Ho ho ho! Top Ten Personal Safety Tips for Christmas

HO! HO HO!

For many people, Christmas Day is the happiest and most festive day of the year. The whole season is one of joy, sharing, compassion and love. Regardless of what religious significance you attach to the holiday season, one cannot help but notice that the general feeling of good will does increase towards the end of December. Maybe it’s because we know we won’t have to go to work! Sadly, for some people, tragedy strikes to sour this most festive of occasions. Here’s how you can avoid it.

Self Defence Begins with the Self

The first time someone gets involved in a confrontation that spirals out of their control, their first thought is often “I need to learn how to defend myself.” With that, they will Google, they will read, and then will often end up at the local martial arts club, boxing gym or MMA academy. Convinced that learning how to fight better will solve their issues, they throw themselves into training. They attend class 2-3 nights per week, pay their money, sweat, bleed, cry and feel proud of their efforts. Next time when that bully/abusive  boyfriend/drunken idiot at the bar hassles them, they’ll teach him a lesson, right? Maybe.
Very rarely is a far more important question asked; “What could I have done to prevent this from happening in the first place?”

Video: Scenario Training

Another short video from the earlier years of Senshido. In this clip we see how scenario training with verbal dialogue and multiple attackers changes the training environment considerably. You also get a chance to see the Shredder in action in a live, no-compliance drill.

Video: Pattern Interruption

Greetings all. Sorry about the long break between videos, as you can see, we’ve been very busy! Today’s video is again from Rich Dimitri and is a brief excerpt from his On the Cutting Edge Seminar. In this particular clip, Rich touches on the conceppt of Pattern Interruption and how to use your verbal skills to mask your physical retaliation. Enjoy!

Video: The Shift

Today’s video is a nice example of where the Senshido International Movement is going, and also the overall ethos of Progressive Defence. Whilst we do teach reality-based self defence methods, this video outlines our true greater purpose – the elimination of violence, the empowering of people and betterment of humanity. Please watch.

Video: The Nervous System’s Effects on Self Defence

Here is another clip from a recent Progressive Defence seminar in which chief instructor, Joe Saunders, outlines the effects of the sympathetic nervous system during a high stress violent altercation, and how it can impair combat effectiveness. Enjoy.

Video: Self Defence vs Fighting vs Martial Arts

In this short clip from a recent Progressive Defence seminar, our own Joe Saunders discusses some of the differences between self defence, fighting and martial arts. Enjoy.

Daily Video: 14.07.2010 – Self Defence Against Fruit

Another one just for fun today. :)

Sadly, this Monty Python skit is possibly more practical than much of what is taught as self defence in many martial arts academies these days. Enjoy!

Daily Video: 13.07.2010 – Senshido on Multiple Attackers

Today’s video is from one of the original Senshido DVD’s, “Outnumbered but not Outgunned” and deals with strategies to survive mutiple attacker situations. Enjoy!

Daily Video: 12.07.2010 – Martial Arts Bloopers

Just for fun today, a reminder not to take your training so seriously you can’t have a laugh at yoruself. Remember to keep it simple!

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