The reality gap between the street
and the dojo environment is simply
too vast...
That's not to say that the skills of
the martial artist WON'T work against
the potential street aggressor, they can,
have and will, just NOT without first
having been adapted to meet and cater
for the conditions of the urban
setting.
The reason that the martial art self-defence
element fails in most cases is three
fold...
First and foremost if the trainee has
NEVER been in a real violent confrontation
before, chances are that he or she will
never have experienced the adrenal
stress that accompanies the same.
Bearing in mind that the training methods
presented by most martial arts instructors
are ninety nine percent technique and skill
based, there is a good chance that the adrenal
stress part of the equation will not even
have been addressed in passing conversation
let alone replicated through scenario training.
The next thing relates to the actual physical
skills or the techniques employed most of
which are designed to be used against a
practitioner within the same style or system
and have in no way been adapted for use
against an unpredictable and non-compliant
street attacker.
Finally there is the most important mental
aspect that of MINDSET - which sits at the core
of any functional combatives program of which
will consist of ninety percent attitude,
intention, and the willingness to step up
and do WHATEVER it takes to win.
This is for me the essence of what combatives
are all about and this is where the main
difference between martial arts and combatives
lie."
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