In reading some research on High Velocity
Human Factors (HVHF) – performance and decisions making under fear induced
stress, I came across some interesting quotes:
“Train with the understanding that firearms practice is 75% physical
and 25% mental; however a gunfight is 25% physical and 75% mental” Unknown
“The mental is to the physical as 3 is to 1” Sun Tzu and later Napoleon.
“Everything else is just technique. If someone has great technique, but
lack the essential mental weapons, he will be defeated by an unskilled fighter
who ahs them. That is why many black-belt get wiped out by street punks in
alleyways” John Giduck
“In the end, it is not about the “hardware”, it is about the “software.”
Amateurs talk about hardware or equipment, professionals talk about software or
training and mental readiness” Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
There is a trend in
all of the above quotes (by men much more experienced and knowledgeable than I),
that denotes the fundamental and critical importance of mental preparation. The
mindset is what most often determines the victor in Combatives.
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