aggression

[jushin]

Are there any drills for building aggression? Also how do you stop aggression in a fight?

[granmasterchen]

practise, with experience you will learn to stay calm, try to practise staying calm when training

[Tibby]

You don't need to get more aggressive in a fight. Anger makes you stupid. Seen the hulk yet? Human go thru a simpler physiological effect. You get angery, your Sympathetic nervous system causes something called the Sympathetic Alarm Reaction kicks in your brain. This is more commonly known as Fight or Flight. The cause the body to increased strength, Increased metabolism, Increased blood glucose concentration, and many other things. When you get excited, angry, or any other similar emotion, your nobody gets ready to defend it selves. In the primitive animal world, anger, aggression, and assault are one and the same thing. The body just knows that you might need to defend you set, and puts you in "fighting" mode. The problem with this, you may not always have full control of your factuality’s, because blood in decrease to the part of your body not needed for fighting, such as parts of your brain.

 

You can be “aggressive” when using the word to describe your “go get it” attitude, but as for true mad-as-hell-angry fighting, that is big mistake. You mind need to get like a smooth pond, not white water rapids.

 

I'm with Chen, pratice staying calm

[telsun]

Are there any drills for building aggression? Also how do you stop aggression in a fight?

 

You wish to "build aggression" May I ask why?

 

And you would like to know how to stop aggression in a fight I presume that you mean that of your opponents(?) or is it to control your own so you do not kill the guy?

 

I do not belief in building aggression. You should go with your natural character if you are placid then fight placid, wait for your opponent. There are many advantages to this anyway. You will make far too many mistakes whilst in aggressive 'mode'.

 

Your own easy going character may prove to be enough to calm someones aggression failing that a stop punch generally works Controlling your own aggression will come with experience. Studying some sort of philosophy will help you respect your fellow man.

 

Building aggression in fighting will (probably) filter through to your life outside the dojo. Do you really want to be that kinda guy?

[Synaesthesia]

I 100% support building an appropriate degree of aggression. I am both shy, nervous and respectful. Rightfully, the combination is taken by thugs as a sign of weakness.

 

I've paid the price for my own lack of agression. Let the calm, experiences masters say what they will, it's a good thing to be instantly ready to jam that thumb into their eyesocket during the one brief moment when you can.

[telsun]

Yes you are right. Calmness, gentleness, etc is seen as a sign of weakness. Pity isn't it.

 

Skill and intent does not amount aggression, but to have intent I guess that you may consider that to be aggression.

 

May I ask Synaethesia, how did you increase your aggression?

[nathanjusko]

Confidence and aggression are two different things entirely. Being shy, timid, and unconfident is definitely a sign of weakness (and no it isn't a shame in my opinion, just another fact of life). You should never approach a fight with a strong sense of aggression ready to just tackle the other guy and beat him to death, that's pointless and a good martial artist will drop you in no time flat. However, you should approach a fight with a sense of "quiet confidence", not cocky but definitely not shy and timid. The best way to build this up during sparring is to treat the whole fight as a game, a game you want very desperately to win, but a game nonetheless. For me this works wonders, because, then I don't see it as a life and death scenario, but rather one big game. Trust me, it works wonders with your sparring and fighting abilities.

[Tibby]

I totally agree with Nathan. You can be have you chest out, stand straight, with your arms over your chest, and not be aggressive. It is fine to be self-confident and not cocky or violent.

[Synaesthesia]

Telsun,

 

I have no idea. Perhaps an increase in testosterone levels? Perhaps people trying to rob me one too many times?

 

At any rate, I still have a very nonaggressive personality, perhaps a bit too much so. I still need to work on appearing like too easy a mark.

 

nathanjusko,

 

Although confidence and aggression are indeed totally different, I suspect there is something of a feedback look between both lack of confidence and agression and lack of confidence and non-aggression.

[telsun]

Synaesthesia,

 

Your view on aggresion to confidence is interesting.

 

I am confident in my Martial Arts ability, yet I am not a very confident person when it comes to other matters people, unfamiliar tasks, etc. I am also a very placid person. Mmmm..........

 

I do remember reading about a cage fighter. Can't remember who he was, but he said that as his skill has improved his aggression has declined.