Training Drills (Neutralization) It is crucial to understand the first second of a fight There is not enough time to apply lots of techniques when facing multiple attackers Neutralization cut out lots of the technical Bull Shit It teaches the value of first contact Too much time is wasted on fighting skills after first contact, slows the fight down Neutralization Drills only focuses on very short amount of time at first contact This is when both fighters are in limbo, cannot see, feel or think So why is this moment so important? Both opponents have no idea what they doing at this point in time Both fighters are in limbo or Neutralized This should be good news for the person who can first activate after Neutralization This is where the real magic lies, better referred to as a gap in resistance A Gap allows a person to move freely A Gap can change the whole direction of a fight by the first person to use it This is why you have to be an expert at the Neutralization moment Remember Drillsare great, but they are like training to swim on dry land rather than in real water No matter how much you believe in the drill, swimming requires other skills like floating etc. -More on dry land training compared to actual swimming at a later date DRILL 1 Two people Neutralization Drill (no choice training) Three people are required, one who controls the event and two fighters learning how to create a moment of Neutralization These are forced response drills or no choice training experiences Two people are forced to attack each other as hard as they can They stand two arm distances apart (so they can just touch each other’s fingers) The third person tells them when to attack at the same time by shouting “GO”/dropping his arm The two attackers have to meet at full force otherwise no one experiences Neutralization The key to this training is to experience what happen in the first second and no more The third person allows the impact and then steps in to stop it continuing onto a fight.The fight part is not what they are meant to learn, even though it is instinct to fight on The fighting on part is of little use and a very poor learning experience   What do you learn, For all the effort, nobody gets hurt in the first second Deadly strategies are made Neural in a time strapped situation Remember this is a drill, not a fight Drills are practiced on dry land to build skills that your body taps into when surviving an attack DRILL 2 Zone Protection Drill (No choice Training) Again requiring three people Can be done with two, but not recommended, the third person is the safety officer It builds on Drill 1, but now the responsibility is passed back to the fighters Its aim again is to experience neutralization, but with more freedom Now the decision to attack is decided by the person outside the Zone of Protection The person in the Zone of Protection cannot leave the Zone, his aim is not to give up the Zone The zone is a 2 metre circle drawn on the ground The attackeroutside the Zone attacker creates the attack and the moment of neutralization BUT The intensity is much greater than Drill 1 and rises as the exercise develops Thus the reason for the Safety Officer to step in and stop the fight continuing The most important skill to be aware of is how you affect the person you attack in the first second The attacker outside the Zone is doing all the training The protector of the Zone is a live dummy, who does not want to give up the Zone   It is the outside attacker who decide when to invade the Zone The aim is to create a moment of Neutralization, forcing both opponents into a moment of safety What does this mean? The zone protector is mentally neutralized for just a moment, affected enough to stop resistance It is only natural to fight on and focus on proving a point; again this is of no use at this stage It is the moment of impact and its meaning that is of interest The outside Zone attacker has to attack with enough intensity to neutralize theZone protector Neutralization does not mean to take the opponent out; it means forcing  them into sensory darkness Sensory darkness is akin to shock, a form of flinch response A flinch response is a protection response It leaves a hole in in the defences of any person who wants to resist This  hole in defence is easily missed (does not access your conscious attention) The safety officer does not like to see the attack progress into a fight To continue on to a fight has no purpose here The outside attacker aims to expose himself to as many attacks as possible The goal is to experience as many  Neutralization moments as possible If by luck the Zone protector loses the Zone the roles can swap Or the Safety officer can change the roles to share the training time Be wary of this Drill it can escalate to unbelievable ferocity Yet it is still safe That is why it is called Neutralization In truth you are still on dry land and have not learnt how and when to apply it — Drills are limited andcannot be generalized to real situations This delusory connection is the biggest weakness in traditional Martial Arts technical solutions Applications are but a dream It is what is between your ears that lacks understanding of actual swimming? Get the This momentary Neutralization experience will need a way to be fitted in the DNA of real fighting One thing is for certain, Neutralization is a skill to have Very important when facing