In most cases, by focusing on the things we want them to do, we get them to where we want to go faster.
Category: Self Defense
Resilience
So Harden the Fuck Up, and Open the Fuck Up.
Be tough, be vulnerable, work hard, rest hard, feel pain, feel joy.
Meaningful Stress
In any case, stress should be added when and how makes most sense for the individual learning and the intention of the lesson.
Unregulated stress for the sake of stress, is significantly less efficient in building resiliency in our experience.
Between: Initial Impact and Escape
Hoping or planning to simply disengage is different from training to have the skills to disengage in the event that they were able to get close to start with.
Focused Savagery
There are no fast and easy shortcuts when it comes to violence.
Learning is Behavior Change
To genuinely learn, we have to work at meaningful intensity to allow ourselves and our students to truly process and own the positions.
Know Your Why
Knowing our Why can be very powerful for accomplishing goals.
Life is a Process
Another simple and friendly reminder that what I know right now is limited by my current level of experience.
Strong Convictions Loosely Held
By openly challenging those convictions, we have the opportunity to reinforce why they were important, evolve our current view of them, or realize that we have moved past them.
Learning, Training, and Testing
Knowing the intention of the session and the metrics by which we determine progress is powerful.