Just Keep It Simple

As I write this, I am reminded of my time back in elementary school and when I was first exposed to the idea of KISS.  Keep it simple stupid.

Back then it seemed so logical. Unfortunately as I got older I started to over complicate everything.  We spend so much time trying to understand shit and over analyze it that we end up causing ourselves nothing but problems.

As a Self Defense Instructor I see this problem more and more.  With all of the different styles of martial arts and combatives, things seem to be getting further and further from this KISS concept.  I mean there are multiple ways to defend against chokes, wrist grabs and weapons.  Fuck, if you do just a simple basic Google search you will find multiple ways to kill a man with just one finger.

This is so true.  And the reason why I have chosen the SDTS.

I have studied multiple styles myself and am proud to have ranked.  I hold a black belt level and advanced level instructor in Krav Maga and Kick Boxing along with a few other reality based self defense systems. The common complaint from students though is there are just too many options and techniques are difficult to learn and/or perform.

Let's try and go back to our concept of KISS for a moment.  True Self Defense needs to be easy.  It needs to be dog shit simple.  I should be able to teach you something that you can take with you and use immediately.  This is not sport, or ceremony.  This is not about grading and reaching the next level or learning 6 different ways to potentially disarm an attacker.  Self Defense is about doing whatever it takes to make it home.  Kill or be killed.  When some 260 lb dude is looking to pull you into secluded woods and rape your ass, do you really want to have to try and remember which one of the hundreds of techniques you learned in order to escape?  I am not going to knock martial arts here.  They have their place.  But unfortunately most training is symmetrical in nature.  You do this and I do this.  Fuck, everything can work against just a choke or wrist grab.  But step up your training.  Practice real scenarios with real stress.  Shit changes.  And this is what can get you injured or even killed in the streets.

Everything works sometime but nothing works all of the time.  There are concepts and techniques from all systems and styles of martial arts and combatives that are great.  My choice though is to focus on the simplicity of the Self Defense Training System

This Self Defense Training System keeps it real and simple.  Techniques are simple.  If you can't escape, attack the man.  Do your worst fast and first.  This is about self preservation.  You will not see complicated wrist grab defenses or crazy knife and gun disarms.  Don't get me wrong though, if you desire to learn these things and rank there are some awesome systems out there, but we are specifically addressing Self Defense here.

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Just remember to make sure as Damian Ross says to "Train Honestly!"

George Hutchings
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