Comments on: UFC 106 MMA Fighters Repeatly Stopped By Basic Self Defense Moves

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:42:54 +0000

I found this website because I accidentally came across a book by Larkin and Ranck.

I remember a guy I knew somewhat who was HUGELY into that Gracie Jujitsu stuff and believed that it made him invincible. I tried to explain to him many times that anything with rules isn’t fighting. I tried to explain to him that if he and I fought and it was NOT for the ultimate stakes that he would pound me senseless every single time, but if it ever became about “him or me” that he wouldn’t last 3 seconds. I was never able to get across to him that the human body is odd in that it is able to absorb astonishing levels of punishment while simultaneously being so fragile that a simple move by an 80 arthritic pound grandmother can turn a 6 foot tall athlete “off” in less than a heartbeat.

Too bad I didn’t know about you guys back then. I could have sent him here and maybe someone else could have gotten through to him.

By: Bill Clason

Bill Clason — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:02:25 +0000

I have been in Law Enforcement over 30-years. I worked the streets for ten years…and seen a few killings ..stappings…name it I seen it. But for the past 20-years I have worked in the Department Of Corrections…Supervisor of all High Risk Felon Transports…and Instructing in Different areas of the Field. To deal with MENTALLY ANTI-SOCIAL OFFENDER is something I will never forget.The meds these people take…and how to control them. I have never met Jason or Kevin…and what this Team is telling you FACT..TRUTH… assume stuff. Im planning on taking the course just so I can learn new Material…and be trained by the best.

Thank You,
Sgt. Bill Clason
Colorado Department Of Corrections

By: DaveS

DaveS — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:18:33 +0000

It’s really possible you will be knocked out, down and out, cut, shot. But if you are not, Penetrate, Rotate, Injure. And, Never ever wait.

By: Tim Singleton

Tim Singleton — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:58:29 +0000

Lots of tough guys out there. I used to be a prison guard and have seen a more than a few hard men in my life. These guys showing up at the dojo on Saturdays or even a couple of days a week really do not understand the word ‘mean.’ They do not understand what it is to fight a hardened fellow. They don’t just dance and if they leave you breathing it is because they never meant to kill you in the first place.

Even myself, reading this realized you are 100% correct. I cannot tell you the number of times a 160lbs. man whupped the pure dogs#!t out of a 6’5″ antagonist. As a guard, we were always taught to fear a lawsuit above anything else because it could cost us our job. I see now that I am lucky I made it out of that field alive. I am also now wondering just how hard some of the fellows we had to take down were fighting. It suddenly occurs to me that the ones who were repetitive just got bored.

Anyways, thanks for the food for thought.

I have to say the spectrum of communication you showed in another location concerning social communication bothers me. I can think of one situation in particular that I walked away from purely because numbers changed the equation. Now, I see I read it and the outcome all wrong even though I lived through it.

Best Regards,

Tim

By: S

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:47:48 +0000

Easy to say it, but truth is that before you get to chance to jab your thumb into a trained fighters eye, you probably already had up to ten accurate, knockout punches to the jaw(you would be knocked out).
You’d simply never have the chance to perform your eye or groin shots.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:07:34 +0000

loved the article fed up with Mixed Martial Arts OF WINNING understand need for rules in SPORTS. However on the steet fight must be over in 30 seconds or less, after one minute you are probably losing. Two minutes you are losing for sure. NO RULES save lives. Eyes, throats, nuts, and kneesw and fight is over !!

lIKED TO SEE OTHERS WHO KNOW THE REALITY OF SURVIVAL FIGHTING.

By: Msby

Msby — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:08:25 +0000

I hate UFC. Every flathead with a gym pass and a bottle of stackers is out on Friday and Sat. thinking that everyone they come across is their own personal “UFC Challenge…Oooooogg!” It’s annoying as hell because they don’t push it far enough so that putting a hole between their eyes is warranted or a Fairbain into their kidney. But if you don’t play their little push and shove game with them, however, you get socially beta’d.

I’ve just taken to saying, “Sure, lets go outside so the place doesn’t permanently bar us. Makes sense, right?” They agree. We go out. They take their shirt off or some shit like that. I give ‘em the first swing (I’m sober, they’re not) pepper spray the fuk out of them with some Fox 5 and smash their kneee with an ASP.

And then walk away. Sometimes their dumb friends follow, one of them will get sprayed too. Sometimes i have to explain myself to the police as to why the crying flathead is all upset.

But it is annoying to deal with these randy pricks and what I’d really like to do is put them in a ravine and simply execute the fuk out of them with light machine guns…en masse.

The point being…if you’re going to play physical violence…kill someone. If you’re not up for that, chill and be civil.

This play shit is simply an annoying, childish exercise in BS. (and I don’t care how tough they are, ripped abs, ooga-ooga, whatever…Violence = Kill or injure. Period. It’s not a game and I hate people who treat as if it is.)

One too many wars, I guess.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:46:25 +0000

I actually saw the Kevin Burns fight. It looked as though Burns reflexively threw his hands up and his finger jammed into Johnson’s eye. Johnson hopped back and fell to the floor in agony. It was actually tough to watch in slow motion.

By: Rhadi

Rhadi — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:23:48 +0000

Great points. I’ve been a fan of your work for some time.

By: Jason in China

Jason in China — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:33:47 +0000

I didn’t get a chance to see the fights (hard to get in this country), but I wish I did see them to witness first hand what you’re talking about.

Still, there is a big lesson to learn here. Thanks for the blog.