tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466191563444157673.post369085212286892109..comments2023-04-29T00:58:08.222-07:00Comments on The Self Defense Company's Combatives Blog: "No Holds Barred" - Damian Ross, The Self Defense CompanyDamian Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15637747966183273685noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466191563444157673.post-10659408197120388812012-03-23T03:19:59.765-07:002012-03-23T03:19:59.765-07:00The SDTS is defined by not only physical parameter...The SDTS is defined by not only physical parameters of the techniques it chooses to employ it is mostely defined by the attitude to them by its student.<br /><br />A good Motto that I very much like is ... Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin adage translated as, "If you seek peace, prepare for war". The source of this adage remains unknown;[1] however, it is universally believed, rightly or wrongly, to be based on a quotation from Roman military writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus: Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.[2] The saying is one of many from or based on his work, Epitoma rei militaris, possibly written around the year 390 AD.<br /> <br />I like to use this story, and discuss implications with my students. In the mid eighties a leading sports presenter on American TV was interviewing a group of the up and coming Tennis Pro’s and asked them how come Bjorn Borg was considered head and shoulders above them all and could still run rings around them at his age. Its easy, they said. “We are playing tennis. He is playing ‘something else!”<br /> <br />Good story. And I make the same point about SDTS.<br /> <br />We are not looking for a fair fight and a decent exchnge of blows with the attacker.<br /> <br />Emphasize that key distinction in everything I teach. They can play tennis – we can play what the hell we want. Turn up to the tennis match with a baseball bat and have fun. Take a gun to the knife fight but when fighting in a phone box, maybe a grenade is not the best tool.<br /> <br />SDTS starts with thinking different all the time. It will shape your practice and performance and outcome.<br /> <br />Important when explaining SDTS to others. - The SDTS is NOT just a<br />subsystem or ‘style’ or Martial Art. Not a hybred. It is a very different way of viewing the whole areana of self protection. It cant be defined purely by its ‘moves’.<br /> <br />It is to be considered as an Algorythm of combat. A Skill. A solution to a situation. –(Someone kicks off, you apply the skill on them, end of situation. Simple as. )<br /> <br />In mathematics, computing, linguistics, and related disciplines, an algorithm is a definite list of well-defined instructions for completing a task; that given an initial state, will proceed through a well-defined series of successive states, eventually terminating in an end-state.<br /><br />For me the SDTS is: The art of not getting caught between the dog and the lamppost.<br /><br />It is an ‘anti virus’ programme for life. It is as neutral and emotive as that.<br /> <br />Think of it that way and ‘run the programme’ and trust in the programme when you press that button. No emotion involved like when you purge the computer. Its nothing personal.<br /> <br />Consider the difference the expression difference createad between getting pawed by a cat or Clawed by a big cat. Different picture, different feeling. <br /> <br />Thoughts become things. Utilising Transformational linguistics while teaching and talking about SDTS. (Especially when talking to yourself when practicing)<br /> <br />We don’t ‘block’ a strike. We ‘CUT INTO’ a strike or attacking limb.<br /> <br />We don’t arm or wrist ‘lock. We arm CRUSH or wrist or neck crush.<br /> <br />We also SMOTHER, tear and render limbs. We don’t pat we slap.We BURN through. We don’t jab or poke. We destroy or blast or stab.<br /> <br /> We don’t ‘step on’ a foot. We SPIKE or SPEAR a foot etc.<br /><br />In the end, like Damian said, Bad people do bad things.<br /><br />Stephen DrakeSteve Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707409515267893188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466191563444157673.post-71058116984292279512012-03-20T10:24:03.486-07:002012-03-20T10:24:03.486-07:00damian, your excatly right i have been involved in...damian, your excatly right i have been involved in boxing for 15 years, and have friends that are involved in both boxing and mma,boxing and mma are great sports but that is what they are SPORTS! with rules and regulations. self defence training as in your program is a whole different picture,keep up the good work!juan h.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466191563444157673.post-54653809936685174452012-03-20T06:54:03.351-07:002012-03-20T06:54:03.351-07:00Not exactly anonymous. But you could do MMA and su...Not exactly anonymous. But you could do MMA and supplement that with the SDTS (http://www.theselfdefenseco.com)Damian Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637747966183273685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466191563444157673.post-23071571672597005162012-03-19T16:45:43.524-07:002012-03-19T16:45:43.524-07:00Wow, that was good, Mr. Ross. As a former police o...Wow, that was good, Mr. Ross. As a former police officer and current security professional, I appreciate the Self Defense Company. I hope to be at your Summit again this year. <br />Charles CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466191563444157673.post-77358833784849184242012-03-19T16:13:37.135-07:002012-03-19T16:13:37.135-07:00So you're saying that your empty hand material...So you're saying that your empty hand material is not enough to deal with an MMA guy on the street, and that you have to resort to weapons to handle them?<br /><br />Might as well just just train in MMA then, and supplement that with weapons training.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com