Demonstrating knockout techniques on students

[Alan Armstrong]

Yes all types of knockouts are dangerous, it just common sense that they are.

No one (in their right mind) is going to volunteer to be knocked out by their instructor, there is alot on trust on the student's part, that is instantaneously lost on impact.

When discussing knockouts, there is also the precision striking aspects but with the student standing motionless; as a very easy target for the instructor. The student is taught not to be an easy target (to move out of the way) and what is the student asked to do? "To be an easy target!"

Precision striking on moving targets is not so easy...

[strangepair03]

Any instructor in this day and age that would knowingly knock a student out is a few sandwiches short of a picnic . Not only from the medical standpoint, but the legal and financial repercussions could and should be substantial.

As for the dillman school of "no touch knockouts".....That's just plain silly. I was a corrections officer in a pretty rough jail and from my experiences pressure points stuff doesn't work. Just IMHO.

[cheesefrysamurai]

I find this practice offensive. And my dojo is very physical.

I wouldn't train there.

Especially when you consider all that's coming out about concussive injuries.

[Alan Armstrong]

I find this practice offensive. And my dojo is very physical.

I wouldn't train there.

Especially when you consider all that's coming out about concussive injuries.

What is coming out on concussive injuries?

[cheesefrysamurai]

I find this practice offensive. And my dojo is very physical.

I wouldn't train there.

Especially when you consider all that's coming out about concussive injuries.

What is coming out on concussive injuries?

I've seen some articles come out fairly recently regarding this. I'll try to find some.

At my dojo we do pretty significant body, arm and leg conditioning. You can't condition the head.

[JR 137]

I find this practice offensive. And my dojo is very physical.

I wouldn't train there.

Especially when you consider all that's coming out about concussive injuries.

What is coming out on concussive injuries?

I've seen some articles come out fairly recently regarding this. I'll try to find some.

At my dojo we do pretty significant body, arm and leg conditioning. You can't condition the head.

The more you "condition" the head, the more susceptible to concussions.

[bushido_man96]

I find this practice offensive. And my dojo is very physical.

I wouldn't train there.

Especially when you consider all that's coming out about concussive injuries.

What is coming out on concussive injuries?

I've seen some articles come out fairly recently regarding this. I'll try to find some.

At my dojo we do pretty significant body, arm and leg conditioning. You can't condition the head.

The more you "condition" the head, the more susceptible to concussions.

Yes, very true. I think cheesefrysamurai is leaning towards the CTE studies that have come out more recently, especially those related to heavy contact in the NFL, and how those repeated concussive events affect those later on in life. Its been quite the conversation in the National Football League.

[Alan Armstrong]

Studies show that concussions lead to depression, memory lose, sleep deprivation and Parkinson's.

One of the reasons for being on this forum is to keep my mind active. I've had my fair share of head traumas, to feel the need to keep mentally active is important for me, use it or lose it.

Head traumas I believe is something we carry with us throughout our lives, the less times our brains get knocked around the better IMHO