Street Fighter Moves - How to Maintain Your Training Experience Through Reality Based Visualization

When I first discovered how quickly and efficiently one could learn Reality-Based Self Protection, I was a dedicated follower and practitioner ever sense.  Norm, my first sensei, explained to me that just after a couple of days of 8 hours each of intensive Reality-Based Scenario Self Protection training, I could go away easily retaining what I learned for months and months after wards, only needing a refresher course maybe every 4 to 6 months.

This revelation of easy retention fascinated me, but the question that still creeped into my head was that sooner or later, with no re-enforcement or refresher courses whatsoever, I would lose the edge of what I  learned and my skill and sharpness would inevitably dissipate - over time.  So goes the adage, "Whatever you don't use - you lose."

I asked Norm if there were any remedies that one could take to forestall the dissipation and dulling of skill from non-use over time.  He said, "Yes, there is something that you can do."  I ask, "And tell me, what is that?"  His answer was -

Daily Creative Reality-Based Visualization

The power of visualization has been known and practiced for centuries, and during the 20th century, many experiments and great books were written on the subject, documenting its awesome potential for growth, power and achievement.  Many athletes who won the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California in the year 1984, practiced daily reality-based visualization routines, that is, they practiced seeing themselves, while eyes closed for 15 minutes a day, executing perfectly their moves and winning the gold. 

Reality-based visualization creates muscle memory on the basis of "subconsciously created artificial experience".  This is based on the fact that the subconscious cannot tell the difference from a real experience and that which is imagined to be real.  If you imagine a guy who is only dressed in a bear suit to be a real bear, you will react the same as though he were a real bear if he jumps suddenly out of a bush to grab you.

The Technique Of Daily Creative Reality-Based Visualization

The technique of reality-based creative visualization is disarmingly simple:

Pick the same place and time each day.

Practice for no more than 15 minutes per day.

See yourself in your mind's eye in a fight or threat situation with the ugliest and most aggressive looking S.O.B. you can imagine, but see yourself defeating and decimating him with what you know and what you have learned.

Create this mental movie with as much detail as you can create: the smells, the sights, the sounds, the tactile sensations, the chaotic movement, etc.

Get a spiral notebook, and make a diary entry of your visualization progress every day or so.

Practice the first 21 days without missing a day.

Take a 3-day break from visualizing, and then practice another 21 days.

Keep this cycle up of visualizing 21 days followed by a rest period of 3 days from visualizing until the next time you go in for a Reality-Based Fighting refresher course with your instructor.

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From Charles Prosper - The Street Fighting Sifu

The Power of Visualization in Self Defense

When you think about learning self defense, you may initially feel overwhelmed. There are many different kinds of self defense to choose from. There is martial arts self defense; there are self defense DVD programs; there is reality based self defense. The list really goes on and on. The thing you have to keep in mind is your ultimate goal. Are you just looking to get fit (in which case, martial arts self defense is great)? Are you looking to really take your personal safety in your own hands and make sure you can face any situation (in which case, you want something reality based and brutally intense)?

Once you have chosen the program that is right for your lifestyle, personality, and goals; you're well on your way. When you first begin a martial arts self defense program - or any self defense program really - your motivation is very high. You are being challenged and learning things that have meaning in your life. There is nothing like a great self defense program to give you confidence in yourself! Even self defense DVD programs that allow you to learn and practice at home give you valuable tools.

Here's a tip to help you gain as much knowledge and know-how as possible: revert back to your childhood and let your imagination flow. That's right, daydreaming can be oh so good for your progress in mastering martial arts self defense. Scientifically, we are visual beings. Our minds picture all sorts of things every single day; how we will look wearing that new jacket; what traffic will look like on the way to work or school. When it is time to give that presentation or ask for that promotion, our mind will picture how we will look and what we will say. The smart mind will go so far as to imagine a favorable outcome too!

The science behind visualization has been studied for decades; beginning back in the 1930's with neuro-muscular researcher Edmund Jacobson. In the initial research, it was found that there are parts of our brains and nervous systems that cannot tell the difference between something that is really happening and that which is well imagined and visualized. This principle is also used to support the Law of Attraction; but that's a whole different story. The point is that visualization has a lot of power to help you control that which happens in your life.

Thinking in terms of your martial arts self defense or fighting techniques; visualization can play a huge role in how you respond in a real life situation. For this reason, it is good to allow yourself the time to daydream a little; to see yourself holding off a would-be assailant; to see yourself disarming a bad guy wielding a knife. A safe outcome to a dangerous situation is possible, and if you spend time imagining your responses to specific scenarios - such as a grab from behind - you are more likely to react quickly and hit your mark when you do throw that punch or kick.

Daydreaming can do a lot for you when you learn to harness the power of visualization and focus it on your self defense techniques. Obviously, this all goes hand in hand with practice and hard work; but including visualization increases your skill significantly.

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