It is a profound mistake, a dangerous, naive delusion, to assume that safety is something that can be granted to you, like a certificate or a piece of colored cloth tied around your waist. It’s an absurd view of the world. If you walk into a dojo and they promise you “safety,” you should turn…
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A Teacher’s Reward Part 2
This is a repost of something I wrote years ago. Everything said here remains true. I updated where needed for accuracy. I started teaching martial arts a long time ago. When I started, my biggest passion was simply to share something I really love. For me and for many others like me, martial arts are…
Overlooked Self-Defense Elements 4: De-Escalation
This is part four of a series of articles where I look at the elements needed for a self-defense or self-protection course to be of real use. In a previous article I listed the required elements as follows: Awareness Avoidance Pre fight indicators (pre-fight rituals) De-escalation Adrenaline effects And last, actual physical skills De-Escalation People…
Wallace Smedley 