Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:00:54 -0700 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 12 #316 - 1 msg X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.13.cisto1 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13.cisto1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Subscribed-Address: fma@martialartsresource.com List-Id: Eskrima-FMA discussion forum, the premier FMA forum on the Internet. List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Help: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on plus11.host4u.net X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: Send Eskrima mailing list submissions to eskrima@martialartsresource.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net You can reach the person managing the list at eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Eskrima digest..." <<---- The Sudlud-Inayan Eskrima/Kali/Arnis/FMA mailing list ---->> Serving the Internet since June 1994. Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Filipino Martial Arts. 2200 members. Provided in memory of Mangisursuro Michael G. Inay (1944-2000). See the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of the Eskrima/FMA digest at http://MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! Today's Topics: 1. Heavy hitters and adrenaline dump (Michael Koblic) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Michael Koblic" To: "Eskrima digest" Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:46:43 -0700 Subject: [Eskrima] Heavy hitters and adrenaline dump Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Animal wrote (I paraphrase) "Heavy hitters are able to control their adrenaline dump". To me, this constitutes the crux of success in a confrontation, physical or otherwise, more important than physical prowess. The big question is, can you train for it? Is it given by your genes. Is it acquired by a frequent exposure to situations (or would this just make you "gun-shy" later?). Is it to do with the "unity of mind and body"? I do not mean in an esoteric martial artsy way but simply: have you any compunction about teeing off on this guy? From my limited experience the decision whether to go or not to go causes more stress and adrenaline than the actual action. Such decision also introduces vital milliseconds of hesitation with seeds of self-destruction within it. Even if one knows on an intellectual level (if , indeed, there is intellect involved) that the attack on oneself is imminent and one should pre-empt, many psychological, developmental, social and other factors say that you should not. I am not sure that confidence of the type "I can take this guy" is the answer. Sun-tzu teaches us that if we know ourselves and do not know the enemy our chances of success are about 50%. Not the odds I want to go with if my life is at stake unless something else, more important than my life, is at stake, too. What do the heavy hitters on this list do? Michael Koblic, Campbell River, B. C. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/eskrima Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of Eskrima Digest