Where to start with your post Dale. Judo class in Vista. Judo is a sport so let’s start there. I have trained a few guys to fight in the ring. Every one of them came out on top. One of the first things we worked on was conditioning. If they were fighting three, 3 minute rounds, we trained for six, 4 minute rounds. If they didn’t win by knock out they won on points. They could simply be more active than their opponent. Conditioning is critical in the sport game. If you have two guys who are equally skilled, the one who is better conditioned will likely prevail. If you are more skilled than your opponent and you whup up on him for 4.5 rounds and run out of steam, get knocked out tapped out or chocked out you lose. Nobody’s gonna remember the first few rounds. They will only remember that you lost.
I no longer train anyone for the ring. I teach self-defense. In doing so I choose to face reality. First, who am I training to fight. In the ring the guy would likely be my size. In the street I cannot count on that. So I choose to train as if I were going to fight someone bigger than me. Secondly in the ring I can count on fighting only one opponent. In the street I have to accept I will likely fight more than one attacker. There will also likely be weapons. What happens if you lose in the ring. The referee stops the fight. In the street that doesnt happen. Ever see American History X? Want to wake up with a grin that spreads from ear to ear? If someone doesnt accept that being stronger and fitter than the person attacking him or her is; I cannot really help them. My workouts mimic the stress I expect to feel in a violent street encounter. They are brief, harsh, and force me to face my weaknesses and overcome them.
What if the Olympics were held on a moments notice. If the athletes were not told when they would be competing or who they would compete against. Now instead of a gold medal their prize would be, they got to live while the other competitors were left broken, killed or maimed. How hard do you think they would they train? Do you think they would train like their life depended on it, look for every edge they could find, watch what they ate, trained when they were tired, injured? Do you think they would be late to their training, skip their training, go at it half assed?
One of my coworkers told me a story of a martial arts school in Poway. Young couple came in wanted to learn self defense. They were taught for a few months the typical martial arts self defense. One night after they came home from school three men broke into their apartment. The young man was tied up and gagged. He was forced to watch the three men rape his girlfriend in front of him over and over. Thats reality. Its ugly. Its brutal. Most people cant accept it. But it is why I drive people so hard in my classes.
When I hear one of the young people in my class saying Its too hard or Im only doing this to get in shape or Its my social hour or I just cant control what I eat, or I dont want to spar or I dont feel like running..Im thinking of a gang of thugs holding someone down and changing their life forever. So, you dont want to give yourself the edge by, training in a reality based style, eating right and working out and being in shape its your choice. But your “event” only comes around once in a lifetime you choose how ready youll be.
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