tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post5456436744091267520..comments2024-02-01T02:10:57.673-08:00Comments on <center>Karate Questions and Answers</center>: Are the effects of adrenaline important in self-defense karate?Charles Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-63816249918405491172016-01-22T08:45:37.125-08:002016-01-22T08:45:37.125-08:00Yes, as you can determine by the articles I write ...Yes, as you can determine by the articles I write I mention this as a part of the adrenal stress-conditions of reality training where fear rears up considerable. It is this type of training that teaches us to deal with emotions. As for anger and such that is addressed by the types of reality based training and an example is exposure to conditions that would make most folks angry.<br /><br />I also advocate to students that such training often is best done in every day life when things crop up that make you angry, frustrated and very often trigger the monkey dance for both verbal aggression and what comes after if not abated, physical aggression.<br /><br />As your comments and this article present, it is a very complex issue and warrants a compilation of all that I present, if you see it of value, with all that you are taught so training, practice and application will foster a better self-defense model in and out of the dojo. Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-80707271373938910122016-01-20T16:29:14.873-08:002016-01-20T16:29:14.873-08:00It's a fascinating subject. Do you or do you n...It's a fascinating subject. Do you or do you not train for emotion? Emotion, e.g. fear, anger, excitement/anticipation, elicits a physiological and cognitive reaction that is evolutionarily designed to promote an individual's survival. An 'advantage' that is not afforded to those that train to experience no emotion during combat, however, there are other advantages afforded to the latter individuals. ... John Coleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634192254115557179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-70084338551888658402016-01-20T10:02:26.574-08:002016-01-20T10:02:26.574-08:00Hi, John: Let me know when your book hits the Amaz...Hi, John: Let me know when your book hits the Amazon stands, will want to add that to my library :-)Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-26377244429307987562016-01-19T21:46:13.563-08:002016-01-19T21:46:13.563-08:00Sorry Charles, but there is far more to this quest...Sorry Charles, but there is far more to this question than most people appreciate. First thing, what is stress? I'll save all the embarrassment and refer to the founder of the stress concept, Hans Selye, who famously said that, Everybody knows what stress is, but nobody really knows.<br /><br />The so-caleed adrenaline dump you refer to is associated with an emotion, but what emotion? Fear, anger, excitement, anticipation? They all have similar but different physiological reactions.<br /><br />Reality based training is designed to minimise 'stress reactions' and therefore minimise, if not eliminate, physiological reactions to threats. That is the paradox of stress training.<br /><br />This is part of the subject of the book I've been researching and writing for a number of years. John Coleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634192254115557179noreply@blogger.com