FUNCTIONAL COMBATIVES & FITNESS

Saturday, March 20, 2010

PHYSIOLOGY FIRST

In an ambush moment, when we are surprised, we flinch!
It's not that we want to flinch, it's that we will... if we are caught off-guard!

In this flinch moment, there is only pure physiology! There is no cognition at this point, just the body's genetically-wired reflex of wanting to push away the danger. This is the fastest reaction we have and the most reliable. Our body uses gross motor skill stabilisation to effectively protect the brain and then only when there is more time and relative calm, can we use the more complex motor skills.

The S.P.E.A.R. System utilises this principal of physiology happening first in all our training drills. That way we are mirroring physiology that is likely to happen in a real fight. Learnt techniques requires 'muscle-memory', but without cognition there is no memory! Therefore no complex motor skills are accessible until we are back in some degree of control.
The sudden adrenaline spike caused by a sudden, aggressive and close threat creates an amazing kinetic energy that we can use through training.
This is our bridge to our next move!