Training Time
I see this all the time. A guy goes in and teaches a group of cops a really crappy program. Then when it doesn't work he asks them how often they train and blames the officers to cover his ass. Unarmed Combatives is a science it should not require alot of training time. Now I have friends that teach programs that do require alot of training but they are up front about it so I don't have a problem with them they are alright with me. What I do have a problem with is these assholes that come in for two or three days and price gouge a department then teach overly complicated tactics then when they don't work they all ask the same thing,"How often do you train?" Well guess what jackass they don't! You knew that when you flew in and took their money and ran. When those tactics fail it isn't them not training it's that your program sucks and your a shitty instructor. A good police program should not require follow up training. You should be able to go in and teach an entire program and have it work at a 90% success rate when they leave that night. If you can't do that then stop teaching that program because it's bullshit. You say it can't be done? I've been doing it for 10 years and yes it does because I've done it and have the feedback to prove it. There's lots of things taught in police programs that aren't even logical. How many times have you went to a course and had the instructor teach 5 different defenses to 5 different punches? In states like Texas there's a zero tolerance policy on school violence. That means you could have officers in an academy that have never thrown a punch or ever even seen real violence. They don't know anything. The fact is they aren't going to know what the punch is until after they've been hit with it. It's a totally pointless lesson. Your not doing them any favors by teaching that crap when you can teach one thing that works against all of them that doesn't require athleticism.You know some cops are all in it they train everyday. They can do things other cops can't do. But when your an instructor your responsible for every officer not some of them...all of them...so the program has to reflect that.
If your program requires alot of follow up training then it sucks please stop teaching it and taking advantage of people. It's a bullshit excuse and your a bullshit person for doing it.
Junk Science
There are three things that are being taught even now that are total horseshit and people still believe it. The first is Hick's Law. Hick's Law was a test done in the 1950's on computers with punch cards that stated the human brain is only capable of having one thought per second. In modern times it has morphed into the saying that the more choices a person has to make the longer it will take them to make a single choice. Now that in fact is true. However the original study that statement is based on is totally false. Computers with punch cards are a little slower than the technology of today. The fact is that the Kinesiology community has proven that the brain can do around 6 and a half things per second realistically and Hick's Law was actually thrown out as a junk science well over 30 years ago but instructors still prey on people's ignorance of that little known fact and use it. The second thing would be the Boyd Cycle aka the O.O.D.A. Loop(Observe Orient Decide Attack) This is misused all the time. In 1993 I had the great honor to sit down and talk with John Boyd. I was fresh out of high school and he was a guest speaker at an Air Force function where my Uncle Bill was receiving a medal with several others for service in Vietnam. I asked him about the OODA loop and how it applied the hand to hand fighting. He said it didn't apply at all then sat down and corrected me by explaining the OODA loop. For those that don't know John Boyd INVENTED the OODA loop. The man who created it says it don't apply to fistfights. Since he invented it I think he would know how it would be used. The example he gave me which apparently he gave to other people as well because it's on Wikipedia is this:
A plane is in the air flying and sees an enemy aircraft. He flies higher above the aircraft so the sun blocks the enemy's vision while he decides what to do. Then after he decides he executes his decision. Yes that's right he Observed, He Oriented, He Decided, Then attacked. The OODA loop is about getting into position before the altercation not the fight itself. The fight itself is the end of the OODA loop. It's nothing more than an action is faster than a reaction at that point....not the OODA loop. This don't stop dumbasses from getting up in from of a class and espousing it like they know something when actually to people in the know they are only showing their own stupidity or disrespecting the intelligence of the students. The last one is the startle reflex. There are over 28 documented startle reflexes that humans do depending on the stimulus. It also varies between people not everyone is wired the same way. There is no such thing as a general startle reflex that links all of us and there have been many studies in the 1970's that prove it. There are older studies from the 1930's however that people are using to claim everyone will stick their arms straight out and dive towards an attack. That however only applies to audible stimulus not visual and it has been thrown out as a junk science for almost 40 years.
MMA as DT
In the Octagon it's a real fight no doubt about that. These guys are tough there's no denying it they are skilled athletes. There's also alot of overlap of MMA tactics in self defense as it should be because those tactics are good. So what does that have to do with police tactics? The answer is..nothing. How many times have you been watching the main event and Randy Couture pulled out a gun and shot his opponent in the fucking head or sprayed the crowd? How many times has a guy been losing and his corner jumped in and monkey stomped the other guy and it was legal? How many times has the main event been you put a fighter in there and instead of the opponent you put his wife and kids in there and give the other fighter a knife and the defender has to save everyone without being cut? Obviously the answer is never. The situation dictates the tactic. I've never seen a main event take place inside of a car of while someone is trying to exit a vehicle but I see it in dashboard videos all the time. The one that really pisses me off is the clinch. If I'm close enough to touch you I'm taking you down I'm not gonna wrestle with you your gonna eat pavement. I see this Gracie Combatives stuff teaching clinch to control. Talk about oblivious! A clinch is pointless you could end it at that point why would you go from a neutral position to another neutral position when you could skip it and go to an advantageous position and end it. Hell I have a 3rd Dan in Judo I can rock the clinch. That doesn't mean anything in DT your putting yourself in a bad position. A 5'2 woman isn't gonna clinch a 6'4 drunk and win if he goes for her gun she can't just brush it away that's bullshit. She could just as easily drop his ass get a clue people. Then you got the elbow shield. Now we use a type of elbow shield in our courses but we do things a little different. You see there's a huge flaw in most programs that teach the elbow shield. They tend to use it for primarily striking and they try to keep a distance when they use it. I don't care what type of shield you use it has openings. A dynamic attack will beat through that shield and knock you the hell out if you try to hold a distance. Your entire low line is wide open to attack. Just ask Tito Ortiz he's got his ass kicked many times using it that way in the octagon but I bet he could kick your ass. I love the elbow shield but the secret is you gotta close distance quickly and fight on the inside to cover those flaws.
In closing I have alot of friends who are up and coming. Some are even starting to write their own articles. I don't want them reading your dumb fucking articles filling their heads with crap that isn't right and makes them look bad. They are intelligent people and deserve a chance to be all they can be and help people which is the point of this anyway. My friends I hope you learn something from this article and stay away from these pitfalls. To these ignorant people who continue to espouse this crap for no other reason than marketing and to prey on the uneducated please go fuck yourself in the ass with a jackhammer and drop dead.
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