I was reading a book the other day called Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence by Sgt. Rory Miller. It discusses the nature of violence putting it into context for a martial artist. This book is excellent and I highly recommend it. Anyway, one of the points it makes relates to our assumptions and how it affects the way we train. Many assumptions we carry with us limit our actual abilities. We assume that we can or can’t do something, that violent attacks happen in a certain type of context, that certain types of techniques aren’t practical, etc. Unsurprisingly, we start to read books or take in information that supports these views. (more…)

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