THE PROBLEM WITH COMBAT SPORTS

I get annoyed by Self-Defense people over emphasizing the shit out of how different street fights are from sport fighting. Thing is there are differences, and they are big enough differences to have to change training approaches. This blog post will focus on specific tactics that are bad for self-defense, but the overall focus is

Defending slow motion training from critiques

McDojo life basically made a video attacking a clip of Rory Miller doing his one step drill. He received backlash so he did a follow up clip having BJJ experts, MMA fighters and combat experts all smashing the clip. One theme was many didn’t like the nature of slow motion training, including Sensei Seth whom

If you’re a good teacher, your students should start beating you.

Before I talk about students, lets talk about size, strength, age and Talent. When we think of martial arts, particularly those in Asia or Asian influenced, we think of a little old man with a bent back, a line full of students throwing punches and kicks. When he squares off with one of his students,

90 percent of fights go to the ground Stat: Why does this persist?

When someone does BJJ or even MMA, they will always recite the gracie mantra “We found 90 percent of fights go to the ground, therefore ground fighting is superior.” Thing is it’s been long discovered the Gracie family got that statistic from police. And police are not supposed to smash faces or run away, they

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