Walking The Narrow Path - Defense

I'm not interested in making Haunchi Do well known. But rather sharing it with those who find it interesting. Everyone holds within them their own style. All they have to do is discover it and put a personal name to it. I’ve dedicated my whole life to this and I went thorough the years of hard knocks to earn my degree. This gives me the authority to create my own style. Experience and achieving my certificate of authenticity. I would expect anyone else to do the same. Sorry I’m not a famous celebrity.
During my long history of training and teaching, you meet hundreds of people who want to learn to defend themselves from experiences created by encounters with bullies and trouble makers. My heart really goes out to them, most practitioners don't want to become superior athletes and they don‘t have to be, to become effective defense artists. What they lack from instructors is truth. They are common ordinary people. So if you want to arouse young peoples curiosity for a class assure them that they can learn to defend themselves with common sense, that they are not just learning another style. Kids are smart, they want honesty. Problem is they are not being given the ammunition they need to become effective. Flexion. There is a way of defending your self against any aggressor who knows anything. It is not totally offensive and pro aggressive it is the lost art of defense. There are many people I have physically gone up against, people who did the same thing as those in the MMA. Haunchi Do is from experiences like these. But, people are so hypnotically trapped by what they see on television its embarrassing. I share Haunchi Do with the underdogs that others don't worship as superior athletes. Haunchi Do is more like a, "you have to get me into that situation first" and all martial instruction should contain this rule. Haunchi Do is a defense method of the fighting skills that existed long before the MMA program was developed for the purpose of entertainment and big dollars. Sorry I’m not a legend to convince you. I have never followed sports so I don't have the same passion most people do, for if there is a good fight on television I‘d rather be training. When I'm invited to demonstrate my method I show instructors and teenagers in those classes how there is a defense to all fighting styles. And I get many compliments mostly from young people. A dance was as way in which I accidently found certain physics and stability to develop sturdy ground maneuvers not the dance itself. But there were many of you who took what I was explaining out of context witch proves my point about martial impersonators. Martial impersonators are the first to make fun of something they can’t comprehend do to their lack of truthfulness to themselves. Or you fit into the category of jealousy and envy. As a martial practitioner one of my biggest weaknesses was being grabbed and grappled to the ground. The worst thing that can ever happen to you. Haunchi Do is not impressive it simply is an addition to your arsenal to protect you from bullies who want to take you down because they are not man enough to face you toe to toe. I’m not talking about what you see on the boob tube, I talking about reality. Its not about beating the hell out of some one unless you absolutely have to. Its more about staying alive, making the right choices. And facing the law after what you had to do to defend yourself. I prefer walking the narrow path.
Ask me questions….There are a lot of questions in here..
Scanthor

Honest question for you, which applies to everyone doing any Martial Art;

What happenes when mother nature has her way, and you are no longer capable of performing as you once did?

Say something happens and you wake up and find yourself eighty years old, or you have to have a leg amputated. What then?

Taser's?

Or you adapt..........

Thanks for the answer, Warrior WC

I agree with you. Regardless of what transpires or catches you off guard in life. You adapt. It could be you write a book to continue teaching. Give seminars. Or develop a new style with one leg and a crutch.

Scanthor

Jeff,

Great post!

As for the question:

I agree you must adapt, though I would assume that is easier said than done. I don't know how I would cope with many situations until I am in that situation.

mule wrote:

Say something happens and you wake up and find yourself eighty years old, or you have to have a leg amputated. What then?

Regarding loss of limbs etc, there is no answer other than, learn to adapt.

In terms of beating age - learn to train in a method that doesn't damage your body, ala Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Ziranmen, TaiHequan, Yiquan etc...

In terms of beating age - learn to train in a method that doesn't damage your body, ala Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Ziranmen, TaiHequan, Yiquan etc...Sure, but as a practitioner of 'hard' styles, I would add that you can train in a 'hard' style in such a way that it isn't damaging to your body, even when you are very old. Read accounts of Gichin Funakoshi when he was advanced in years - quite able to use Shotokan karate to defend himself.

Also of course, a weapon of some type will give you an advantage and should be seriously considered. Young or old, it's a force multiplier.

I carry weapons daily and some days I consider them to be supplements to my martial arts training, and other days my martial arts training is more of a supplement to the weapons. Really, of course, the two are inseparable, just different points on the same continuum.

QuickSabre wrote:
Sure, but as a practitioner of 'hard' styles, I would add that you can train in a 'hard' style in such a way that it isn't damaging to your body, even when you are very old. Read accounts of Gichin Funakoshi when he was advanced in years - quite able to use Shotokan karate to defend himself.

Sure, but I bet Funakoshi was an exception, rather than the rule.
In my opinion, there is a serious lack of understanding regarding "soft" training in "hard" martial arts in the west - mainly down to the fact that as the arts were brought to Europe and the USA, we wanted a quick fix method, and didn't want to have to practice standing still or slow moving - so these methods were not transmitted.

Sure, but I bet Funakoshi was an exception, rather than the rule.In that he was the founder of a style, sure.

Styles always change as they are brought into 'new' cultures. That's the history of martial arts. There's no such thing as a purely 'hard' or 'soft' style, there are elements of hard and soft in each. They may differ greatly at the lower levels, but not so much at the higher levels.

When I'm old(er) I plan to keep my snubbie .38 handy.

Scanthor wrote:
Walking The Narrow Path - Defense

I'm not interested in making Haunchi Do well known. But rather sharing it with those who find it interesting. Everyone holds within them their own style.Well said.

There is a way of defending your self against any aggressor who knows anything. It is not totally offensive and pro aggressive it is the lost art of defense. A breath of fresh air in this age when we're constantly hammered with 'blocks don't work' and 'the only effective way to deal with a potential aggressor is the preemptive strike.' The latter is not in many people's natures, nor is it grounds for much of a legal strategy later, when one has to explain how they 'knew' an attack was imminent. What seems certain at the time may become fodder for the other guy's attorney -- or the prosecutor.

I share Haunchi Do with the underdogs that others don't worship as superior athletes.Respect. *bow*

Martial impersonators are the first to make fun of something they can’t comprehend do to their lack of truthfulness to themselves. Or you fit into the category of jealousy and envy.You've said a mouthful, brother.

Its not about beating the hell out of some one unless you absolutely have to. Its more about staying alive, making the right choices. And facing the law after what you had to do to defend yourself. I prefer walking the narrow path.


Scanthor
A good post.

Scanthor wrote:
Thanks for the answer, Warrior WC

I agree with you. Regardless of what transpires or catches you off guard in life. You adapt. It could be you write a book to continue teaching. Give seminars. Or develop a new style with one leg and a crutch. I like that attitude. It personifies martial arts.

I heard a rumor once - or maybe I read it somewhere - that Bruce Lee had one leg shorter than the other. If true, what an inspirational thing!