Re: Anyone interested in Critiquing some pages from my new self defense book?
- From: Badger_s<Badger_s@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:01:17 -0500
On 1 Jan 2006 12:23:50 -0800, "ltldragn" <ltldragn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Thanks so much for the review, I can tell you truly know your stuff and
>are a very proficient in your art. The book is meant to show just basic
>references to basic situations. I agree a video is the way to go and
>you still couldn't cover all the points and situations as they would
>take place in a real life scenario. Like I said a first attempt at
>sharing at least some basics with others who have no access to a
>skilled teacher. However each technique in the book has many different
>options including allot that you have mentioned. Being grabbed from the
>front, behind, Lifted up off the ground, hands behind your back and
>jacked up on your toes. So I have covered some of these scenarios as
>well in the book although not all, it's impossible in 1 book. Preview
>pages of the book are just one or two possible situations but only one
>or two of the suggested solutions out of many others described in its
>chapters. Thank you so much for your input, you sound like I do when I
>teach my students. Like I said, a writer I'm not, a martial
>artist is what I am first. How did you find the book by the way I
>didn't give the url? By the way Apology gratefully accepted thank you.
>And you have to admit the pictures came out pretty good in the book
>huh? lol
The problem is, this concept of a book of simple basic self-defense moves
has been done many times, and in my opinion has fostered a myth that these
moves can actually work as shown. They can not, unless the opponent is
cooperating. Certainly they'll work if you go up to your next-door-neighbor
and say, 'grab my wrist'. But this is not realistic, don't you agree?
I would hope you'd at least try to work these very defenses yourself
against an aggressive opponent in an unrehearsed situation. Otherwise
you're perpetuating this myth. It's unfair to the students and unfair to
the person that might read your book alone.
Simply saying 'these are just basic moves' does not excuse the fact that
there are many important concepts that seem to be left out. In fact these
concepts are more important than any single 'move sequence', I think.
What I'd rather see if you -must- do this kind of a book would be for you
to videotape your aggressive and most full-on reply to an equally
aggressive headlock. Then go through the video as still shots and paste in
the relevant frames, including those that suggest the high impact, high
action aspects and attributes needed to pull them off.
Though some moves might be blurred here and there or less 'structured', it
would still be a better way to present a series of pictures. Much more
dynamic. Obviously you can't paste in -every- frame, but you would get a
much better picture of the leverage and positioning and other factors and
really see people reacting in a more realistic way.
One other way to do it is to allow a special URL for readers of the book to
access a website where you do each of these moves in a small .avi video, or
an animated .gif. That way you wouldn't have the necessary costs of trying
to press and add a DVD to the book. It wouldn't need to be super large
files, though you might want to prepare to add more bandwidth. Now you
might say, 'well people could just browse the book and then find the
special URL and see my work'. Well, what's bad about that? ;-)
Also, I urge you to consider adding a section in the book on 'concepts'
related to what your subject is. Aim to quantify and elucidate some things
that you as an expert have culled from all your years of study that others
have not addressed. Perhaps you have some special insight into training for
the smaller fighter against a larger, untrained opponent. Emphasize which
moves will not work against skilled grapplers and fighters.
Visit the Straight Blast Gym website and read up on 'aliveness'. Get a few
videos where other people, especially experienced grapplers show these
kinds of escapes and make sure your moves are as robust.
Another way to approach it is to show your current pictures and then say
'this is how we -used- to do it', but now we know you have to do this...
and then show a series of pictures where you show a more 'alive' version of
the material. Use arrows and text to show how in one frame you have failed
to get low and sink your weight or bring your center of gravity to within
your body, stealing the opponent's CoG. That would at least be an attempt
to remove the myths of the static 'simple' self-defense move.
This is one of the nice things that Guro Dan Inosanto did in his FMA book,
showing how the old ways had less efficiency and directness than his ideas.
HTH,
-B
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