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Another example of how martial arts training and competitive fighting doesn’t = self defense.

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    • #10639
      Dallas Williams
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    • #12752
      Dallas Williams
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      All the mma training didn’t save this fighter from being robbed at gunpoint after earning money from his win.

    • #12765

      That sucks but it goes to show you – pro fighter froze up and submitted.

    • #12800

      Yea that’s really messed up. But it goes to show you really don’t know what’s gonna happen when shtf. But that’s also the difference in the correct type of training. When I trained BJJ and Muay Thai I felt like I could take on anyone… In the ring. I knew deep down that in the street under real stress conditions that I might not be able to defend myself. Now training SDTS and only in mod 3 I have that confidence and feel I could handle myself. I have looked at the weapons mods and what Damian says just seems right, clear weapon and attack attack attack. Now I have the confidence but you never really know what’s gonna happen until shtf.

    • #12816

      [Archie Thomas] yep – the one thing fighting in the ring does give you is confidence that you can knock someone out or submit them. It does help as a confidence booster and at the end of the day a punch is still a punch but….

      If you’re not thinking about these situations when you’re training there is a great chance you will be taken off guard and lack confidence.

      That’s why we have fire drills.

    • #12821
      James Goolsby
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      @Damian Ross said:

      That’s why we have fire drills.

      Agreed. SDTS technique is pure gold, don’t get me wrong, but I actually think the real value of the program is in the drills. A person could sit and watch Damian do it all day long, but it still wouldn’t save their butt on the street. You gotta get in there and work it hard. You quickly figure out not only what works (everything), but what works best for YOU. Let’s face it, as great as STDS is, there simply are techniques that “feel” better than others based on you and your mental/physical type. But you will only find this out by drilling the S out of each move yourself.

    • #12822
      Scott Cain
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      “You quickly figure out not only what works (everything), but what works best for YOU.”

      And you learn what to do when you drop step and miss the chin jab – what are you going to do next? In the real deal, you can’t ask to start over.

    • #12823
      Dallas Williams
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      In such a case I like to go into the reverse Japanese strangle and start biting and eye gouging and throwing knees and stomps to the feet. But that’s just me but I find that if I miss with the chin jab that it makes a perfect opening to go into that, even in the stand up lol. Plus nothing will take the fight out of your opponent and demoralize them faster than having their face bitten off and eyes ripped out. They’ll be like “Damn this dude is really F’d up in the head I never should’ve messed with him.” Laugh

    • #12825

      [James Goolsby] you hit the nail on the head my man.

      DRILLS is what’s the key.

      Martial arts and self defense typically use the “show up and throw up” method of teaching. They just give you a bunch of techniques or moves – one right after another.

      Then you go off with your partner and fumble through it at first then both of you learn your parts and it looks like you know it.

      After that it’s off to the next move.

      But that’s not how we really train.

      Sports, boxing and even sparring in the dojo take on a different method of teaching.

      You learn the basic skills and then practice them on targets, training dummies and even partners. You develop muscle memory regarding the foundation techniques and them you can adapt them to the fluid situation like competition.

      As you train you discover what works best for you and what doesn’t. One of the mistakes martial arts makes is that it implies that you need to MASTER or be a master of every technique you know.

      This is leads to unrealistic expectations.

      Personally I may know hundreds of techniques, but there are only a handful that I go to. I just know 1,000 ways to get you into a position where I can use them.

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