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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Brown" data-source="post: 84439" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>While I greatly appreciate the kudos, the big deal really isn't the experience as there are plenty of folks more experienced than me.</p><p></p><p>What tends to distinguish what my group does is that we do the work on a regular basis. I.E. we train at least twice a week on physical strategies and techniques against live, resisting opponents.</p><p></p><p>Most people (instructors included) usually work against cardboard or compliant or minimally resistant opponents.</p><p></p><p>That's the big difference. I just get to see and experience a lot firsthand because I'm willing to do the work. </p><p></p><p>Anyone, who is willing, can do what I do. Its just that there aren't too many people willing to sweat and bleed to do it and that's really what's required.</p><p></p><p>I heard a good theory from Tuhon Tom Kier of Sayoc Kali a couple weeks ago at a seminar: Take two identical twins and tell them they're going to fight each other six months from now.</p><p></p><p>Number 1 will get fifty of the best coaches/instructors in the world and they will train him in the best techniques in the world for that six months. They are going to teach him until he has the techniques down pat and he will know the proper way to throw punches, kicks, etc.</p><p></p><p>Number 2 will get fifty guys with headgear and boxing gloves and he will fight them five days a week for six months. They won't teach him a single technique but merely fight during all his sessions.</p><p></p><p>At the end of six months, number 2 will trash number 1.</p><p></p><p>While I believe a balance of the two is the best option, how much training that anyone has done involves the prospect of pain?</p><p></p><p>Certainly shooting cardboard doesn't do that and that's why so many seemingly trained people are really unprepared for conflict.</p><p></p><p>All realistic training programs have two things:</p><p></p><p>1) The prospect of failure</p><p></p><p>2) The prosepect of danger/pain</p><p></p><p>Nothing is a guarantee to combat success but training as close as possible to realistic conditions is the best bet you can make.</p><p></p><p>When you train realistically (i.e. against resistant opponents who try to hurt you) people invariably come to the same conclusions.</p><p></p><p>This is one of the reasons that two instructors, like myself and Southnarc as of a few years ago, can never train together and come up with incredibly similar programs and ideas. </p><p></p><p>When you actually do the work, the answers become self-evident. Like I said before, anyone can do what I do. All I do is try to apply an analytical mind and then actually sweat and bleed while doing the work.</p><p></p><p>Michael Brown</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Brown, post: 84439, member: 18"] While I greatly appreciate the kudos, the big deal really isn't the experience as there are plenty of folks more experienced than me. What tends to distinguish what my group does is that we do the work on a regular basis. I.E. we train at least twice a week on physical strategies and techniques against live, resisting opponents. Most people (instructors included) usually work against cardboard or compliant or minimally resistant opponents. That's the big difference. I just get to see and experience a lot firsthand because I'm willing to do the work. Anyone, who is willing, can do what I do. Its just that there aren't too many people willing to sweat and bleed to do it and that's really what's required. I heard a good theory from Tuhon Tom Kier of Sayoc Kali a couple weeks ago at a seminar: Take two identical twins and tell them they're going to fight each other six months from now. Number 1 will get fifty of the best coaches/instructors in the world and they will train him in the best techniques in the world for that six months. They are going to teach him until he has the techniques down pat and he will know the proper way to throw punches, kicks, etc. Number 2 will get fifty guys with headgear and boxing gloves and he will fight them five days a week for six months. They won't teach him a single technique but merely fight during all his sessions. At the end of six months, number 2 will trash number 1. While I believe a balance of the two is the best option, how much training that anyone has done involves the prospect of pain? Certainly shooting cardboard doesn't do that and that's why so many seemingly trained people are really unprepared for conflict. All realistic training programs have two things: 1) The prospect of failure 2) The prosepect of danger/pain Nothing is a guarantee to combat success but training as close as possible to realistic conditions is the best bet you can make. When you train realistically (i.e. against resistant opponents who try to hurt you) people invariably come to the same conclusions. This is one of the reasons that two instructors, like myself and Southnarc as of a few years ago, can never train together and come up with incredibly similar programs and ideas. When you actually do the work, the answers become self-evident. Like I said before, anyone can do what I do. All I do is try to apply an analytical mind and then actually sweat and bleed while doing the work. Michael Brown [/QUOTE]
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