Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 101

you think that putting our hands around his neck, shouting
and pushing loosely is enough? Not for us! Gradually we
will increase the force and violence of the grip.
- When we give a few punches in the face of a person,
should we encode the blow type, trajectory, etc., every
time? No, not us! We will generate situations in which
many non-codified blows will be sent to the
practitioner's face.
- If we are training to deal with stick attacks, must we
counterfeit the attack making a false move as we see so
often and get so far away from a real attack practice? Not
us! The stick hit should be done with the same intensity as
in the "street", beginning with a plastic stick for

conditioning the gesture, but
soon using a hard stick.
Realism and permanent
change of scenarios that put
us under stress should be our
priority.
However, whatever methods
we may use for our exercises,
it's imperative to ensure that
they will be performed in optimal
safety conditions.
In fact, it is difficult to reproduce
a real assault with a knife, for