Blog entries tagged 'self-defense'

Closing the Loop

Peter

Our orientation establishes how we conduct ourselves in general, and becomes a posture or trajectory that influences the decisions, actions, and reactions of participants in a conflict. This posture can exert a gravitational pull on our interactions with other people, leading both towards and away from conflict.

Orientation was expanded in Boyd's model to include the idea of "implicit guidance and control". This, combined with feedback, is what creates the general mode or i [...]

Inspecting the OODA loop: Orientation

Peter

Last month, I introduced the concept of the observe-orient-decide-act loop, or OODA loop, developed by military strategist John Boyd. It is a concise model of conflict that has guided war planners and fighters of this country since his 1986 presentation.

Boyd's feeling was that the orientation phase was the most crucial to the outcome of any conflict, as it determines the posture one takes to the conflict before any action begins. My simplified model from last month shows a cycle wi [...]

Getting Inside the Loop

Peter

Military strategy is rich ground to till for concepts related to self-defense. Much time and energy is spent in military organizations defining the nature of conflicts and devising means to overcome them according to their objectives. Many different models have arisen from these efforts over the centuries. As individuals, we can adapt some of these models to help us deal with conflicts that arise for us. One of the most useful and universally applicable models of conflict was devised fairly rece [...]

3rd Annual Women's Self-Defense Seminar (Nov 10-11)

Maria

In case you haven't noticed on our events calendar, our annual Women's Self-Defense seminar is coming up again. It is extremely helpful to those women who are nervous about city life, or believe that there is no way to defend themselves or stay safe. If you or someone you know wants to learn to keep themselves safe, please check out this informative class.

Open to all levels

, these 6 hours of comprehensive training will include:

Kicks and Knees [...]