Another post on crashing: Do you have the timing down?

This post is going to be pretty short. I’ve been thinking about why crashing is so commonly taught even to very skilled and in-depth martial artists, why is it a tactic? Sure it’s easy, but there are things that provide a better end result. So why? Then I realised it’s a timing thing, why crashing

Maybe ‘catching punches’ out of the air isn’t so pointless as I once thought.

Based on reading Maija’s books(ADHD has bad memory, so I have to re-read them to confirm) a big part of her system is being so good at defense that basically you can attack freely without worrying about getting killed, it allows for a focus on attack. One of her biggest critiques of most weapon systems

Book Review: What if the best mindset in self defense isn’t the strong will or strong mind, but the unpredictable, flexible mind?

Rethinking how we conceiver of mindset in self defense. I’m reading the second book written by Maija Soderholm. She is associated with Rory Miller and his group of people among self-defense and martial arts circles. Thing is a very common talking point in self defense circles is attack first, attack hard before they do it