<h2 id="2fe519cc-781f-433f-a30e-16022f3e43d3" data-toc-id="2fe519cc-781f-433f-a30e-16022f3e43d3" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">FEAR!?!</h2>After participants compete my 4-day CORE CourseThe second most common question they ask: “FEAR …&nbsp;why do we continue to address&nbsp;FEAR?”Why the subject of FEAR you ask?Because we spend a lot of time on CORE -addressing it – dealing with it – &amp; hopefully giving mindful answers To – understanding it – coming to terms with it – &amp; getting a grip on it!Our first ‘body part’ that must address danger on the street or combat is your ‘BRAIN’. &nbsp;It perceives the threat and our ability to rationally deal with it.&nbsp; The correct computing of our response to the threat goes&nbsp;a long&nbsp;way to allowing us to make the correct tactical decisions,&nbsp;this includes your&nbsp;‘tactical use of force’.&nbsp; I believe training is important to prevent the emotional&nbsp;high-jacking&nbsp;that is so common with these situations.&nbsp; Mindful training teaches us to&nbsp;stay rational in the face of danger and that is very important to the successful outcome of the tactical situation.Like many, I have studied most of the –‘Art of War’ type books –&nbsp;out there…And many more that are philosophical in nature with a psychology-based-theory; with the hope of discovering the mind/body connection.&nbsp;&nbsp;Most of these works struck me as not complete.&nbsp;They did not meet my&nbsp;‘rubber&nbsp;meets&nbsp;the road’&nbsp;test when&nbsp;‘shit hits the fan’.&nbsp; Perhaps because these theories seem&nbsp;to be written by individuals who never really put to work what they preach; not&nbsp;seeing how it works or doesn’t work under real stress- violent assault or battlefield…There are some science based books that give one&nbsp;an&nbsp;awesome understanding&nbsp;of&nbsp;brain chemistryAnd how the motherboard(brain) directs action – &nbsp;these are good – however when it comes to FEAR and Philosophy I have learned, even after all my ‘study,’&nbsp;the school of ‘hard knocks’ still proves&nbsp;true over&nbsp;all that theory’.&nbsp;It should not be passed&nbsp;off&nbsp;as fact.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ask a cop&nbsp;with a decade or two on the streets and he will tell you they’ve met all&nbsp;types of&nbsp;dangerous assholes’ and if&nbsp;they’re&nbsp;honest,&nbsp;in those incidents,&nbsp;they have had to address some pretty harsh fear!&nbsp;&nbsp;We all have to go through this&nbsp;‘fear mechanism’&nbsp;, you can’t stop it but you can learn to channel it into positive action especially if there is a potential for serious and grievous bodily harm or death attached to what you’re facing and experiencing. Most books talk about ‘coping with the mental side of danger’&nbsp;and for me that has never been good enough.&nbsp; I want to do more than just cope –&nbsp;I want to thrive in these situations.&nbsp;Never leave you safety up to luck, learn to manage it because after all your luck just might run out.&nbsp; Having you understand the mental component is a very important element in CORE trainingThe mind in violence&nbsp;will always&nbsp;take up the first response&nbsp;in&nbsp;how you will deal with the situation.&nbsp; Generally this takes the form&nbsp;of&nbsp;past experience and how you dealt with the last incident. You’ve heard of it,&nbsp;Fight or Flight,&nbsp;and all its baggage.&nbsp; As I mentioned,&nbsp;experiencing violence firsthand and the ensuing mental rush associated with these incidents,&nbsp;that’s&nbsp;something we’ll call&nbsp;‘the untrained terrible risk trio’&nbsp;that leads to the instantaneous physical and physiological changes that occur within your body as part of your fear reaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bad shit if you don’t understand it&nbsp;turning you into the “deer caught in the headlights”.&nbsp;You’re&nbsp;not going to get the answer to your questions on FEAR by reading a book or watching a video. On CORE participants address Fear the way it has to be done, both physically and mentally.&nbsp; And this is why we have the questions at the end regarding FEAR.&nbsp; Because those who complete CORE have learned something about themselves not just physically, but mentally and a lot of that emotional stuff is about fear&nbsp;and&nbsp;their own past reactions to it, and thus why it’s important mastering it.&nbsp; That most important first step within them is on CORE,&nbsp;experiencing the negative baggage their own brain has picked up along the way on the subject of fear, and seeing how they will deal with it.&nbsp; We’ve spent 4-days at CORE trying to clear those ‘negative mental bundles’.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;natural to ask more questions on how to keep that new mindful mind/body connection flowing and understanding fears reaction and seeing&nbsp;the grip&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;had on them.&nbsp; After all CORE is not just about learning fighting skills&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;about developing within your spirit that certain something I call&nbsp;‘assertive confidence’&nbsp;to deal with any situation,&nbsp;not just violence but life itself.&nbsp; After all using fighting skills&nbsp;is&nbsp;just a by product of having found the assertive confidence to use all your abilities and that’s a true CORE value participants felt by this course&nbsp;addressing FEAR!How do you handle FEAR?&nbsp; The answer is at CORE 4-days that just might rock your world!

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