A professional sky diver still feels a level of fear every time he jumps from a perfectly good airplane. Yet thousands of descents later, the fear has benn “dulled” to the point where he is not overwhelmed emotionally and can think clearly and confidently under severe duress.

The same should be true of our training. Having a fear of heights, would fifty practice jumps from the six foot staging area suffice to prepare for a real plunge? Subsequently, if your greatest fear is getting hit, is the training practiced sufficient enough to dull the fear to the point where we can think clearly if a real threat presents itself?

Sometimes doing the very thing we fear most leads to the strongest gains in training and life. This could be true in many contexts, not just getting hit, but to stay on point- to quote one of my favorite training sayings from those boys over at Dog Brothers, “Higher Consciousness Through Harder Contact.”
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I’ve been hit a few times. Usually, I was able to take it and for the most part ignore it till later when the soreness came, even with a punch that broke my cheekbone. I think the focus and intensity of the fight was the reason. When my shoulder dislocated, however, that got my attention

My fighting has always been the best when I just fought or reacted without thinking. Usually when I started planning to much on what to do, I would be the nail before the hammer!
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