Alright, now hold still...

Awhile back, I got this question from one of my readers, Mark, in response to a post I wrote about Specificity in Training. The law of Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands dictates that the body only adapts to specific stimulus’ we subject it to, making generalized conditioning impossible to achieve.

So, how could we possibly condition the body for self defense?

The nature of self-defense, unlike most other activities (whether sport or not), is that there is a tremendous element of the unknown. There are so many possible situations that can arise, making it impossible to know in advance what to be prepared for. Will there be one attacker? a group? will there be weapons involved? firearms? will you be injured or ill, or completely rested and healthy (and warmed up)? I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this.
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