TEST DAY!

It is 0400 hrs. and I am preparing for my final exam for the SPEAR course. It has been a great experience, and definitely an enlightening experience with regards to combatives (both coaching and participating). I truly regret not attending the Tony Blauer/Pavel seminar when it occurred. That was a one-shot deal that probably would never happen again. There is a lot of commonality when it comes to their approach to combatives and strength training, specifically the biomechanical and physiological approach that maximizes anyone's potential.

The challenge is given at the course and it is summed up by these two symbols: 1*

One asterisk or spoken a little slower, one ass t' risk. Whose "ass"? Apparently anyone trying to change the status quo in combatives.

BTS explains that Physiology precedes the cognitive EVERY TIME. You tube has a lot of videos showing what people do when they are surprised by an ambush; their hands come up between them and the perceived the threat and pushes away danger. Check out the videos of people playing the scary maze game. It is not age specific, in fact, (although I don't understand why people would allow their small children to knowingly play a frightening game for a laugh)one child playing it (probably age 5-6) shows the perfect display of a physiological and biomechanical response to a sudden threat- his hands come up between him and the threat, protects his command center (head) and pushes away danger (even though it is a video screen) and then his feet move him away from the threat.

If that is what an untrained person does when surprised/ambushed, why not train the physiological and biomechanical response into a combative response as well? It is perfect for anyone wishing to defend themselves, not just LEO/Military. A Blauer trademark is "Be Your Own Bodyguard". What a great mindset!