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The K.I.S.S. Principle of Martial ArtDamian Ross and William Pehush of The Self Defense Company The acronym K.I.S.S. stands for keep it simple stupid and it states that things shouldn’t be overly complex and kept simple so you can achieve your goal effectively. The KISS principal can be applied to any number of tasks to make them easier, and when it comes to self defense you need things to be simple and effective. In the world we live in today nothing is simple; cars have their own computers and if you apply for a job digging ditches you need an engineering degree. While some changes have been positive others have made things to complex. In the beginning martial arts training was all about being prepared for real combat, but the sport aspect has taken over and people are learning complex and difficult moves that aren’t practical for street fighting. Well, if want to survive on the street you have to forget all that complex crap and get back to the basics. Now, it might offend your sensitive side, but real martial arts are all about learning how to employ violence correctly during the right situation. Your ethics are what separate you from the scum so don’t think learning how to fight and kill makes you a bad person. Sometimes the only option left is to hurt someone, but before you can act you need to know what to do. Nobody is born a fighter so you need to train so you know what to do when the time comes. When it comes to martial arts there are a lot of choices out there, but if you want an effective style for self defense the list gets a lot shorter. Most martial arts styles that are being practiced today are combat sports. They look like hand to hand combat, but they aren’t. They have been made safe so you can compete in friendly matches without causing permanent injury to your opponent. This type of training won’t do you any good in a real fight though, because your attackers don’t play fair. Real self defense is all about doing whatever works at to survive; it’s that simple. When you’re in a fight everything happens quickly and often times you only have seconds to react. If you get caught up trying to make a complicated move work or simply think for a second longer you will get hurt or even killed. You need to be proactive in your defense and it needs to be so simple that you don’t even have to think about it. In the heat of the moment you need to respond to a threat with a simple but effective action. When you apply the KISS principal to martial arts you immediately eliminate of all the excess baggage that’s keeping you from being effective in combat. You won’t be slowed down by rituals and limited by complicated techniques and stances. If you’re in a real fight you shouldn’t have to worry about doing a move correctly, but rather getting the best results. The enemies of society won’t wait for you to be ready and it will take years for you to master a style of martial arts, but self defense training can be learned much quicker. When it is a matter of life and death you don’t have time to look for answers and debate the ethics involved. When you train in a real self defense system you will learn all you need to know to respond quickly with all the force you need. It’s all about striking first with real power so you can take your attacker out and keep yourself and those around you safe. Unlike many styles of martial arts being taught the self defense training system only has practical moves and will enable you deal with the situation as it develops. No system is perfect, but one you have the skills that work, you can adapt them to any situation regardless of what is going on around you. Train in any martial arts style you like, but when it comes to self defense keep things simple. |
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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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