Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Dawg]

We'll be starting at 0930. Some machete and basic knife drills on the warpost, Level 2 & 3 SDMS review, unarmed against the knife and some PAC material. We'll wrap up by 1230 and hit Chili's for some Sam Adams and a training debrief.

Other than that, cool story, Dawg.  Thanks for sharing.

I was hoping to inspire others to share some similar stories. Have you ever been demonstrating combatives, and suddenly switched to a more traditional type of technique instead of what you had planned? Or, been teaching a traditional or sport technique, and inexplicably changed to a combative finish?

I find myself blending things on a regular basis these days and was just wondering if that was a common occurrence among members of the forum.

Just curious.

[Kentbob]

Sometimes it's hard for me to switch gears right away.  I'll tell someone I'm going to go easy on 'em, and it takes me a couple run throughs before I start pulling the blows.  I usually only leave welts, though, nothing serious.  Possibly this is a control issue, but partially muscle memory as well.


Kent

[Kentbob]

Hey, do you or anyone else reflexively block or dodge something when you see or sense it coming towards your face?  And not in the common instinctive fence block, but in a trained manner?  My family and friends will reach out towards me all the time and I just react as if they were punching at me.  Part of it is hypervigilance, but I think the other part is definitely muscle memory.  Just a thought.

Kent

[Dawg]

Yep.

If something is unexpectedly moving towards the face at a high rate of speed, I would imagine that's a pretty common reaction among most of us. As far as someone reaching towards me, I've calmed down a bit the last few years and usually just deflect or pass the encroaching object away.

Unfortunately, my hearing has really gotten worse since my retirement, and a few of the guys have become painfully aware that it is a bad idea to startle me. I do a lot of work with my eyes glued to a microscope, and it's common knowledge here on the airfield that you knock and make sure I know you're there before you come near me. You should do that for anyone whose job requires a lot of concentration, just as a professional courtesy anyway.

I have also scared the crap out of a few people who have startled me in the parking lot. I either pick up on the sudden movement in the reflection of vehicle windows, or I hear a sudden tapping or thumping of feet where there wasn't any previously. When I turn towards the potential threat, I guess I have my "game face" on, from the surprised reactions I receive. I just apologize (big smile, BIG smile) and everyone seems to relax again pretty quickly. I try to teach my girls about parking lots being a "danger zone" and to be on guard; not the place to be oblivious to your surroundings. I guess, for once, I'm taking my own advice.

Oops! I'm rambling; sorry about that. The caffeine is doing it's job this morning!

[GermMaster]

Muscle memory is what we want to achieve and this is the reason why we are repetitive when we're training.  We want to be able to act faster than we can think.  However, not to the point of throwing somebody to the ground when he's just playing "guess who?" on you.

[Dawg]

Muscle memory is what we want to achieve and this is the reason why we are repetitive when we're training.  We want to be able to act faster than we can think.  However, not to the point of throwing somebody to the ground when he's just playing "guess who?" on you.

Why not?

Good "free" training.