14.10.2023 I completed the second half of my comprehensive self-protection course for FarmED just outside of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Please see write-up of the first half. Today we reviewed some basic principles from the first seminar. This is important as they are points we will return to and it forms the foundation of what is being taught. So we dedicated around an hour to commentary walking, walking with purpose, accessing exits, raising and lowering heart rates, dealing with stress, tactical escape and covering. Sprawls were also layered in with knee strikes to introduce some anti-grappling early on. We then revised pre-emptive striking, understanding range and the fence. We also went back over the differences between social and asocial violence, listening to instincts and the 10/80/10 rule. Then we went over the legal side of self-defence. Next, we moved onto anti-grappling proper. This began with primal or combat grappling. Teaching grappling is a very important skill. High risk situations can deteriorate to grappling range if striking fails, a defender needs to be familiar with being grappled and grappler can be useful for mid and low risk situations, especially in social violence. Training involved switching levels, basic grips and counters to them from the neck, wrist, around the waist, headlocks and to lowline takedowns. We emphasised the importance of back control and drilled over-hooks, under-hooks and collar-ties. Finally, we went to ground and looked using the guard and escaping the mount. Activities allowed for more pressure testing, keeping training live but safe. Then we layered in strikes from grappling positions followed by other anti-grappling tactics. The lesson finished with a discussion on the post-fight - double-tap, maintaining awareness, escaping to a place of safety, first aid, reporting an incident and the aftermath. https://clubbchimera.com/services/
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