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While attending Bert's wedding dinner tonight (which was one of the best I've ever been), my buddy and gym mate Mike (you too coach) lambasted me for blogging about the "ineffectiveness" of MMA training for self defense (see my previous entry).
I came home, re-read my blog (see, this is why we blog, to capture our thoughts of the moment for reflections later), and decided I will NOT delete that entry, but instead removed my comment on BJJ vs armed felon coz I felt I did not have enough experience nor expertise to make such a comment.
Or perhaps you guys have missed my point. I was just suggesting to our coaches to better explain or demonstrate HOW the CMDP training can be used for self defense applications, as opposed to merely dispensing principles, strategies and techniques alone. For eg. what are the dos and donts when confronted by an armed felon. I know we discourage training from a fear-based perspective, but I was hoping we could articulate more on self defense applications within CMDP context.
So I'm not saying in any way that MMA-based training is useless for self defense, but rather what are the best ways to teach self defense using common MMA training approach and techniques. Or it could be I just missed scenario-based training for self defense, as compare to what we are doing now. In truth, I not sure.
I'm sure though that I enjoyed the CMDP program and happy to pick up the some useful skills. I'm also sure that training with aliveness is the best way to impart such knowledge and skills. So there you go Mikey bro, MMA rules. Cya on the mat. ;) |
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I have recently received my Black Belt, and for many reasons I have not plastered on here that I did it and how everybody should cheer for me. For my self, it is more of a personal journey and I wanted to take time to “feel” what it was like to be a Black Belt. As for the testing most of it was as I had thought it might be and some parts I had to dig deep into my soul, deeper than I ever thought I could. As for what that was, I will leave it as a personal triumph that I will never forget.
As the test was now over, my teacher told me, “Now Make it your Own”. Thats all he could say, he couldn’t tell me how to do that or it would not be mine. He is not saying to go create my own system, but to get my mind, body and spirit to understand and feel the art. It has taken me some time and thought to comprehend this more fully. I don’t make any claims that I have made it “My Own” yet, but as I have continued training I feel that it will come.
Recently I have been studying Bunkai not from Kata but from principle, and creating scenarios to create a Kata. This has been a great deepening experience for me. I am usually harder on myself than most people, and I didn’t just want to put “techniques” together. I wanted it to have a life of its own, a purpose and meaning. I am still working on it and I don’t know if it will ever be where I want it, but I can feel like I am starting to “Make it my own.”
– A Humble Student
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The Struggling Manager is a new web site that I am working on dedicated to helping people who struggle to become or succeed as managers. If you have enjoyed some of the management-related articles here, you will find them re-appearing on that site, and you might enjoy some of the fresh material that is headed [...] |
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"Congratulations. You have just received your black belt. Now go teach." Fortunately, there has been enough progression in the martial arts that very few today would support the idea that simply having a black belt makes one certified to be an instructor. |
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