I chose the name Providence Combatives to represent how I feel our creator, through intelligent design, imbued us with natural protective mechanisms and the definition of both words. In this post I'll attempt to explain my feelings about the meaning behind the first part of the name.
For example intuition or the sixth sense. We put all kinds of labels to it, yet there is no real proven scientific explanation for it. (I recommend Gavin DeBecker's books, in particular "The Gift of Fear", on learning more about the awesome protective mechanism the intuition really can be when we learn how to use it.) There have been some psychological explanations for what the intuition is, how our subconscious calls on past experiences learned, to then frame potential hazard.
The startle/flinch response is another genetically wired physiological response to danger. As stated by Blauer Tactical systems research, depending on how aggressive, how sudden or fast, and the proximity of a stimulus will elicit a certain type of physiological response using our arms or legs to cringe in to protect the most vital part of our physical selves to survive, our brain. View an act of someone being on the ground and kicked in the stomach and you will notice they curl up and protect their head even though the attacks are directed at the body. No one has to be told to curl into a fetal position we just do it, naturally. A slower stimulus may bring about a response of pushing danger away. Visualize for a moment unknowingly walking through a spider web. What do most people do move away from the direction we felt the web as it stuck to our face, hands coming up to get it off of us. How do you walk through a room? Head first, backwards, or with hands out to push away any danger to our command center, our brain.
Understanding that we have been endowed with a natural alarm system (intuition), and physical protection (startle flinch response) is a huge leap from complex motor skill based self defense system. Knowing this should be a litmus test for choosing a self defense program, firearms training, or any physical skill set.
Whether you believe in nature or creation, how empowering to know you have these protective measures hard wired into your system?
The second meaning is "The act of providing or preparing for the future use or application, a making ready, a preparation." I have tried to adopt the overkill mentality and applied it to my teaching philosophy and my personal training. To do more then what the bad guy is doing, in planning, fitness,...whatever. To be prepared for the worst. It's like the story about the ant, one stores away his food preparing for winter while the other plays the summer away. Not everyone is born with this or learns it which is why we as a society have become dependant on the system to protect us, to provide. When it comes to your safety the police are reactive not proactive they just can't be. Do you really want to trust your safety to someone else in the heat of the moment when the danger is bearing down on you it's to late to think about it. You have to store your nuts NOW! Cause you never know when old man winter(the bad guy or danger) is gonna show up at your door.
What investment have you made to prepare for the future of your safety?
Look for my next posting on "Combatives"
For example intuition or the sixth sense. We put all kinds of labels to it, yet there is no real proven scientific explanation for it. (I recommend Gavin DeBecker's books, in particular "The Gift of Fear", on learning more about the awesome protective mechanism the intuition really can be when we learn how to use it.) There have been some psychological explanations for what the intuition is, how our subconscious calls on past experiences learned, to then frame potential hazard.
The startle/flinch response is another genetically wired physiological response to danger. As stated by Blauer Tactical systems research, depending on how aggressive, how sudden or fast, and the proximity of a stimulus will elicit a certain type of physiological response using our arms or legs to cringe in to protect the most vital part of our physical selves to survive, our brain. View an act of someone being on the ground and kicked in the stomach and you will notice they curl up and protect their head even though the attacks are directed at the body. No one has to be told to curl into a fetal position we just do it, naturally. A slower stimulus may bring about a response of pushing danger away. Visualize for a moment unknowingly walking through a spider web. What do most people do move away from the direction we felt the web as it stuck to our face, hands coming up to get it off of us. How do you walk through a room? Head first, backwards, or with hands out to push away any danger to our command center, our brain.
Understanding that we have been endowed with a natural alarm system (intuition), and physical protection (startle flinch response) is a huge leap from complex motor skill based self defense system. Knowing this should be a litmus test for choosing a self defense program, firearms training, or any physical skill set.
Whether you believe in nature or creation, how empowering to know you have these protective measures hard wired into your system?
The second meaning is "The act of providing or preparing for the future use or application, a making ready, a preparation." I have tried to adopt the overkill mentality and applied it to my teaching philosophy and my personal training. To do more then what the bad guy is doing, in planning, fitness,...whatever. To be prepared for the worst. It's like the story about the ant, one stores away his food preparing for winter while the other plays the summer away. Not everyone is born with this or learns it which is why we as a society have become dependant on the system to protect us, to provide. When it comes to your safety the police are reactive not proactive they just can't be. Do you really want to trust your safety to someone else in the heat of the moment when the danger is bearing down on you it's to late to think about it. You have to store your nuts NOW! Cause you never know when old man winter(the bad guy or danger) is gonna show up at your door.
What investment have you made to prepare for the future of your safety?
Look for my next posting on "Combatives"
