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May 10, OK folks, I agree - MMA works! |
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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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