I fully agree,the way,or the place, one is brought up definately reflects on the ability of the person to flip the switch to action or not.
but
we know that flipping the switch is needed to power up the aggression and violence of action needed to act or react to a threat.
Some of us have had the opportunity to learn to flip the switch at an early age,some have learned later,some have never learned it.
One does not have to have been raised in a bad child hood to have learned to flip the switch.
I was raised in a Bronx NY Neighborhood in which fighting for your place in the group was expected .
If you hung outside and played outside, which we all did then, as being a house potato was not a thing done then,you learned the social heirarchy that the fittest and toughest ruled.
You learned to fight at the drop of a hat,to flip the switch.
Gangs and or kids who hang out today,still live by those rules,rules the house potato/couch potato/latch key kids/nerds/Geeks or whatever you want to call them have not learned and have not YET encountered.
Many teaching Martial arts today,who are young instructors never encountered the fight for you place in the group mentaility and have most likely Never had a REAL fight.
They teach theory.
Those who have grown up and fought for a place,fought to keep our stuff,fought to fight,fought for fun,(though for Real with real drastic injury potential) we know the need to flip the switch and we know we need to teach it to the less fortunate who truly seek self offense/defense education.
It is not learned by lining up to spar.
That is training
That is exercise that is NOT Training to flip the switch to action.
The switch to action is taught by getting in a students face,grabbing with intent,pushing and pulling and having them act or react immediately,not at some point after they have been struck a few times.
Immediate Action Drills.
A football player learns to flip the switch by watching the ball.
When the Ball moves it cues the player to Immediate Action.
For Street Offense/Defense the cue is someone closing inside your space,making contact,ready to make contact,or verbal cues that signal a threat.
The switch is flipped and the aggression,(controlled),is available,as soon as the threat is verified by the threats being verbal or physical,the controlled aggression is released as Violence of action of the type to terminate the conflict as fast as possible.
No posing,no posturing,no engagement in verbal escalation,just an immediate clash,hopefully unexpected by the attacker who thought his choice of victims was less inclined to act in this way.
We are not obligated to,nor must we WAIT until fired upon/struck with strikes or kicks by the attacker to act.
We are allowed to act as soon as we feel the threat,the fear for our safety and we are prevented from getting away until/unless we act.
We are not kicking or striking for points but to disable.
Take the knees,the elbows,target the groin,face,nose, neck,eyes,throat,bladder,shut this attacker down and take them out FAST.
That is flipping the Switch to action.
If it is failed to be taught and or Failed to be learned then the end result is probably being a badly injured victim with some useless training behind you.
my opinion
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