You could order a copy of the US Navy Seals Physical Training Regimen.
As a printout, it's about 3.5 inches thick.
It would be best if you first prepared by downloading and mastering The Tibetan Rites, which are the gentlest route to general fitness I know, and come with a beginners version to be mastered before tackling the real thing.
You could order a copy of the US Navy Seals Physical Training Regimen.
As a printout, it's about 3.5 inches thick.
It would be best if you first prepared by downloading and mastering The Tibetan Rites, which are the gentlest route to general fitness I know, and come with a beginners version to be mastered before tackling the real thing.
The best fast route to hand to hand competency is one of the Krav Magda courses available.
Krav Magda was developed to be used by Joe Everyman, and is nothing if not practical.
These are a few things an individual can do, but finding a group and getting everyone ready to work as a team is the bigger challenge.
Unless one is well-acquainted and experienced in hand-to-hand combat, the problem with Krav Maga is that its defining informality has enabled the proliferation of so many fraudulent schools providing teaching in highly dubious tactics and skills. One needs to understand the mechanics of human movement, the psychology of violence, the dynamics of cause and reaction in order to discern what are really effective, and what are merely stylisations of fighting techniques.
On the other hand, the general problem with martial arts is the emphasis on the art often with negligence of and detriment to the essential violent combat raison d'etre. I've experienced a lot of martial arts that relied on the student's compliance in order that the technique appears effective, and others that are more suitable as social sporting clubs for people looking for validation while trying to get fit. I've come across a lot of teaching which prepares the student little, and almost all of them not at all for the shock of battle, the mental conditioning essential for surviving the first eruption of violence and the chaos that ensues. Whether the fighter survives or perishes depends as much on this as it does on the other skills.
First and most important rule of Krav is do not engage in a fight. If you have no other option, then inflict max damage in shortest time possible. Most can't do the latter even after training for some time.
I am a former heavywheght amateur boxer ,and at 80 years old ,still in good shape. I wouldn't stand a chance in hand to hand combat. I haven't been in a fight since my boxing retirement at the youg age of 24. Being a peaceful man is what I am. Unless you plan on hurting my family ,or stealing from my farm.
Oh wow, I've drawn you out! I must have finally hit a nerve or pressure point!
Jesting aside, while this/these government/s still ostensibly maintain/s even a pretense of control, inflicting maximum damage has dire legal consequences. It's true that in circumstances where it's either you or it's your adversary, you wouldn't have the choice and time will not accommodate a careful examination of the pros and cons. But then again, Krav Maga was conceived as a hand-to-hand fighting system initially for troops to be used in theatres of war, so the legal implications were never going to be a factor.
I'm brazenly going to hijack this thread to say that I'm immensely grateful for the valuable work you do. I'd gladly become a paying subscriber because I have high regard for your work, and I believe it is well-worth the subscription fee, but I haven't earned a single dollar in three years - I'm a COVID-19 casualty, but not the kind that succumbed to a viral infection, nor especially the kill shots - and I can no longer afford anything but the essentials (internet access excluded, because I ditched the cell phone as well, even though I did that gladly).
I'll leave this here. This was recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus (c. 37-95) describing the superiority of the Roman military machine during the period it was most effective, after the Marian Reforms and before the diluting effect that employing ever more barbarian axillaries had on discipline and tactics:
"On the contrary, as though they had been born with weapons in hand, they never have a truce from training, never wait for emergencies to arise. Moreover, their peace maneuvers are no less strenuous than veritable warfare; each soldier daily throws all his energy into his drill, as though he were in action. Hence that perfect ease with which they sustain the shock of battle: no confusion breaks their customary formation, no panic paralyzes, no fatigue exhausts them; and as their opponents cannot match these qualities, victory is the invariable and certain consequence. Indeed, it would not be wrong to describe their maneuvers as bloodless combats and combats as sanguinary maneuvers."
You could order a copy of the US Navy Seals Physical Training Regimen.
As a printout, it's about 3.5 inches thick.
It would be best if you first prepared by downloading and mastering The Tibetan Rites, which are the gentlest route to general fitness I know, and come with a beginners version to be mastered before tackling the real thing.
The best fast route to hand to hand competency is one of the Krav Magda courses available.
Krav Magda was developed to be used by Joe Everyman, and is nothing if not practical.
These are a few things an individual can do, but finding a group and getting everyone ready to work as a team is the bigger challenge.
Unless one is well-acquainted and experienced in hand-to-hand combat, the problem with Krav Maga is that its defining informality has enabled the proliferation of so many fraudulent schools providing teaching in highly dubious tactics and skills. One needs to understand the mechanics of human movement, the psychology of violence, the dynamics of cause and reaction in order to discern what are really effective, and what are merely stylisations of fighting techniques.
On the other hand, the general problem with martial arts is the emphasis on the art often with negligence of and detriment to the essential violent combat raison d'etre. I've experienced a lot of martial arts that relied on the student's compliance in order that the technique appears effective, and others that are more suitable as social sporting clubs for people looking for validation while trying to get fit. I've come across a lot of teaching which prepares the student little, and almost all of them not at all for the shock of battle, the mental conditioning essential for surviving the first eruption of violence and the chaos that ensues. Whether the fighter survives or perishes depends as much on this as it does on the other skills.
First and most important rule of Krav is do not engage in a fight. If you have no other option, then inflict max damage in shortest time possible. Most can't do the latter even after training for some time.
I am a former heavywheght amateur boxer ,and at 80 years old ,still in good shape. I wouldn't stand a chance in hand to hand combat. I haven't been in a fight since my boxing retirement at the youg age of 24. Being a peaceful man is what I am. Unless you plan on hurting my family ,or stealing from my farm.
Which, they do. Peaceful won't help you. Better get armed.
Oh wow, I've drawn you out! I must have finally hit a nerve or pressure point!
Jesting aside, while this/these government/s still ostensibly maintain/s even a pretense of control, inflicting maximum damage has dire legal consequences. It's true that in circumstances where it's either you or it's your adversary, you wouldn't have the choice and time will not accommodate a careful examination of the pros and cons. But then again, Krav Maga was conceived as a hand-to-hand fighting system initially for troops to be used in theatres of war, so the legal implications were never going to be a factor.
I'm brazenly going to hijack this thread to say that I'm immensely grateful for the valuable work you do. I'd gladly become a paying subscriber because I have high regard for your work, and I believe it is well-worth the subscription fee, but I haven't earned a single dollar in three years - I'm a COVID-19 casualty, but not the kind that succumbed to a viral infection, nor especially the kill shots - and I can no longer afford anything but the essentials (internet access excluded, because I ditched the cell phone as well, even though I did that gladly).
I'll leave this here. This was recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus (c. 37-95) describing the superiority of the Roman military machine during the period it was most effective, after the Marian Reforms and before the diluting effect that employing ever more barbarian axillaries had on discipline and tactics:
"On the contrary, as though they had been born with weapons in hand, they never have a truce from training, never wait for emergencies to arise. Moreover, their peace maneuvers are no less strenuous than veritable warfare; each soldier daily throws all his energy into his drill, as though he were in action. Hence that perfect ease with which they sustain the shock of battle: no confusion breaks their customary formation, no panic paralyzes, no fatigue exhausts them; and as their opponents cannot match these qualities, victory is the invariable and certain consequence. Indeed, it would not be wrong to describe their maneuvers as bloodless combats and combats as sanguinary maneuvers."
We used to have a military like that.
BTW, thanks for bringing The Tibetan Rites to our notice. I've never even heard of this before you mentioned it.