Keep your system simple and self-knowledge of the realization of stress

Keep your system simple and self-knowledge of the realization of stress "There's Superior Martial Arts,   Only Superior Martial Artists "I've read, heard, written and repeated this phrase many times I can not remember, even if it came from. The reason why I like it because it is so true! This article is another attempt to debate the merits of a system of self-defense against another. Nor is it to discuss the style of work or not "on the street." All martial arts have their inteal components that are powerful fighting techniques. It 'important to know! Self systems,   But Autodefensas Don'tOn Principles surface, martial arts and self seem different systems. However, if they are legitimate and effective, the underlying principles are the same.Principles are the rules about how things stand. Are undisputed, non-negotiable and immutable. They have nothing to do with the way we think about things or how we want it to be. Like the laws of physics, only are.As "martial science" our goal is to explore, discover, experiment and confirmed the principles that define and influence the reality of combat. Its ability to produce a result in this case to defend effectively is a direct result of how well you understand and apply the principles of combat and know human performance.What   Performance under pressure? This article describes how the fear and stress affects combat performance. If you consider an expert martial artist, a lover of self, a self-taught or "Ham and Egger" who wants to keep fit and increase their confidence, this information is important to know. If you are training for self-defense, it is necessary to select and develop the skills to be effective in the chaos of violent conflict. This article will help you process.FEAR, STRESS AND SELF DEFENSEStress is good, but only if   For the works and not against YouStress is our response to a perceived or real threat that we have inherited from our ancestors. It was and is essential to our survival as a species. This mechanism of survival, often called "Fight of or flight response" is a good thing. If properly managed, can be a powerful force in the fight against the (fight) or escape from the (flight), a violent aggressor. However, if ignored or Cree, stress can affect our physical and mental performance and commitment to our effectiveness is a fight.What "Autodefensas Stress" Stress, in relation to violence is the answer to a difference between the perception of threats and their ability to control the conditions in which the outcome has the potential for death, injury or physical symptoms degradation.The De StressStress cause a series of physiological and psychological changes. Without going into details of these changes, the effects of intense stress on the results fall into three categories: 1. Distortion of perception - the loss of peripheral vision and depth perception, your hearing may be affected, the changes in sensitivity to pain, etc.2. Cognitive - emotional centers in the brain to become dominant and creative or logical thinking is impaired.3. The deterioration of motor skills - the ability to perform certain physical actions is affected by stress. However, other actions may be enhanced by stress.Each of these categories could be an article (or book) of your account. However, for the purposes of this article, I merely information on the selection and performance physical skills.THE KYSS! Principle (Keep your system simple!) Why Black Belt Get a beating? Why is that so many martial artists get a beating? Sorry to burst the bubble, if you thought otherwise, but the fact is that many people, even after years of training were Thumper from "unqualified" intoxicated opponents. How can it be? Often people with a distorted train mental map of what it is like in a real, knockdown, drag-out-anything-goes street fight. Confused with the fight and sparring are indecisive, overwhelmed by fear or try the techniques work not only to understand more clearly the reality of a "struggle" and the effects of being in one, the best you can prepare for the chaos of combat . Motor skills ClassificationMotor is a fancy name for physical actions and techniques. They can be divided into three categories: 1. High mobility - are small operations that involve the muscles, dexterity and hand-eye coordination. The ability to play good motor skills deteriorates at low to moderate stress.2. Complex Motor Skills - are actions that relate to three or more components in a sequence that requires timing and coordination. In moderate to high stress levels, the ability to perform these skills is also affected. There are many martial arts techniques of complex motor skills. This explains why the techniques that can operate at low voltage of training in a high-voltage fight.3. Motor skills - are simple, large muscle group activities such as squats, pushups and push / pull type of motion. This includes basic knowledge of fighting as a straight punch, a hook or a handful of Thai boxer hits the knee, for example. Unlike fine and complex motor skills, motor skills NOT deteriorate under stress. In fact, they are reinforced by the effects of fear and we rely primarily on motor skills stress.Obviously when designing a system of self-defense "less is more" self TheorySome martial arts instructors and to believe in the "More Is - -- better "philosophy. They believe that leaing a large number of techniques to increase the capacity to respond effectively to a wider variety of situations, the most elaborate of the fight against the system more adaptable becomes.If have this philosophy, please, lose my frankness, but .. . You are wrong! And 'the best approach does not withstand scientific scrutiny. Developing complex technical or do not work in a real fight. It 'as simple as that.In contrast, less is more "is more practical, realistic and consistent with what science tells us the way we perform under stress. Here are some of the advantages of keeping the number of techniques for minimum.Faster reaction TimeAs back to 1800, researchers knew that there are more responses to stimuli, as necessary to respond. In 1952 a researcher named Hicks has confirmed that for each response option added, the amount of time to react doubles! This is known as "Hicks law" and has been repeatedly confirmed by subsequent research. In a situation of legitimate defense, take longer to respond to a threat of action, the more likely it is wounded and defeated.Fast results with a minimum of TrainingAnother problem that supports the idea of maintaining the inventory of skills to a minimum is the amount of time you have to practice and the time needed to build skills. (remember: competition is confident that reduces stress!) Imagine that 20 skills and train for an hour per session. This means that there are 3 minutes to invest in any technology. However, if you reduce the number of techniques for self-defense to three (just an arbitrary number), 20 minutes to invest in any technology, conceptually invest 600% more time in each repetition. What technique would be improved by six times more training? The brass knuckle Effect (Cognitive Clarity) Imagine that you knew was about to be attacked by a big, strong, psychopathic offender. There is no way to avoid the fighting. Let's say that your defense system consists of 20 different techniques. In moments of tension before the mind is reeling respond, trying to figure out the best in action.Keep that his cognitive abilities are impaired by stress. Stress "brain damage" prevents the formation of a logic or a creative solution for their situation. What you gonna do? See their dilemma, a good friend (if not before he is now!) Discrete him a set of brass knuckles. What has happened only assume that your thinking? I imagine that a danger to mental health for the fog begins to lift, and decreases the stress becomes clear his goal. Now it is a simple matter to take the brass knuckles and hit repeatedly on vulnerable anatomy of your opponent. Now it seems simple right? The possibility of winning the match that has improved considerably. The same can be achieved without affecting iron fists hitting some, but adaptable, reliable inventory of combat skills.THE SCIENCE points to stress the need for SPECIALIZEVirtually done all the fighters are known to excel in the techniques. However, if you ignore his "bread and butter" techniques, most of them are considered "average." From both fighters for its ability to simplify the system and take advantage of their superior techniques.Knowing what we now know about the art of selection and the operating voltage, what do you think the merit of "specialized" in a nucleus of fighting skills? Here's how started.Explore your StrengthsDon't only firm in the fight against the arbitrary tactics. Assess existing skills and select a strike, a football or a finale that seems to possess a "good fit" for you. What the technique or the land that always applies when sparring? What's your best or favorite technique? What technique is used to feel the pressure? The answer to these questions began with a technical process.AdaptabilityHaving possible does not mean that it limits the ability to respond to a wide range of situations. The idea is to take the specialty of the strike, kick, or a combination of blockade and stifle the train in many different ways as possible. Lea to apply basic skills in different ranges (striking, clinching, or field), against the individual partners, compared to other devices and the largest number of exercises that you can imagine. What makes them and apply them. Strive to lea a lot about a little ', not the momentary exhaustion versa.Train a good way to see how good a technical education is under stress extreme fatigue. You can bring on stress physiology of intense exercise for you. I call this "bombardment of training on the heavy bag article:" There's nothing like a quick boost to the stock market. "On my website to a technical or a combination of different times for a specified period or until when you can not do more. I can guarantee that the gross motor skills are the ones that lead to such training.Keep in mind that not to do this training all the time. You need time to recover between intense training this.Obviously be healthy and in good physical shape to make this kind of training. Please see my waing page before you follow the precautions for this advice. Not least of inflexibility in keeping things simple is the process of specialization that does not mean you stop leaing, experience, or to abandon his training program already in place, rather than a "bare-bones" self-defense program is . If its proud tradition of martial arts stick with it. If you love to jump, tu and kick things, then by all means, go for it! Just do not confuse the techniques that work in a street fight with those who do not. Apply the science of stress with the addition of special education services, in practice, to develop self skills.SO WHAT? HOW TO USE THIS INFORMATIONUsing The KYSS! Principle "   To assess a potential Especialidad TechniqueNow its time to put this: Based on the priority you put on "the fight against the competition." (There are many other benefits and reasons to train) Take a good, in in ' scope of the powers at right angles that you have in your inventory and the amount of time to invest in training.Decide as a proportion of their training to fight. The design of the system based on the following criteria KYSS. "=> This is a technique of" mobility "=> Do you have confidence in their ability to perform skills under pressure? => What is the most successful for you in sparring for training or competition? (however, not to be confused with the struggle against such activities) => E 'technique applied in a wide range of situations in different time intervals, in different environments, the clothes that you ring during the day to day? => Are you able to build a wide range of exercises to build strength and flexibility in the choice of techniques? => There are techniques that you've selected that are superfluous? => Do you understand the basic principles of biomechanics and the development and implementation of capacity with greater efficiency? CONCLUSIONStress in a combat situation is a fact. Expected. It's new to be there. Their performance is the result of trust and how they are well trained, well-designed addition to its defense is the response of the system. Attack the problem of stress-performance like this: => Simplify the system of specialization in a handful of effective techniques and adaptive .=> artificially create tension in their training sessions to inoculate himself to some degree (more on this in future articles) Select ...=> gross motor skills and that efficient low stress.Knowing what we now know about the stress of performance is not clear that the "KYSS! (keep your system simple!) Beginning, "it is worthwhile to include in your training? Review and assess the skills of combat inventory and select those that meet the criteria KYSS and improve their performance in a combat situation dramatically. The last line of what you want to make of this article is that if you are training for self-defense to keep your system simple! Take care, train smart and stay safe, Randy Lahaie   Self-protection strategies ============== Cotización =================" No top or bottom of martial arts, there are only warriors and non-warriors "" Every martial art is based on the doctrine, a set of broad and general beliefs. People who study a single doctrine tend to exclude other sources of ideas and to convince that his is the only true way to fight. They become slaves of those who profess doctrines. "Forrest E. Morgan, Maj USAF   The Martial Way of Life   A manual for the way a mode warrior should think   ================================================== ============== Lahaie Randy is the president of the protection   Teaching strategies and was based on reality   Self-defense for over 30 years. He is the author   more combative harden Training Guide "   (Free for Boletín DEFENSE