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Is Your Professional Bravado Getting in the Way of Learning Something New
When Master Instructor Ross developed his training and setout to conquer the world of self defense he thought he’d be training elite military units and police officers all the time, and while these clients are among those enrolled in our various training programs most are average citizens. Now that is a good thing and if more of the population knew how to fight the safer we all would be, but it’s amazing to us that most police officers think their training is adequate, and don’t feel the need to learn more. Well eventually they do come to us for training, but most often after they’ve had their life flash before during a struggle with a suspect. Don’t wait until you get hurt or witness someone else’s death to start training now.
After working out for awhile in traditional martial arts and the self defense training system I felt like I knew a few things, and while I know it is a continual process I defiantly feel more confident. After all I’d learned real combat martial arts unlike what most people learn which is ineffective in real street fights, so I wanted to share what I learned with others. People that I know who are mix martial arts fans were surprised that I actually could do some of the moves, but that was just my Judo training, I wanted to help the police officers that safe guarded our community.
There was one problem though, outside of those who came to use for self defense training most weren’t very interested. They were confident in their training and felt they knew how to handle a real street fight better than any martial artist. Thing is they’re right, most martial artists don’t prepare for real combat, and those who do to often rely on complicated moves that art difficult to make work in a tense combat situation. Well that isn’t what we do at the Self Defense Company; we train people how to fight in the real world. Our mission is to change how people think of self defense, and make sure nobody cop, solider, or civilian dies because they didn’t learn the right training.
Most police officers I’ve encountered are well trained professionals, but most of their training has to do with firearms, and when you mention close quarter combat they just think about SWAT training. When it comes to hand to hand combat most think of batons and pepper stray, and while these are useful tools they don’t work on everyone. Well the self defense training goes beyond what you’re taught and can help you get out of situations like having a knife to your throat or a shotgun leveled at your head. Our training let’s you be proactive while still being an officer, and you’ll be able to take control faster. It seems that outside of the police community everyone is more interested in the safety of the scum bags, but not us, we want to get you home safe every night. You put yourself out there protecting your community, so keep training so you’re ready for your great gettin' up mornin'. |