Perception as the ideal defense

Folks,

I have said many times that evasion is the essence of defense. I meant like boxers often do: Bobbing, weaving, footwork and distance. But I may have been a bit hasty in that assessment. I think that being able to perceive a threat in a pre-emptive manner is even more important. The military calls this "situational awareness." That is something like assessing what situations could become volatile, before they do. If you are not sure what that looks like, it is not sitting with your back to the door in public places. It is glancing under your car, and into your back seat before you climb in. It is leaving when two men staft to argue and show aggressive mannerisms etc. It is the little things that make the big things unneccesary. You always win the fight that you avoid!

Now I have my eyes peeled all of the time. It does not make me paranoid or tense all of the time. When you practice perceiving your surroundings, you have a kind of eased readiness at all time. Practice it folks, your threat assesment skills. It will only help you on your path to mastery. Adios folks!

A new low

Folks,
I am posting this quickly with a sad art. It seems the frat boy, wanna-be tough guy antics have taken a new low. I was reading the news online, and was actually startled. On regular yahoo news it showed the most "violent KO in television history." Now as we are talking about a Dana White quote, I am used to that kind of stupid hyperbole. But when I saw it, I was amazed.

Fighter Uriah Hill landed a frighteningly flush spinning heel kick to the face of his opponent. He opponent was out cold for 4 minutes. Everyone cage-side though that they had witnessed a homicide. Even Hill was concerned, and in a show of class audibly apologized to his unconscious foe. Thankfully, he recovered, and will likely make a full recovery.

Now to the low. Ultimate Fighter show alumni Matt Riddle posted that while that KO was good, a KO of his was "better." He proceeded to talk about how a KO that he landed on another fighter did much more lasting damage, hence his was "better"

Really? You did grievious damage to another human being, who has a family watching him mind you,  and you went out bragging about the damage you did to him? You Matt Riddle, are an idiot. Hopefully someone will teach you about respect, and about respecting your opponent. That is all. This is just my way of dealing with the idiot who is most definitely a "cage-fighter" and not a martial artist.