tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540643628218431638.post6421542994040995695..comments2023-12-19T07:45:21.442+08:00Comments on Kojutsukan: Fight-or-Flight - What do you really know about it?John Coleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14634192254115557179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540643628218431638.post-78287952352792943472011-09-17T12:16:52.338+08:002011-09-17T12:16:52.338+08:00Thanks for the support. It is a fascinating subjec...Thanks for the support. It is a fascinating subject to study. Fascinating because our understanding of fight-or-flight, our evolved survival mechanism, is based on the health and performance focussed stress discipline. How related is this focus on the effects of stress on health and peformance to an understanding of our survival mechanism? If the basis of our knoweledge of fight-or-flight is not understood, how can you even question the underlying assumptions of our knowledge.John Coleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634192254115557179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540643628218431638.post-33274125517143905252011-09-17T08:01:08.666+08:002011-09-17T08:01:08.666+08:00John, thought you may be interested in this essay ...John, thought you may be interested in this essay by Toby Threadgill re Pschyo Chemical Stress Conditioning - http://www.shinyokai.com/Essays_PCSConditioning.htm - given your interest in the subject, I'd be interested if you've used this type of training and your thoughts - I especially liked the quote below, ive come accross this before where so called self defence clubs are just not up to dealing with real violence. <br />"Remember that most people who call themselves martial artists are nothing of the sort. Most dojos are not martial arts dojos either. They are glorified social clubs thriving in an environment of emotional stimulation which is heightened by a false or extremely limited perception of danger. When real danger shows itself in such a dojo, the participants run for cover. In a real dojo the participants run towards the conflict."Paul Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412637930552211810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540643628218431638.post-31884187407958458432011-09-16T08:09:04.461+08:002011-09-16T08:09:04.461+08:00I've never really bought into the idea that it...I've never really bought into the idea that it's fight OR flight. I don't think you can easily separate the experience as there are too many common elements. Your example of fainting did give me pause though. I'll have to think about it.<br /><br />The systems approach you are using will be challenging but in my mind, is the only way to get an accurate picture, or put most of the pieces together. For self defense, an understanding of the stress response is essential, but it's also important to note that it's not a "this is what will happen to you" type of scenario. There are too many factors, internal and external, to accurately predict any one person's response. <br /><br />Keep going on the topic.Journeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146093025259375890noreply@blogger.com