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Twisted up · 09-15-2001, 10:04 AM

What we do is pretty much patterned after the SBG philosophy. We were headed that way anyway but, seeing what their core philosophies were, was like having an epiphany! I was like, "ah HA!"--I knew that there were others who felt the same way with regard to fighting! I'd just never heard anyone put it so succinctly! I don't mind that not everyone is "on the same page" with the SBG. Everyone trains for different reasons. As for me though, I could never imagine doing anything else (opposed to aliveness) ever again.

At our gym, we train the 3 ranges, specifically doing; muay Thai, savate, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, BJJ, and to some extent as I mentioned, stick and knife.

I've been training for some time and to be honest, I'm just not as concerned about the self-defense issue as I once was. I just enjoy the competitive nature of "aliveness". I feel (like Luis Gutierez does) that, self-defense is a "by-product" of one's training.

What we'll do is, develop a base in combat sport (having game in all ranges), and, put in the "foul" tactics to simulate a street encounter. You can work any scenario you desire in this manner from; empty-hand vs. emtpy-hand, empty-hand vs. stick, etc., etc..

Matt Thornton certainly awakened us. The old saying of, "Once the mind has been expanded, it can never shrink back" certainly applies here.

09-15-2001, 10:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
Twisted up Novice Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 172 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	What we do is pretty much patterned after the SBG philosophy. We were headed that way anyway but, seeing what their core philosophies were, was like having an epiphany! I was like, "ah HA!"--I knew that there were others who felt the same way with regard to fighting! I'd just never heard anyone put it so succinctly! I don't mind that not everyone is "on the same page" with the SBG. Everyone trains for different reasons. As for me though, I could never imagine doing anything else (opposed to aliveness) ever again. At our gym, we train the 3 ranges, specifically doing; muay Thai, savate, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, BJJ, and to some extent as I mentioned, stick and knife. I've been training for some time and to be honest, I'm just not as concerned about the self-defense issue as I once was. I just enjoy the competitive nature of "aliveness". I feel (like Luis Gutierez does) that, self-defense is a "by-product" of one's training. What we'll do is, develop a base in combat sport (having game in all ranges), and, put in the "foul" tactics to simulate a street encounter. You can work any scenario you desire in this manner from; empty-hand vs. emtpy-hand, empty-hand vs. stick, etc., etc.. Matt Thornton certainly awakened us. The old saying of, "Once the mind has been expanded, it can never shrink back" certainly applies here. Last edited by Twisted up; 09-15-2001 at 10:43 PM.