"When faced with just one opponent and
you oppose yourself... you're outnumbered." Dan Millman
Our objective was not to go too deeply into any one of the principals (save that for another time), but to create and re-view a bigger picture mind-map of them within the system.
It certainly is one of the main reasons a lot of Self Defence and Martial Arts Instructors choose to get trained with Coach Tony Blauer of Blauer Tactical Systems. It fills that huge missing gap in conventional training... the emotional and psychological side of dealing with a confrontation.
"The Mind navigates the body!" Tony Blauer
We pulled out concepts that can be used with a friend over a cup of coffee to principals covered in the physical drills and force-on-force scenario replications..
You can see in the whiteboard photo, that there are quite a few blocks within the system. The beauty of these is that, like lego blocks, they connect and build upon each other in many different ways. It is a wholistic system that is three-dimensional. Not linear!
As a coach, it gives a lot of freedom to get creative when coaching an individual or group, based on their training needs! We can combine the ingredients in a particular way to move a student towards specific experiences, goals or results. It keeps training fresh, fluid and appropriate.
Fear is one of those subjects that seldom gets covered in any depth, which is strange considering that real violence is completely surrounded it. The powerful hormones of a highly aroused primitive state can either help us or it can hinder us, depending on our relationship to it. Training needs to blend Fear Management into the physical aspect and also as a performance enhancement tool, used before, during or after any challenges in life.
Being that fear is such a fundamental part of our everyday lives, these tools can be very useful to us in managing day to day life... a job interview, preparing for an exam, a family dis-agreement, a change in your career path, becoming a parent, and so on.
Personally I have used these tools in my own life and when coaching others, from mentoring a lady who has a phobia of flying on aeroplanes... to helping prepare a client for giving birth... to de-briefing a person involved in a knife attack.
Each one of these blocks can open a door to positive changes in a persons behaviour, that ultimately can and does save lives or at least enhance the quality of their everyday lives. Fear is such a powerful driver in life.
What I personally find fascinating is the depth of each concept, how you can continuously explore each concept... the rabbit hole runs deep.
The physical drills within the SPEAR System™ manages to weave many of these principals into them, giving an experience that is truly three-dimensional in training and therefore better and more realistically preparing a person for any degree of confrontation.
If you would like to find out more, then email us: info@safespace.org.uk
"The difference between the hero and
the coward is what they do with their fear." Cus D'Amato
