MCMAP – and we’re not talking fast food.

Forget about the demo for the MMA guys in the beginning. It’s nice but meant to be pretty and informative. Pay attention to the “Last of the Mohicans” challenge and the choices that the MMA guys DON’T make because, though they are incredible athletes and tough as nails with incredible techniques, they haven’t trained to make ‘field’ choices.

The “One Mind, Any Weapons” approach translates well to civilian training. More than focusing on mastering techniques with various weapons, a strong focus on training the brain makes a student responsive, adaptive, and effective because he (or she) can size up what they have, what they are facing, and what they need to.

I especially like the emphasis on conditioning and mentality in conjunction with technique.

Tactically Speaking: Simplicity “Zen”

I know this is an older video with a lot of internet exposure, but it’s definitely worth revisiting if you have seen it before – or view it for the first time for newbies.  I call this ‘Simplicity Zen‘ because … Continue reading →

T.A.W.G. 3/22 workout fun as usual

Thanks to Tom, Dale, Sabrina, Dianna, Rick, Tony, and Alex of another fun one.

Training Objectives/Outcomes:

• Footwork vs. “Stance”
• Tactical Arnis is a high mobility system
• Controlling your movement while disrupting the bad guy’s
• Intro to the T.A.W.G. footwork patterns.

The difference between training ‘footwork’ and training ‘stance’ is difficult to grasp for some, but the great thing was to watch Sabrina and Dianna (very new students) working through the confusion.  It was just as interesting to watch some of the more experienced students making connections and sharing their lightbulb moments.

Next week: Scenario games!

Simple but tough question…

From my good friend Tom’s blog.  He’s was part of the inspiration to start the Tactical Arnis blog so when I find really great content that he’s taken the time to make… why reinvent the wheel?

This is a simple but tough question based on the Dunning-Kruger effect:

His blog is on my links and blogroll, check it out.  His Tactical PreSchool series is great too.

“Something interesting to think about is the “Dunning-Kruger” effect.

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to appreciate their mistakes.^[1] The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority.

In other words, some of the people who like to yap about how good they are are not as good as they may think, while some who say “ahhh Im not as good at it as I would like to be” may in fact be more skilled than the loudmouths.”

Facebook foils a robbery

I would never have thought of this, but necessity (in this case desperation and danger) is the mother of invention.

For my fellow Irish (whole, part, or ‘wish you were’) friends on St. Patty’s Day

I’m, admittedly, only 1/5th Irish but on St. Patty’s day in America just knowing someone Irish is enough to be part of the clan for 24 hours.

I tripped over this video of Glen Doyle and his Irish stick fighting program in Milton, Ontario.  What I really enjoyed seeing from the video was the intensity and ‘snap’ while training in a system that could be considered a ‘folk art‘ (meaning ‘home grown’ by and for the ‘people’ instead of by the institution).  Like some FMA’s (Filipino Martial Arts) and Karate styles, this looks like a ‘peasant’ art that Glen is now sharing with others.  Let me know what you think about it.