I have used the phrase ‘artifacts of training’ sporadically to refer to conditioned responses that result from improper training assumptions and methods. One of the most notable is the ‘sensei effect.’ The sensei effect works on both teacher and student – the student ‘over-reacts’ to the instructor’s input (making any given technique look more effective)Continue reading “ARTIFACTS OF TRAINING”
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NECESSARY VIOLENCE REDUX
Let me state unequivocally that I am not an advocate for violence. However, in my experience, it is imperative to understand how to employ violence since that is the only way to ensure we are training properly. Hence taking examples, training methods, and being influenced by other arts that focus on pragmatic and effective deployment ofContinue reading “NECESSARY VIOLENCE REDUX”
OODA LOOP
I was introduced to John Boyd’s OODA loop when taking a defensive fire-arm class. Boyd was a successful fighter pilot in the Korean War – he also had an analytic bent and distilled his experiences in a series of briefings. Boyd never wrote down his ideas about the OODA Loop in a formal paper; he onlyContinue reading “OODA LOOP”
Protective Arts 