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Originally Posted by darrianation
What is really cool about the whole thing is when you realize all those repetitions (done correctly and appropriately of course) you did in the gym or the shooting range and all those drills you ran against that mother fucking partner-opponent who always presented you with a challenge (and bruises) really paid off.
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Yeah, when I was in Sedona on this hike I really shouldn't have gone on (but I didn't know it was that steep and it got dark that early, etc.) I remember thinking about a friend of mine who I train MMA with who whenever I complain about something would ask, "Are you tapping out?" Cos if not stfu! Then I'd kick his ass. Okay, not really. Then I'd get back in the fight though... Somehow I think training helped me get down to the bottom of that hill... And the next day I found out that tourists are rescued from that hill at night almost every weekend.. .So I can credit MMA with helping me avoid a bad situation, even though it wasn't really SD...
I don't really train taijutsu (yet, I'm trying to decide whether I want to) but I notice that no matter how complicated the technique is if I start looking at my feet or correcting my stance or whatever they're like "Don't look at your feet, keep your head up, stay in the fight!" or even, "Forget about the drill for now just step off line ten times in a row so you're not training yourself to pause in the middle of a fight" etc. I still don't know how alive it is but those are good signs.