Survival Mindset of a Gurkah soldier.
An interesting article about the survival mindset of a Gurkha soldier when faced with overwhelming odds.
It’s what we talk about in Zen Ki Bo: once you understand and embrace the possibility of death in a self-defence situation, you then have the psychological capacity to do what is needed to survive.
Reaction Time – Too close.
This clip demonstrates the issue of Distance and Reaction Time in Self-Defence situations.
We call it the “21 foot rule”. It is a principle used in law enforcement, but it is still relevant to anyone because it deals with reaction- time. In other words, how long does it take you to react to a Threat. Doesn’t really matter what weapon is involved, because the principle is the same.
The 21 foot rule is part of the Zen Ki Bo syllabus.
Distance in Combat
Distance is one of the fundamentals of combat; there are many types: Controlling the distance, Kicking distance, Punching distance, Safe distance, the list goes on.
From a reality-based point of view, if you are in the position of defending yourself, you will probably be reacting to the threat. This is why reaction-time and distance are relevant.
One of our principles is that “Distance gives you time” – (time to Evaluate the threat and decide on your course of action – Tactical Retreat/ Deploy weapon / Aggressive Defence / using your surroundings by placing something between yourself and the threat, etc). Therefore Distance and Reaction-Time are often linked.
From the perspective of the Initial Attack, one of Zen Ki Bo‘s reality-based drills deals with what is known in law-enforcement circles as the “21 foot rule” (also known as the Tueller Drill). This basically says that an offender armed with a knife can cover 21 feet (6.4 metres) in 1.5 seconds. It takes at least that long for a police officer to Identify the threat, Draw his pistol and Discharge one or two rounds. When you are hearing that for the first time it sounds like an impossibly long distance, it’s common for people to think that there is no way an offender could get to you from that distance before you deployed and fired your weapon – (I admit that the first time I did this drill, probably 15 or 20 years ago I believed that I would easily be able to draw and fire my pistol, but to my amazement the “offender” was on top of me and “slashing” me with a red permanent marker pen on my nice white tee-shirt before I could get a shot off. It was obvious after looking down at all the red marks on my shirt that there was some credibility to the 21 foot rule).
Why is this rule relevant? It is relevant because it is a Universal Truth. It has been proven in training and in real-life many times. That makes it useful to us – because the Principle is the same whether you are a police officer, Private Contractor, civilian or whoever.
Once you participate in the “21 foot rule” drill, you gain a little more insight into Distance. And 21 feet is a fairly long way – think about all the people you come into contact with every day who are well within that distance. Based on a Tactical Mindset, all of those people are potential threats…
Just something to think about, and hopefully keep you a bit safer.
It’s still violent out there, how are you going to defend yourself?
knife injury
Knife -Crime in Australia is still a very real problem. If you do not realise and acknowledge this you are a victim waiting to happen.
Demonstrated history tells us that normal citizens of society are essentially unprotected.
This means that the police do not have the capacity to protect you and your family.
This means that the fairies at the end of the garden do not exist.
This means that YOU must take responsibility for yourself and your loved ones, because the government have all care and no responsibility.
If you agree, let us know.. If you disagree, substantiate your opinion with fact and let us know.
The following article has been reproduced from ABC News 20 July 2010 (http://www.abc.net.au/news):
Knife revealed as robbers’ weapon of choice
A new report on armed robberies in Australia shows victims are most commonly held-up at knife-point in an open space. The National Armed Robbery Monitoring Report shows knives are used in 47 per cent of reported crimes, with 46 per cent of those occurring in open spaces such as footpaths and recreational areas. The figures, compiled by the Australian Institute of Criminology, combine state crime statistics from 2007. Research analyst Lance Smith says most armed robberies achieve very little for the offenders. “The high-gain armed robberies actually constitutes less than 3 per cent of all armed robberies but they do skew the figure quite severely,” he said. The report shows nearly 30 per cent of armed robbery attempts end with the offender leaving empty handed. The figures also show two-thirds of armed robberies occur at night.So, how are you going to defend yourself?
UFC – Rich Franklin Vs Wanderlei Silva. Zen Ki Bo reverse elbow strikes
The fight between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 in Germany..
During final stages of the last round, when Franklin moved in behind Silva it became a battle of attrition; reverse elbow strikes Vs punches.
The reverse elbows being thrown in this bout are the same elbows taught in Zen Ki Bo to fight off an offender who attacks you from behind. One of the differences in Zen Ki Bo is that after several reverse elbow strikes to the face/head, you turn around to face the offender and knee-strike him in the groin, then take an eye, thus taking away the offender’s offensive capabilities. This of course is not allowed in the cage or the ring and therein lies the difference between competition fighting (UFC / MMA) and real-life self-defence (Zen Ki Bo).
Only one rule at Zen Ki Bo: “Insist on your Survival”.
Zen Ki Bo - eye gouge