RobP3 wrote:Maybe not but you asked the question
And in the Systema context it is fear, that's all
A rhetorical question, one not for me..
Emotional response and conditioned reflex could be one of way of looking at it as you noted with in the Systema context.
It can be explained within other context outside the topic of this thread.
My point was that many demos whether its aiki, kong jin, or using an emotional response "fear"
**or conditioned reflex tends to be questioned by those not there or who've not been exposed to this kind of work, unable to entertain the concept in their mind with out exposure to it.....
** My use of emotional response "psychologists such as John B. Watson, Robert Plutchik, and Paul Ekman have suggested that there is only a small set of basic or innate emotions and that fear is one of them."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FearI just wondered why someone would say its "clear" in reference to EF. what was the meaning.
The interesting thing about the OP clip was not was done, but the lack of what was done, very similar to other clips with teachers who's practices include what one might call heightened levels of sensitivity training.
This teacher did not even seem to have any real reflexive action that would normally be expected by anyone not having any training being attacked and just reacting.
To me this would indicate that what ever he trained he did manage to change his response to threats....based on ?
hard to say with out looking at or knowing the kind of training he did...The small demo clips shown with his students point to part of it
I had asked about what qualified him as being a taiji "master" to say he practiced taiji did not seem to be reflected in any of his responses,,,One would think that even in panic mode the training would kick in.....This also can be said of many CMA people who's movements are totally different in the ring...
I did like the demo "Mikhail Ryabko explains how to deliver powerful strikes that are not visible to the attacker "
you mentioned fear, my take away was that he moves outside of the others awareness by maintaining his own inner neutrality.
The trick of or course being able to maintain this as one is threatened or responding to an attack......
We would call it dynamic central equilibrium ...
It tends to cause the same reactions but its not emotion based....a little different.