Practicing Slowly

One of the items Target Focus Training is criticized for is the slowness of the practice.
I came across the following article on genius, and feels it may apply here. Also, it applies to the Tai Chi Chuan players out there, too, I believe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01brooks.html
"Coyle describes a tennis academy in Russia where they enact rallies without a ball. The aim is to focus meticulously on technique. (Try to slow down your golf swing so it takes 90 seconds to finish. See how many errors you detect.)

By practicing in this way, performers delay the automatizing process. The mind wants to turn deliberate, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. But the mind is sloppy and will settle for good enough. By practicing slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, the strenuous student forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance."

As always, adapt the training principles from a variety of sources to what you practice. Try to not fall for the latest fad, look closely and discern the principles behind the techniques.

Mindset article from Mercop

Have been busy with work and such, not much computer time. Here is an article that hits on a few good points.

Mindset from Mercop:
http://mail.myptsmail.com/mercop/blog/?p=243

Cornered Cat

http://www.corneredcat.com/TOC.aspx

Came across this (sorry I don't remember the original blog I got the link from).

Looks very good to me so far.

Fitness Post

Fitness should be one of your goals as a "gung fu" man. The term Gung Fu (aka Kung Fu) liberally translated means hard work. In the overall scheme, I refer to it as self protection, to include healthy living.

Body weight exercises are the way to go for general health and conditioning, in my opinion. Weight lifting is great for specific sports conditioning and specific goals (i.e. "my job is to lift heavy objects, so I need to be ready").

Here is an object that will help you along the road to better health and fitness.
http://www.mattfurey.com/powerwheel.html

OK, this is a bit off topic...

Here are a couple of new links to articles from Patrick Estebbe of Affairaction in Ft. Lauderdale, on yacht security And overall personal security, too. Look for the common threads in all security, just adapt to the situation. Sounds like my philosophy on the martial arts, too.

http://www.affairaction.com/CrewReport_Article_March09_InconvenientTruth.pdf

http://www.affairaction.com/Soundings_Advice%20for%20cruising%20Somali%20waters.pdf

Off Topic? I think not

Here's a link to a story on mindset, training and a lot of other factors involved in personal combat. Have a short read, let me know what you think.


New Findings from the FBI about Cop Attackers & Their Weapons
http://www.stoppingpower.net/commentary/comm_cop_killers.asp

Sorry for the long lag of posting...

Been as busty as a one armed paper hanger lately (or is it a one legged man in an ass kicking contest?).

Work has been very much taking my time, but it is good. And the shoulders have been in "rehab" the last month or so, just starting to work out a bit harder now.

My TFT site is now https://www.targetfocusmonthly.com/yachtsecurity - I changed the link, please stop by and check things out. I find that their approach is very pragmatic, and certainly worth a look at and adapting it to your own training and system.

More posts to come. Thanks for the patience, drop me a line and let me know what you would like to see. And check out my other sites, help me drum up some business.