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Man, funny this thread should come up (and I don’t mean to be re-ignited a stale thread if I am).
I just had my first Krav dream last week, and since I’ve had two more. They’re always the same:
Dudes who look like biker-gang metal-heads (black, chains, spikes, long-hair) always end up rushing into some house or building that I’m in with several other people – usually women. I’m always dressed professionally, like I’m on the job, but I also have my sidearm on me.
Multiple attackers either go for me, the women behind me, or both. I EASILY taken them out with the best simplistic Krav moves and then proceed to use combatives to beat the living pulp out of them.
Here’s the scary part: in the dreams I always beat them up so badly that they end up crawling off into some dark corner or closet where I have to go in after them. This part of the dream is the one that gives me anxiety. I always enter the small dark room where I know the attacker(s) are hiding, but I can barely see in the room once I get in. It always ends with me finding them on the floor still attempting to keep me at bay, but I end up drawing my sidearm and calmly putting them down execution style. 😯
I never have dreams, and if I do, there are never of the violent type. Tell me I’m not the only one who’s had dreams like this. If I receive no answers, I’ll assume it’s time to go see the counselor. 😉
If someone is an experienced \”knife fighter,\” you really dont’ stand a chance. Run.
Our knife defenses work best against an exaggerated or enraged movement, not skilled slice-and-dice. An experienced knife user isn’t going to give a big swing. He’s going to come in and slash/stab the vital areas with short bursting movements.
Umm…if you’re skiing, you should have two escrima or arnis like sticks called ski poles that could probably due some serious damage over his awkward swinging of a snowboard.
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Sorry, but I was hoping to continue this topic along these lines. I wanted to also bring up a different angle of the confidence building issue.
What about creating over confidence in \”fighting\” skills compared to \”self-defense\” skills?
The more I go to fight-class or train in combatives the more I find myself visualizing engaging my attacker in a actual fight rather than a two-second defense that eliminates the threat and gets me out of there fast.
So, my question to myself (and others) is: does training through sparring (fight-class, muay thai) dangerously change your mindset to engage in a fight which could be potentially stupid and dangerous?
If I had to label my personal goal and philosophy in Krav, it would be to possess the ability and skill to eliminate any threat or need for a fight. There’s no denying the benefits of fight-class and sparring to work on certain skills, but I can’t help but wonder if I’m shifting my mindset in the wrong direction. Food for thought.
Comments?
jjbklb,
I think even more importantly was that you were assessing the situation and \”planning\” if the threat escalated. Because of your training your voice was probably more confident than most individuals who’ve had encounters with the dumba$$.
Good job on not being the one to pre-emptively strike without real need.
Jops,
Haha… I used to do the cold showering thing too, so I know what that’s like. The benefit is that you feel ripped because your muscles are all tight. 😉
My opinion on wrist wraps is there is nothing wimpy with them at all. Sure, in a real-life situation you won’t be able to put them on in a fight, but then again are you going to be getting into fights and throwing punches for three hours every week? Hopefully, if you are ever in a real-life situation the fight will only last a few seconds.
Same with protective gear in sparring. No such thing in a realistic confrontation, but I’m not going to continuouly train that way unless I have brain damage already and want more.
Although we try to simluate reality, training is different. Adjust accordingly.
Giantkiller,
Any chance you can pull that new article up on the web? Your description of this sounds utmost creepy. Naked with a two handed stab. I visualize some sadistic cult member performing some sacrificial ceremony.
Or maybe he’s the wife’s lover hiding in the closet. 😕
dv8njoe
\”I’ve been sprayed, it does suck.\”Sure does! I’ve been the \”sprayer\” before too and that can even sting pretty good. If you were close enough, I don’t doubt you could probably melt some eyeballs with that stuff.
quote :I think your safe and we’re all adults…. or can at least act like themJops,
I know. I was meaning to be more humerous than anything after seeing some people have \”spitting\” matches on the forum. 😀 Nothing wrong with it…
It’s not so much the duration of the \”dousing\” as it is the extremity to which the temperature is. Pool jumping after a sauna is probably going to be fine. (Although I doubt walking from the sauna to the pool will lower your internal body temperature to adjust, Giantkiller.) Remember it’s the sudden change in drastic temperature, like ice or ice cold water being dumped on a warm body that causes SHOCK. It’s hard on your system. Taking a mild cold shower after a warm one, probably fine. Sitting in ice after raising your temperture high from a workout……you test it. Try turning the shower to ice cold after having it hot for ten minutes. Tell me if your heart-rate goes up and you have the feeling of a compressed chest.
quote :By the way, once the water gets really cold (even 55 degrees or so) and you go in, often you don’t feel cold. I mean you do, but there is that burning sensation on your skin that makes the water feel almost hot. It’s weird. Sometimes, I don’t really feel cold at all and I have to pay attention that I’m not staying in too long. But do stay in for a while, because you will get a better effect than if you just stay in for a few seconds (in 55 degree water).Giantkiller,
That burning sensation is a warning sign. It’s your body shrinking its capillaries to reserve heat and keep blood from cooling by touching the surface of the skin. As a result you start to feel almost warmer because you are more sensitive to you inner body temperature. It’s how most people die from hypothermia. They’re found dead with their clothes off in the wilderness because they have reached a stage where they feel very hot and begin actually stripping off clothes even though it contradicts all rational.
End of post. Sorry for the length.
Do I dare to comment on all of these posts? I suppose there will be someone out there who will refute everything I type, but I’m starting to become accustomed to the routine now.
1) A cold dousing can help with muscle soreness because it causes them to tense and squeeze out lactic acid, which is the catalyst of muscle burning and soreness.
2) Cold temperature will not cause an increase in circulation…unless left in contact with the body for a longer period of time, say 15-20 min. Such is why you should ice in intervals or smaller periods of time. Icing too long will make the body increase blood flow and body temperature to the applied area, and actually cause swelling. (Defeats the purpose of icing, obviously.)
3) It’s important to know that although cold temperatures can help, too much or an extreme in temperature which shocks the body can be very harmful. Steam room to pool and back and forth will probably be fine, but ice soaking, extreme cold dousing and similar results in shock to your capillaries. The shock in temperature will cause them to shrink, decreasing blood flow, at which your heart rate will increase, pumping blood through them harder. The result is burst capillaries (doesn’t have to be noticeable or close to the surface of the skin) and high increase in blood pressure. Repeat this shock on a daily basis and you can assimilate blood clots.
Anyone know differently…seriously?
LOS,
Which instructor is that?? I remember running a search as well and the closest school was in Dallas? Depending on what side of Fort Worth, the instructor you found may be closer to me than the one in Dallas. I will be moving to Denton in August, by the way. Any chance for getting a school started there? It’s a college town.
I second jerry68. Most likely with your position, any type of possible injury to the patients means huge liability on your part. As far as I know, KM is not strong in control and submision techniques, it’s a no nonsense quick elimination system. It’s meant to cause damage, eliminate a threat, get you out, and fast.
If your job causes you to be \”continuously engaged\” with a subject, you need to find something similar to Aikido, JJ, or hapkido.
