Saturday, May 29th, 2010 at
6:32 pm
Royce Gracie broke down obstacles when he won UFC 1. While opening everybody’s eyes to grappling, he additionally did something that might change martial arts forever (even opening the way for Hillsboro BJJ schools like mine). He was beating martial arts black belts and proving to them that they have been lacking a vital ingredient of their fighting arts, the ground game (his martial art was like the invention of Jeet Kune Do again. Another Bruce Lee movement that left an impression on the world. Quick forward to a few short years later, everyone is being instructed by martial arts enterprise gurus that they have to show mma (or MMA) to their students to get some of the cash that’s floating around. Forget that they haven’t trained in it earlier than; neglect they don’t know the style. They’ve never competed, by no means had anybody compete earlier than, and doubtless have by no means considered fighting in a cage (even saying up to now, that it was barbaric and they want nothing to do with it, but they still discovered the gall to hold up a shingle and say, hey I train MMA.
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at
11:41 pm
A typical self defense class involves an instructor teaching a group of students basic self defense techniques. It's a very relaxed environment, with the instructor cracking some jokes to loosen people up, and then a bit of hands on training. The students likely demonstrate on each other and try out the techniques, but everyone is very polite and doesn't want to push or pull anyone to hard. So, is this ok or not? After all, this is the model that so many schools have stuck to for so long. Unfortunately, this is a far from ideal way to train if you're serious about self defense. The reason being that you're not training in a realistic environment. The chances are you signed up with a friend to have a bit if fun. Now, I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't have a good time at a self defense class, but you should be more focused on learning than having fun. You should train in a situation that is as close to real life as possible. So, that means there must be anger, shoving, stares, and fiery exchanges. If you train in a situation like this, then you will not be caught off guard when you get in a confrontation. So, try to find a school that focuses on simulating real life situations. You don't have to attend a self defense that leaves you with a broken tooth and a black eye at the end of it, but you need to go to one that takes you out of your comfort zone. If you can find a school that offers this, you're in good shape. Once you find a program or school that offers what you are looking for, I recommend you to try it out for a week or two. You may have to go through three or more schools, but the effort will pay off in the long run. Having found a suitable self defense school, you must attend weekly and put in 100% effort.

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Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at
10:21 am
A typical self defense class involves an instructor teaching a group of students basic self defense techniques. It’s a friendly, relaxed environment, with the instructor smiling and joking with students throughout the training. The students likely demonstrate on each other and try out the techniques, but everyone is very polite and doesn’t want to push or pull anyone to hard.
So, is this ok or not? After all, this is the model that so many schools have stuck to for so long. Unfortunately, this is a far from ideal way to train if you’re serious about self defense. The reason being that you’re not training in a realistic environment. The likelihood is that you went to the seminar with a friend, and you had a fun time there.
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