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Several months ago, just before I started this blog, I went through somewhat of an enlightening experience. I was at quite a low point in my life, I wasn’t at all happy with the direction it was going in and I could see that I had to make real changes if I [...]
Today I am happy to be releasing my new guide to mind training for martial artists. The little e-book, entitled Mind Training for Martial Artists is based upon a series of articles I did on this blog recently and I’m giving it away to anyone who subscribes to my RSS feed. If you [...]
Tags: Free E-Book·Martial Success·Meditation·Psychology·Visualization
Regular readers of this blog will be well aware of my respect and admiration for Geoff Thompson. To my mind, Geoff has done more than any other martial artist today to educate people on the ways of true self defense and how to adapt traditional training methods to meet the demands of real life situations. [...]
Tags: Mastery·Motivation·Psychology·Reviews·Street Defense·Technique
In the previous article on this subject we talked about some of the options open to you when approached by a potential attacker on the street. In this article we are going to examine in more detail some of those options.
A lot of people, when they are confronted by an attacker, tend to either freeze [...]
Tags: Confrontation Management·Distraction Techniques·Psychology·Street Defense
You know, these days, when you use the word warrior in a sentence, especially to describe yourself or someone else, people tend to throw you a funny look as if to say, “What are you talking about warriors for? This is the twenty-first century; there are no warriors in the twenty-first century. I [...]
Tags: Development·Psychology·Warriorship
We all seem to love a nice comfort zone, don’t we? Comfort zones are like little sanctuaries that welcome us in for a cosy chat and a nice cup of tea. We feel all safe and warm in our little comfort zones, secure in the knowledge that nothing or no one is going [...]
Tags: Comfort Zones·Development·Martial Success·Motivation·Psychology·Visualization
‘To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that training and discipline are about. So teach your mind to dwell on sweet [...]
Tags: Development·Fear·Inner Opponent·Martial Success·Psychology·Street Defense
“Fear is the mind killer.”—Gandhi
“We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under the most perfect conditions, under conditions of greatest courage, we enjoy and even thrill to the god-like possibilities we see in ourselves at such peak moments, and yet, simultaneously, shiver with weakness, awe and [...]
Tags: Development·Fear·Martial Success·Psychology·Street Defense
Quite recently I was forced to intervene in a fight between two of my closest friends. A few of us were drinking at another friends house, seemingly having a good time, just chilling and chatting as you do when suddenly it all kicked of.
One of my friends, who I shall call Joe (not his real [...]
Manipulate their attention,
making them think confusing thoughts about what you are going to do.
(Miyamoto Musashi)
Distracting an opponent does not always mean hitting them. Sometimes you don’t want or need to hit an opponent (at least initially before you follow up with an actual strike).
Sometimes you may need to distract your opponent’s [...]
Tags: Distraction Techniques·Fighting·Psychology·Street Defense
