happen to you.

Most people fight out of cowardice i.e something to prove or vanity. The rest are basically cannibals and need to be dealt with as such.

Pepper Spray and et al is a half-measure, carry a knife and show them that you are a predator, not prey.

martial art=minimum effort for maximum effect, a lifetime study

self-defense=maximum effort for maximum effect, immediate outcome. Assume the worst otherwise WTF are you fighting for?

Professional:
neo-cortex trained under 1,000's of hrs of grueling, demanding duress. Fine motor skills can supplant the survival mechanism. Context-specific.

Civilian:
limbic system dependant, instinct and large muscle motions, difficult to overcome without specific training, CNS will sacrifice the body to survive...atextual


key#2 series

Soviet Subway drill

"We are a biped predator and that sucks" from close/cover-up into open/jab-out reactions

body-contact along the off-angle, understand how to break to the rear-corner.

You are not fighting their hand/foot/knife/etc you are fighting their CNS; their centerline. Methods of attacking the centerline. The whole body fights as a unit.

throwing mechanics

posting this here as a place-saver, I have a flood of research to catch up on here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-3Thojbh0&feature=player_embedded#!


Been ruminating over a a number of conflicting/congruent concepts. Much of it is my own method, frequently unencumbered by thought process. Buyer beware:

Throwing or power generation that puts the the hips ahead of the upper body reminds me of wave-punching, which from a Russian perspective, started with stick/knife fighting work but elaborated into something very different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVz-3KrMH8U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVz-3KrMH8U
@24 sec or so, Arkadiy's posture "consolidates" right as the actual push is delivered. It's a compression shove that is more like a one-inch punch than a proper store/release IMO

This is kind of a big problem as timing must be impeccable in order to have maximum delivery. (important note: [B]do not[/B] mess with Arkadiy, IS or no, he is a very dangerous man:devil:)

another push action, but with less wave/segmentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfPZpln1WI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfPZpln1WI

@:34 Katanishi-san points out the transfer action. His movements are much more hip2hand and he also shows changing levels, not as much a IS getting under, but as close as I've seen any Judoka manage.

my man Chen Yu at work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6rpxeF6-c&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6rpxeF6-c&feature=related

Chen Yu is different in that there is no timing issues with his mechanics, everything "arrives" at the point of contact. Also is isn't just store/release, but store/release/store/release etc in as much of a loop as he needs to sustain.