tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post4049638459178146369..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: Comfortable DiscomfortRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-79772002545415403852013-03-16T00:20:39.843-07:002013-03-16T00:20:39.843-07:00Ben,
A good book that might lead you to your answ...Ben,<br /><br />A good book that might lead you to <b>your</b> answer.<br /><br />"Antifragile" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb<br /><br />There are also no guaranties in life. You can only do your best to prepare. Hoping it will be enough and that you will learn something, grow stronger, once you are on the other side, if you make it through.<br /><br />There are no magic bullets.<br /><br />My 2 cents,<br />JoshJosh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-13129899335645475282013-03-15T20:03:16.885-07:002013-03-15T20:03:16.885-07:00Can anyone tell me how I can be overwhelmed and cr...Can anyone tell me how I can be overwhelmed and crushed and part of the 50% that get humbled and better?Ben Cerasinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-51877108301921298482013-03-13T09:48:17.458-07:002013-03-13T09:48:17.458-07:00Hello!
I have a query posts on my blog http://itta...Hello!<br />I have a query posts on my blog http://ittans-blogg.blogspot.fi/ visit it and give me a question!<br />Thanksiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00701747317401481786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-66853349338551487692013-03-13T09:00:29.738-07:002013-03-13T09:00:29.738-07:00The "7 pound kitten" comparison has help...The "7 pound kitten" comparison has helped me to convince a few people that they can have the capability. But the capacity part still needs work. And the scare thing doesn't work here. <br /><br />Here's one that has me roadblocked: someone...close to me...is a "former" Marine. She works with survivors of some of the worst crimes imaginable in a very rough city. I watch offenders of similar crimes in a city nearby. I am slowly breaking down some barriers and countering some<br />long-held beliefs, but the "fun" mentioned in the above article is light years away. I've managed to convince her to carry a small fixed blade after showing her the utility value. A firearm is my next goal. But even then, that only addresses the hardware part of things. <br /><br />It is almost if she and some others I know are using a Ghandi approach: they'd be willing to martyr themselves if it means it might cause someone else to rethink his/her lifestyle. And, they feel like they'd die with a "clean soul". Now I don't think it's quite that extreme, but that's the best/closest way I can say it. RXianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422318102571966643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-55987128847706267702013-03-13T08:17:57.238-07:002013-03-13T08:17:57.238-07:00Great point, Kathy.Great point, Kathy.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-68326798201848212132013-03-13T07:24:41.911-07:002013-03-13T07:24:41.911-07:001) The people that need self-defense tend to be th...<em>1) The people that need self-defense tend to be the ones least likely to seek it out. Being in denial of the existence of danger is one of the deep underlying factors of making people victims. If you are in denial of the problem, you have no reason to seek solutions.</em><br /><br />I tend to see this the other way around. Met a lot of women over the years who are "in denial" -- but when you talk to them, you realize they are quite aware of the danger they are/could be in. The problem is, no one has ever told them it's a <em>solvable</em> problem. That's a very uncomfortable place to be, emotionally speaking. Without knowing that the problem can be solved, the only way to keep your emotional sanity is to ignore the problem entirely.<br /><br />It's why I'm not a big fan of the "scare them into it" school of self defense awakening. Yes, some people wake up with a scare. But many more don't! As far as I can tell, the difference between the two isn't the existence of the scare, but that the people in the first group had someone tell them, "You know, you could fix that..." -- and the fix was a believable one they could see themselves doing.paxhttp://www.corneredcat.com/scratching-post/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-46239010236318582062013-03-12T10:25:34.427-07:002013-03-12T10:25:34.427-07:00Deep thoughts once again. The individuality in tra...Deep thoughts once again. The individuality in training and teaching should be self-evident, simply because we are all individuals. I have never understood why martial arts always try to mold people into one way of doing things. What works for you, may not work for me and vice versa. And this thinking doesn't even leave from physical level yet.<br /><br />My honest opinion is that this is more question of money. Individual teaching cannot be done with big groups. Big groups mean more money and successful business. Small groups may mean more quality, but less money.<br /><br />People teaching SD should examine their morals and motives about why they really are teaching; fame, ego, money...or because they really want people to learn the best they have to offer? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com