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Now let's take a trip on over to engineering. The understanding of this concept got me 3 years of summer jobs at Teledyne Hastings Raydist, where they designed, manufactured, and sold navigation systems. That kind of navigation system was used before the invention of GPS, which is dependent on satellites orbiting the earth. This engineering concept however is still ubiquitous in modern technology.

Again... look for key words and concepts.

- Bill

In the same Wikipedia article, the author attempts to explain how the concept works using an analogy.

- Bill

Are some athletes good musicians? Are musicians athletes?

How do these guys do this? How do they make such a wonderful sound?



Are they waiting to respond to the note of the person beside them? Because guess what... if they do, then this group is going to sound like sheet.



- Bill

Here's the explanation of classical conditioning - a technique used to produce an involuntary response.







That's OK, kitty. I've got your number...



- Bill

Now let's take good (that's key...) operant conditioning and phase-lock loops, and consider Glenn's example of what Chuck Norris was doing while mentally preparing himself for a match.



Can you paint the full picture in your conscious mind?

Don't worry about the unconscious mind. If you bring a full deck to the table and you've been schooled well, the unconscious brain will do what it will do.

Just try not to fuk things up by getting in the way of it.

- Bill

Good points Bill.

I agree that overthinking can be destructive, but 'self educating' is not, and I think you agree with this.

In the very complex field of dealing with violence, chock full with the potential of serious consequences, continuous education, is very healthy, and the key to better chances of making it in one piece.

We, as practitioners, and most important, as teachers of concepts that deal with violence, have an obligation to continue in this self education for the benefit of our students, if for no othe reason.

Take the 'operant conditioning' concept under discussion. We all know that operant conditioning does work, yet, as I have pointed out over the years, we must be careful of what we 'condition to operate' _

If what we condition to operate is not congruent with what our natural reflexive responses want us to do under the stress of combat, we will respond out of confusing signals.

One good example of this was shown to Maloney and I during the 'Duelatron' adrenaline stress scenarios we underwent at the Lethal Force Institute under master combat instructor John Farnam, a former Marine.

http://www.defense-training.com/whatis.html

Jim and I saw that the people who had been trained previously to respond to certain cues when facing impending violence or death by armed opponents, were quickly pronounced 'dead' by Mr. Farnam when failing the multiple threat scenarios arranged in the 'Duelatron' _

It was more than a bit embarrassing to have John command you to unload your gun and put it back in your holster, as you had no further need for it as a stiff ready for the morgue.

Again, an example of the previously ingrained wrong 'condition' which surfaced to 'operating' in a confused, fumbling manner, under a moment of great stress, when basic instincts to respond in certain ways, conflicted with what they had programmed to believe was the correct way to survive.

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This advice should sound familiar to some of us

I know you know who wrote this, Bill.

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And here is a true 'living legend'

http://www.worldblackbelt.com/Living_Le ... ,_John.asp

Maloney and I often quip about how fortunate we were to have been able to train under his guidance.

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This tells the whole story as far as I am concerned:

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Who said Chuck Norris was a "Good fighter"??? Dude's TKD right???

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Actually his primary style is Tang Soo Do. The character origin of the name is 唐手道 which is the old way of writing kara te do. It translates as China hand way. On Okinawa and Japan, they nationalized the name by changing the China character (唐) to the empty character (空) giving us 空手道. In the Japanese language the two words were homonyms, so the change happened without the confusion of a name change - if that makes sense.

Tang Soo Do is indeed a Korean art.

George has met Chuck Norris. He's a good guy and a good martial artist. And he's very good at marketing his martial persona. Here's a good example.

..... Top 50 Chuck Norris Facts & Jokes

- Bill

TSD= Norris, is right. TSD is more like karate than TKD is.

TSD is primarily a striking art focusing heavily on striking with hands and feet. TKD is 70% kicks.

George and I met Chuck Norris at the All American championships, Madison Square Garden, NY _a yearly event run by Henry Cho.

Chuck Norris is a gentleman who never bragged about his prowess. He left his consummate skills, in technique, speed and power, do the talking for him.

One memorable match I witnessed, besides his final match with Joe Lewis, was the one against Moto Yamakura, Japanese Goju, who hailed from a collegiate group of fighters under the tutelage of a Samurai descendant sensei, that George met in his travels to Japan.

Both Moto Yamakura and Taro Tanaka [the street fighter] were invited to visit the Mattson Academy and they did. They were both collegiate champions of the whole of Japan.

The most conditioned fearless fighters I ever had the pleasure of meeting. They became the terror of my sparring class I was running at the time.

Their shins and feet were so conditioned; they would practice kicking the brick wall at the end of the dojo and the bottom of the unpadded makiwara full force for 500 reps or more.

George can relate how the fought in Japan…vicious matches, with a downed opponent having to crawl out of the ring in shame if put down.

Taro Tanaka was strictly a 'street thug' by the warnings Moto had given all of us when they joined my class. He was indeed a handful…Dave Finkelstein still talks about one dragged out match I had with Taro on the dojo floor.

With this background in mind….Taro ended up against Joe Lewis for the quarter finals, and Joe had his hands full as well.

Now Moto Yamakura faced Chuck Norris in the quarter finals. Just to get to the quarter finals in the 'All American' of the day was a prodigious feat.

I saw Chuck Norris totally dismantle Moto with some of the fastest and knock down power kicks coming at him from all directions. Moto was floored several times and eventually unable to continue.

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Now as to TSD_

A most formidable style and a way of training we learned about some of the fighters we came up against in tournaments. Very unique fighters, that bunch. Talk about penetration and domination.

http://www.cheezictsd.com/

Bobby Cheezic would bring over from his Connecticut Dojo, for George's tournaments_ some real killer fighters, who trained in kicking and punching trees.

And they were the terror of a tournament floor, as they came at you with the intent to break you in half. George will remember.

Once I fought their heavyweight champion in a semi-pro fight on a Connecticut stage, where Art Rabesa, Nev Kimbrell, and I_ were invited to fight for money.

Tough customers all right.

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Hahahaha... I know Chuck Norris is Old School Bad ass!!! Just messing with you Vann Sensei!!But cool to hear the old stories though!! If guys trained like you guys did back then, we would all be better off..... Ps... The Japanese guys sound like Yakuza to me.. OH NO!!! Kowaii deyo!!!

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