Teenage Travelsafe Part 2 (diary entry)
- jamie03066
- Sep 3, 2015
- 2 min read
18.08.15
I taught the second of a two-part intensive course on self-protection for teenagers. Revising the importance of attitude and how it underlines physical performance, I warmed everyone up with some walking exercises. Here the attendees moved from one end of the training area to the other, but each time I intensified the visualization. I used it to overlap their physical application of skills by having them think they were about to respond to an attack. We looked at natural movement, how to hide a pre-emptive strike and the importance of movement. A strong skill that should be reinforced in self-defence is the ability to strike hard and quickly from any position, and that includes normal walking!
We then covered tactical exiting and threat awareness. This was done using a drill I use for my weapon awareness, self-protection courses. A student approaches another making a gesture for a concealed weapon. The approached student raises the alarm and makes a tactical exit. This is a great warm-up drill, using relevant exercises and a relevant mind-set.
We then revised the fence and looked at developing power from a close range. This was then carried over into striking from different postures and transitioning through those postures. Next we covered the importance tracking a target with incidental combinations. These are combinations that occur as the target changes and should be performed with a constant uninterrupted flow. Both straight and hooking hand strikes were trained.
We then looked at multiple attackers, using the Judas set-up. This where one person interviews the student and another comes in at angled blind-spot. Both are coaches on the focus mitts and the student trains to fire two strikes off the same hand at these different angles. The blind-spot coach is struck first unless the interviewer moves into the fence beforehand.
Next we looked at the application of kicks and recovery from a grounded position, using side stamping and round kicks. These were also trained transitioning from the ground the standing.
We finished hard skills training with a section on the cover. This recovery tactic is covered in detail in my book “Mordred’s Victory and Other Martial Mutterings”. We performed the basic “code white” drill and then against multiple coaches with increasing pressure and from different compromised positions.
The lesson and course finished with a recap discussion on the post-fight. This included maintaining awareness, repercussions, the law, first aid and making peace with the incident.
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