Violence is real and is unlike sparring. The intent is not to score points, secure dominance but to kill/harm/damage. This post is an affirmation and refinement of TKM and the methods of instruction that I must impart to my future students.
Violence is real. It is raw. My humble experiences with it do not triumph the author's. But I recognize the numbing chemical cocktail, the rush and the mental playback on loop after the event as he mentions.
I strive to add in more mental preparation into TKM defenses. Verbal disarming and acting submissive are good enough. But to make things better, a deep cleansing breath, check your footing and a "Go" mental switch to attack must be flipped on. When jumped out of nowhere, the student must be trained to shut out all pain and information and just act: attack!
TKM's ladder of survival options fit with Sgt Miller's. It is better to run, de-escalate, fight than do nothing in that order respectively.
Avoidance is the biggest cure. If you do not go to troublesome places and look for trouble, trouble will most likely not look for you. But when it does, "Big Dog tactics" and circumventing conflicts with deliberate and purposeful submissive acts should also be taught to students as skills to deactivate the situation.
When we make the "Go" mental switch to fight, hit hard, fast and against vital areas (distinction must be made against pain and rehabilitating areas). TKM does this well as chained combatives and defense drills are effective and fast and yet simple, thus surviving the jarring effects of the adrenal chemical cocktail that floods our bodies in cases of confrontation and violence.
Things that need to be made better
"Big Dog tactics" and circumventing conflicts with deliberate and purposeful submissive acts -> role-playing
More focus must be done on getting hit and carrying on despite getting hit.
More unpredictable situations must be added in to drill students who have mastered basic principles in order to test and stretch them.
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