SELF DEFENSE VANCOUVER : Using the flinch response? – Adam Chan
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Is using the popular flinch response as a primary self defense tactic a good thing ?
I've been working on and entertaining that notion of "flinch forward" in NCGF, not as you say, with the assumption that it will work, but just to train my body to extend forward with some protective structure rather than retreat into contraction and shrinking when I'm caught off guard. Aside from whether it would work for me in a real attack, which I hope I never have to find out, I really like it physically and psychologically. To meet change, especially sudden change, with contact and some pressure forward just feels really good, like it activates some sort of masculine presence or energy in me, that I can't help but think is a good thing. I want to keep my awareness and options open without overconfidence. I definitely don't want to shrink and lose my center backwards if I can help it. It's a work in progress. ;~) Thanks again Adam. Great balanced stuff as usual. GB
I've trained myself to go into a lose guard when talking to strangers. It's pretty simple to do. I started by doing some kind of natural movement as I was walking down the street and people approached. Any movement to get my hands up. Scratch my elbow, play with the zipper on my jacket, if I'm carrying something small, like sunglasses, I will slowly switch it from one had to the other so that both hands are in front of me when the person closes.
I'm at the point where I don't even think about it anymore, and I do it almost every time someone approaches me. I've done a few times as a genuiine flinch.
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Good stuff bro
Nice Video Adam! you look well 🙂
I've been working on and entertaining that notion of "flinch forward" in NCGF, not as you say, with the assumption that it will work, but just to train my body to extend forward with some protective structure rather than retreat into contraction and shrinking when I'm caught off guard. Aside from whether it would work for me in a real attack, which I hope I never have to find out, I really like it physically and psychologically. To meet change, especially sudden change, with contact and some pressure forward just feels really good, like it activates some sort of masculine presence or energy in me, that I can't help but think is a good thing. I want to keep my awareness and options open without overconfidence. I definitely don't want to shrink and lose my center backwards if I can help it. It's a work in progress. ;~) Thanks again Adam. Great balanced stuff as usual. GB
I've trained myself to go into a lose guard when talking to strangers. It's pretty simple to do. I started by doing some kind of natural movement as I was walking down the street and people approached. Any movement to get my hands up. Scratch my elbow, play with the zipper on my jacket, if I'm carrying something small, like sunglasses, I will slowly switch it from one had to the other so that both hands are in front of me when the person closes.
I'm at the point where I don't even think about it anymore, and I do it almost every time someone approaches me. I've done a few times as a genuiine flinch.
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