G95champ Posted July 31, 2002 Posted July 31, 2002 Yeah I just read your other 2 posts lol. I always am in the yellow stage except for when I am at home. Then if your home alone I guess you sort of go into lime green lol. I feel any good MA should be at yellow all the time. Unless like I said you know troulbe is comming. (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
ckdstudent Posted July 31, 2002 Posted July 31, 2002 Interesting. We use a similar system but more for personal space invasion than general use. Green: if they make a threatening movement then they've still got to reach you, ideal counter techniques being stepping kicks Amber: within kicking range Red: within punching range (also grappling range, we have short range punches) For alertness we're simply told to be on the lookout at all times. ---------Pil SungJimmy B
G95champ Posted July 31, 2002 Posted July 31, 2002 Karate Tips I agree with you about fear. That is the one thing we can not simulate in a dojo. I don't care how much you spar in and out of class or even compete. There is no way to ever know how you will react to any given situation. Fear has to be our friend. If we know fear we can talk to it and understand it. The problem is too many people are afraid of fear. Everyone has fear and they are a liar if they say they do not. Hopefully by training hard and understaning events and why things happen you can know fear enough to stop it from interfering in the fight you are about to have. Fear is sort of like getting a phone call while in the bathroom. Just not a good time to talk. LOL...... (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
Bon Posted August 1, 2002 Posted August 1, 2002 What kind of awareness system do you use? How do you recognise a dangerous situation? How do you keep yourself prepared? I don't use any 'system', I'm always aware of my surroundings. However, I've been going to school to the same place for the last 5 years, I feel pretty comfortable there since this is my last year, I'm now older and bigger than most of the people in the school. I know nothing is going to happen at school.. In new places I'm always aware of who's around and what else is around. If I see people eyeballing me, I generally submit and walk away. I'm having trouble putting this into words, I think it's more instinct .. It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
Taikudo-ka Posted August 1, 2002 Posted August 1, 2002 We always see fictional characters with amazing awareness of their surroundings, often coupled with brilliant deductions about the nature of their changing environment. Eg: - James Bond sees an armed assasin creeping up behind in the reflection in a girl's eye. By noticing she glances up (at the killer) and back he deduces she's in on it, and spins around at the last minute so that she is the one stabbed in the back! Sherlock Holmes constantly deducing everything about people and situations from tiny pieces of evidence. Characters that sense trouble from a pattern of footsteps behind them, or because " the birds have stopped singing", or just from some supernatural talent than lets them detect an enemy approaching silently, duck a swinging blade at the last minute, and despatch an opponent from behind, all without even standing. The classic is the old kung fu master who sits calmly eating his noodles during a fight, and catches the knife thrown at his head in his chopsticks. Then he finally looks up at his assailant.... In reality, I feel that instinct and common sense go a long way. Unfortunately modern society seems specifically designed to dull the senses and shut out awareness. The constant bombardment of noise and movement results in the brain simply attempting to filter out more and more information. With all the traffic noise, construction noise, violently loud stereos, constant bombardment with advertising, video monitors, neon signs, radios, PAs blaring announcements on train stations and the like, shouting drunks, aircraft noise, trucks, pedestrian crossings beeping madly, mobile phones going off with 1001 different obnoxious rings, car horns blasting, Harley Davidsons and rotary Mazdas causing minor earthquakes wherever they go... I mean you can't even take a leak in a public toilet without some awful muzak being piped in and an ad above the urinal reminding you of the condoms you never get to use anyway, advertised by some model you could never pull in a million years... In an attempt to filter out this constant bombardment, I'm sure I might accidentally filter out the potential mugger or homicidal maniac. The less distraction, the more aware you can be of what IS there. However, full sensory alertness can become difficult in the modern environment. Even just having good, sensitive hearing, particularly in high frequencies, makes walking around the city a literally painful experience. You have to shut out stuff that makes every nerve in your body scream, sometimes. KarateForums.com - Sempai
Tobias_Reece Posted August 1, 2002 Posted August 1, 2002 Just for the record, I wasn't being rude when I answered - it was just a short post And yeah, all you guys are right - awareness is damn well important "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
Ti-Kwon-Leap Posted August 16, 2002 Posted August 16, 2002 (edited) Your awareness of others should be second nature. Anyone could attack you at any time and that includes when you are sitting at home watching TV. I like to pretend that various people are going to suddenly try something and I will visualize countering them. I think the trick is to keep your focus on the external when you are out in public. Too many people are walking around the streets thinking about the future or the past. A warrior should live in the present moment as much as possible. As I think back to some of the times I was sucker punched it was because I was inside my head and not paying attention to what other people were doing or how they were behaving. Ya can't catch knives with chopsticks when you are staring off into space and I think predator types inherently know this. Oh yeah, and every morning I drink at least one cup of awareness before I leave the house! Edited March 3, 2003 by Ti-Kwon-Leap Ti-Kwon-Leap"Annoying the ignorant since 1961"
ramymensa Posted August 19, 2002 Posted August 19, 2002 How to increase awareness? Ride the bike in the middle of an horrific traffic. Then you'll be always able to stay on the yellow or even the red light, as many of you said in this forum. Unfortunatelly they can't teach us in the dojo how to be prepared. It's up to everyone., For myself ... I avoid going to suspicios places and try to stay awake all the way Kinda hard ... World Shotokan Karate
shaolinprincess Posted August 20, 2002 Posted August 20, 2002 In new places I'm always aware of who's around and what else is around. If I see people eyeballing me, I generally submit and walk away. yep It's what you put into it...1st kyu-Okinawa Shorin Ryu Matsumura Seito Federation
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