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is that it confines you to an incredibly small set always keep thinking as the situation progressed.
of experiences. Even teachers that have fought in Reminding fighters to constantly re-evaluate the
competitions, former police officers, soldiers, etc.. situation and keep their use of force to within
have only seen a tiny number of scenarios when acceptable limits is very important. Sometimes I
weighed against the collective experience of the will see people get caught up in the fantasy of a
many. Any successful fighting program, whether Martial Art and forget that the world is an extre-
competitive or reality-based, leverages multiple mely diverse place. The acceptable techniques are
coaches and experiences. George St. Pierre, one extremely different if you are an Israeli soldier in
of the best ever MMA fighters, has trained with the West Bank or a civilian at a party in Chicago.
Olympic wrestlers, fight teams in Montreal, New It was great to see an instructor emphasize this.
Mexico and Brazil, etc... to broaden his experien-
ces. Krav Maga & Jeet Kune Do both have been
excellent about grabbing as many resources as
they can. It was great to see the NSA embraced
this and keeps growing instead of being locked in
its own self-aggrandizing static glory.
Working on some basic pummelling and defence
drills.
Working in long hooks to stay out at range instead of CONCLUSION: Northshore Academy of Martial
swarming in. Arts is a great place to train. From their reliance
on multiple instructors to keep the classes fresh
The other thing I really liked was the way the Krav to their breakdown of sportive and self-defence
Maga was handled. Guro Marc Halleck drilled us programs I had a great time. It was great to see
not only on technique but on the legal ramifica- an academy that acknowledges all the aspects of
tions of our actions. All to often I will see instruc- Martial Arts.
tors teaching that they need to “end the fight” wi- Best regards and keep training,
thout thinking about how the fight must be ended Martin “Travelling Ronin” Fransham
or the consequences. Marc Halleck coached us to
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