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Simple Does Not Mean Easy- Life in the Martial Arts and Self Defense World Damian Ross The Self Defense Company The truth is always simple. It’s not complicated, it never is. But simple does not mean easy. A simple solution to a problem may be talking to your employer or a family member you’re having problems with. It may be a simple as creating a “date-night” with your spouse. It may also be as simple as setting aside a few hours per week for your self defense training. These are all simple acts but they’re not necessarily easy. Anything of worth comes with a little sacrifice. Sacrifice is the act of trading something of lesser value for something of greater value Most of the time the sacrifice is just a little time. In the case of your self defense training it’s a little time, a little pain and discomfort (when you actually hit something, it hurts a bit in the beginning). The techniques are simple- they have to be. You have to react in a split second, if you pause or hesitate to think, it’s probably too late. Training these simple techniques is not necessarily EASY. It looks easy, but what makes it challenging is the effort you have to put into your training to make it effective. You need to practice. There are no short cuts. The harder you practice, the better you become, the greater the chances of your survival. It’s that simple. All I can do is provide you with the most effective techniques and the simplest way to become effective. YOU have to provide the time and the sweat equity. We developed The Self Defense Training System specifically to provide those who want to develop real self defense skills with the means to do so. I can’t practice for you and simply watching a video will not allow you to automatically develop some real skill. You are going to have to actually practice and we take all of the guess work out of that, too. |
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Links to Martial Arts Articles A Brief History Of Martial Arts in the Modern Military Many martial arts are derived from military combatives; the study of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts in warfare. After all, the term "martial art" means "art of warfare." For example, the sport or judo comes from jujutsu, which comes from samurai grappling, which was part of the training Japanese warriors received as preparation for battle. Many weapon-oriented martial arts, such as iado, kendo, kyudo and naganata-do originated in schools of martial techniques for warriors. These weapons, the sword, bow and arrow, and pole arm, were the assault rifles and machine guns of their time--the default weapons of military fighters--and as such were key components in combat training. The Western interest in East Asian Martial arts dates back to the late 19th Century AD, due to the increase in trade between America with China and Japan. Relatively few Westerners actually practiced the martial arts, considering it to be mere performance. Edward William Barton-Wright, a railway engineer who had studied the martial art Jujutsu while working in Japan between 1894–97, was the first man known to have taught Asian martial arts in Europe. He also founded an eclectic martial arts style named Bartitsu which combined jujutsu, judo, boxing, savate and stick fighting. William E. Fairbairn, a Shanghai policeman and at the time a leading Western expert on Asian fighting techniques, was recruited during world War II by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to teach UK, U.S. and Canadian Commando and Ranger forces Jujutsu. The seminal self-defense book Kill or Get Killed was written by Colonel Rex Applegate, who worked closely with Fairbairn to train the "First Special Service," a joint U.S. and Canadian army unit; it became a classic military treatise on hand to hand combat and created the reality based martial art "Defendu." Modern variations that can still trace an authentic lineage to Applegate are very few . The undisputed "father" of Modern close-combat is Carl Cestari who had a direct relationship with both Colonel Applegate and WWII self-defense pioneer Charlie Nelson. In 2006 Carl Cestari was named one of the top 10 "Most Dangerous Men On The Planet" by Black Belt Magazine. Seeing the need to bring these legitimate and proven techniques and method of close-combat back into the Modern world of "hobby" Martial Arts (Karate, Kung Fu, Capoiera, Aikido, etc.) and "sport" Martial Arts (Judo, Brazilian Jui-jitsu, Wrestling, Kick Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate fighting , etc.), one of Cestari’s top students, Damian Ross and his instructors have dedicated their lives to teaching, instruction, and spreading the "truth" about Martial Arts, street fighting, self defense, and close combat. This site is the only link to that legacy Please be aware of the following common misspellings as relates to common martial art searches: martial atrs, martial atrs weapons, martial arts spuplies, martial arts eqiupment, martail, marital arts uniforms, amrtial arts supply, amrtial arts books amrtial arts. Copyright © 2008 The Self Defense Company LLC, Complete Self Defense, Carl Cestari, Core Combat Training, World War II hand to hand combat, Street Mixed Martial Arts and The Complete Self Defense Training System are registered to The Self Defense Company All rights reserved. NETWORK Houston Texas Martial Arts and Houston Texas Self Defense | Renton Washington Martial Arts and Renton Washington Self Defense | Alberta Canada Martial Arts and Alberta Canada Self Defense | Dubai UAE Martial Arts and Dubai UAE Self Defense | Tampa Florida Martial Arts and Tampa Florida Self Defense |
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