Defend Yourself 101

Joe is our trained BulletMan and has the suit to prove it.  He has hosted training sessions for seniors self defense, women’s self defense, work groups, dojo groups and the like. It is a great method to create group solidarity within a company.

Here are a few pics from a dojo session:

Kangeiko training is hard winter training. It is training of the determination and the will.

In our dojo it goes like this: You don’t have to do kangeiko but if you start, you must commit to doing it all.

For one week in January, the heat is turned off every night after class. At 5am Sempai arrives and opens the doors and windows.  At 5:30am, before breakfast, there is a 1 hour class, no talking, no teaching, just hundreds and hundreds of technique repititions.

Then all go home for breakfast, then on to school or work.

At the end of the week, the whole crew loads up and goes out to one of our West Coast beaches, where they train a bit, walk in the ocean and then meditate under a water fall for as long as they can stand it.  Ambient temperature of water and air - just above freezing.

For a whole year, everything else looks easy compared to this week.

Here are the pictures of one year’s last day:

During a class on cane defence for seniors, I got Joe, my BulletMan to give the class a rush. Here is one tough lady giving her all!

This was a Raising Canes class at Silver Threads. 

Your hometown may be a peaceful and beautiful place to live and to raise children, but if you travel, whether for business or retirement pleasure, some destinations you reach are not so hospitable. A stout cane may be the only weapon allowed as a carry-on on every aircraft since 9-11. That is because it serves a legitimate purpose other than self defense though it is very useful for that purpose.

This article considers the following for young adults out looking for fun ( and hopefully older folks too):

Myths Your Parents Told You
Street Myths
Dojo Myths

The chin jab is a very strong move. This short clip starts with a discussion of even small people can create a lot of power with proper body dynamics.

Done correctly with good timing, this technique can be a fight ender by itself but never, never, depend on that!

It also lends itself nicely to combinations with other techniques.

Here is an introduction to the cup hand strike. Very good in combination; it is fast and can create openings for more serious follow-up.
For you seniors, you will be glad the girls in your youth did not know how to slap like this!  :)
 
And, for your viewing enjoyment, here is an expert doing a demo…Martin slaps Slavo.

The knee spike is a natural follow up to the chin jab or an ear cup (boxing the ears) used as an entry.

This article is about surviving the trauma of killing or seriously wounding an attacker that was trying to kill you or someone in your family, the social trauma that I call being shaken by the neck by a huge gorilla.

This email from my friend, gave me great pause:

From: Marc MacYoung;