I saw this clip posted on Facebook (thanks Steve) and was intrigued because here’s the Army using cage fighting as a model to test the Combatives ability of their soldiers, both males and females. It’s interesting because there are many…
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Self defence moves – successfully fighting multiple attackers
by JonLaw • • 0 Comments
Successfully Fighting Multiple Opponents On Facebook, (again!) this great example of one man overcoming several in a real life incident was found (thanks Steve). Although the actual incident seems to be a little dodgy, the bloke attacked may very well…
Self defence classes and MMA share qualities, explosive attacking is one!
by JonLaw • • 6 Comments
I’ve just come across an excellent article which could serve as a great reference for self defence classes but the post reputes that MMA shares principles with self defence. On the whole, it is very good, but it suffers from…
Freeze, Fight, Flight and Martial Arts Training #2
by Jon Law • • 13 Comments
The first freeze-fight-flight post described the physiological events triggered when threat or danger is perceived by humans. This post continues with the theme that the response is an essential part of evolutionary survival. We can think of the stress response…
Adding the ‘Live’ to Rape Defence
by JonLaw • • 5 Comments
In the last post about rape defence I spoke about the need to ensure that the training of defence techniques involved a ‘live’ element. This is absolutely key and can be forgotten in these classes. Often the emphasis is on…
Fighting Multiple Attackers – More Video’s
by JonLaw • • 2 Comments
This post builds on the recent multiple attackers series of posts with further real life and training video’s. Not all of these examples are as good as those in th original series, although lessons can be taken from these, both…
Self Defence for Women – Rape Defence
by JonLaw • • 23 Comments
One gritty reality of self defence for women is to avoid being sexually assaulted or raped. Rape related stats paint a pretty horrible picture, although it is not easy to get accurate figures. While rape is something that no woman…
The Stephen Lawrence Case: Justice? Self Defence?
by JonLaw • • 0 Comments
I can clearly remember the outrage around the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, in 1993, and subsequent attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice. Today I heard the testimony of Stephen’s friend Duwayne Brooks on radio five live. It was read out…
Boxing, MMA and BJJ Champions Never Give Up
by JonLaw • • 1 Comment
A critical quality of a true champion is the ability to keep fighting when the going gets tough. This never say die attitude will get the champion out of seemingly impossible situations to claim the win. There’s nothing more exciting…
Freeze, Fight, Flight and Martial Arts Training
by Jon Law • • 17 Comments
This is the first of two posts that describe the wonders of the human response to stress. Many people in martial arts refer to the stress response (or freeze, fight or flight) in a pretty negative manner. ‘Adrenaline dump’ is…