Comments on: Bouncing; Martial Arts for Self-Defense?!!! http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/bouncing-martial-arts-for-self-defense/ Reviews of common self-defense, karate, and MMA issues Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John W. Zimmer http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/bouncing-martial-arts-for-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-2043 John W. Zimmer Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:38:49 +0000 http://myselfdefenseblog.com/?p=1626#comment-2043 Hey Adam, Yep, the school of hard knocks. :) Today with all of the camera phones and traffic cameras - you really have to be careful. A bad viewing on a video could be taken totally out of context. Better to avoid if at all possible. Hey Adam,

Yep, the school of hard knocks. :)

Today with all of the camera phones and traffic cameras – you really have to be careful. A bad viewing on a video could be taken totally out of context. Better to avoid if at all possible.

]]> By: Adam @ Low Tech Combat http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/bouncing-martial-arts-for-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-2040 Adam @ Low Tech Combat Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:59:19 +0000 http://myselfdefenseblog.com/?p=1626#comment-2040 Crikey John. Sounds like you've learnt some lessons the hard way hey? Interesting reading. It certainly is a thankless job. From where I'm from the law has really cracked down on the entire security industry now. Correct use of force and that good stuff. I don't think people can get away with as much stuff these days. The law is a big threat... Crikey John. Sounds like you’ve learnt some lessons the hard way hey? Interesting reading. It certainly is a thankless job. From where I’m from the law has really cracked down on the entire security industry now. Correct use of force and that good stuff. I don’t think people can get away with as much stuff these days. The law is a big threat…

]]> By: John W. Zimmer http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/bouncing-martial-arts-for-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-2037 John W. Zimmer Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://myselfdefenseblog.com/?p=1626#comment-2037 Hey Sue! Honestly I was worlds apart from most people at the time. I lived, breathed, and slept fighting... I only had respect for fighters - if you were not a fighter - we could not be friends (I was a snob!) Well luckily as most kids do - I survived my youth! And my two boys are not bouncers! . Hi Neil! I felt the need to inject a face to the bouncing thing as it was big part of my life for a while. It was great to "test" myself because it gave me the confidence to know my training really worked. I always wonder when other folk muse about this subject (to me it is not a question). That video Geoff Thompson sure said it the way it is! I found the music video on you tube – the song and fit my mood as I was writing about bouncing - Evil Elvis? . Hey Wim! Sounds like you came to the same point as I did - not wanting to fight other peoples battles/gigs! Although martial arts schools tell people about using self-control, some do not practice. You obviously were wise to keep things in check as much as possible because as you stated - you were "supervising" several hundred... not a good place to be for anyone! Glad things went well. Hey Sue! Honestly I was worlds apart from most people at the time. I lived, breathed, and slept fighting… I only had respect for fighters – if you were not a fighter – we could not be friends (I was a snob!) Well luckily as most kids do – I survived my youth! And my two boys are not bouncers!
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Hi Neil! I felt the need to inject a face to the bouncing thing as it was big part of my life for a while. It was great to “test” myself because it gave me the confidence to know my training really worked. I always wonder when other folk muse about this subject (to me it is not a question). That video Geoff Thompson sure said it the way it is! I found the music video on you tube – the song and fit my mood as I was writing about bouncing – Evil Elvis?
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Hey Wim! Sounds like you came to the same point as I did – not wanting to fight other peoples battles/gigs! Although martial arts schools tell people about using self-control, some do not practice. You obviously were wise to keep things in check as much as possible because as you stated – you were “supervising” several hundred… not a good place to be for anyone! Glad things went well.

]]> By: Wim http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/bouncing-martial-arts-for-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Wim Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:54:42 +0000 http://myselfdefenseblog.com/?p=1626#comment-2036 Great post John. I didn't work as a bouncer too much but the last time was enough. Due to the organizing party fucking up, I was alone for a crowd of several hundred. Ended up putting out little fires all night before it got hairy: me against about ten guys. That's when the owner finally stepped up, joined me and had already called the cops. No blood was shed but with my first kid on the way, I vowed never again. The relevant point here: the main thing my martial arts training gave me was enough self control to listen to all the verbal abuse and not rip their heads off. :-) Wim .-= Wim´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/09/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer-part-7/" rel="nofollow">So you want to be a writer, Part 7</a> =-. Great post John. I didn’t work as a bouncer too much but the last time was enough. Due to the organizing party fucking up, I was alone for a crowd of several hundred. Ended up putting out little fires all night before it got hairy: me against about ten guys. That’s when the owner finally stepped up, joined me and had already called the cops. No blood was shed but with my first kid on the way, I vowed never again.

The relevant point here: the main thing my martial arts training gave me was enough self control to listen to all the verbal abuse and not rip their heads off. :-)

Wim
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]]> By: Neal Martin http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/bouncing-martial-arts-for-self-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Neal Martin Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:36:07 +0000 http://myselfdefenseblog.com/?p=1626#comment-2034 By the way, I didn't have you down as a fan of the Evil Elvis! By the way, I didn’t have you down as a fan of the Evil Elvis!

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