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It sounds to me that like as in my example of an attack happening to fast that I had to time to 'get scared,' that it's better to have 'no fear' or at least less fear.
True…I think good training in a good style, and the putting into action through scenario training what we practice, goes a long way to condition us to the adrenaline response, which makes us better able to perform under fearful situations.
Perhaps it is best to characterize the Tachypsychia effects as
body alarm reactions instead of fear..Although fear is a survival instinct very much hard wired.
Such body alarm reactions vary depending on the level of the threat, and we must train to replicate those moments and attempt to function in spite of it.
The best way to put martial arts technique into useful response action is to participate in scenario training such as the bulletmen or the Blauer approach.
This must be understood:
When something unpleasant happens that we don't expect adrenaline is dumped into the bloodstream in one go so that we enter a type of "overdrive state.” It has nothing to do with style or time to have fear. The chemicals are released in an instant, and unless we can control the effects, we will not be as effective as we could be in confrontations.
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These changes enhance basic animal fighting skills, so they may be useful in a hand-to-hand brawl. "The fight or flight response has not changed since caveman days, when people fought with their bare hands or with clubs and rocks," writes Chris Bird. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Clearly it is not about fear or lack of it, but more about fear management we should be focusing on in our training.
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Many of the students in our family, it could be said, are *very* confident in their skills and this is largely because of their firm belief in Wing Chun and their ability to use it.
wing chun is a good style, but many other similar excellent styles foster the same confidence and abilities to use their specific techniques. But this discussion is not about styles__
Styles, as good as they might be, do not override the natural SNS response. It is our responsibility to make the style work in spite of the SNS interference through realistic scenario training.
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"If any student of mine who can truly perform the system up to the 2nd form ever loses a fight to another style I'll throw myself off the top of the school’s roof ..."
Not sure that the average intelligent student would feel comfortable with that statement that smacks of conceit.
Obviously in the real world things are not that simple. Are you sure he really said that?
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The Chinese martial art community is, at least in my experience, quite different than the more Americanized and humble Japanese schools in this respect.
Jim, I would caution you to not say things that some people of different styles might find personally offensive.
This is not a style bashing forum.
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I have always been proud of the cockiness of 'the family', and after all their successes in Hong Kong, (not to mention Bruce) they had reason to boast and I think this cockiness can be an asset in combat depending on the student.
This attitude will definitely get people killed in the streets.
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Van Canna