Breaking the Laws of Physics

**Petter** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:00pm

Originally Posted by bigmike_ebw

This is actually an interesting effect. Ive experienced this in other MA's. I wonder if it is the minds response to something you judge as going wrong. Adrenalin is released and for a moment, you can assess exactly what has happened and why it went awry.

That’s probably true.

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:05pm

Originally Posted by Cullion

It happened to me once when somebody tried to stab me in the stomach and I grabbed the blade with my bare hand. I can remember thinking 'this is fucking stupid, but it's too late to change your mind' quite clearly.

My mate, who's a bit of a loon, and a Judo 3rd dan, once had someone pull a knife on him in Camden and demand his money. Without thinking about it he grabbed the mugger and threw him as hard as he could with O soto gari and then fucked off.

Definitely not recomended, but it is possible with a good dose of luck.

It was only when he woke up the next day and thought about what he'd done that he realised how close to death he had been.

**The Juggernoob** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:05pm

Originally Posted by Petter

That’s probably true.

So when It happens it allows you to recall the specifics and in future avoid a similiar circumstance. Go team neurochemistry.

**W. Rabbit** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:20pm

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."

- Einstein

**Cullion** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:22pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

My mate, who's a bit of a loon, and a Judo 3rd dan, once had someone pull a knife on him in Camden and demand his money. Without thinking about it he grabbed the mugger and threw him as hard as he could with O soto gari and then fucked off.

Definitely not recomended, but it is possible with a good dose of luck.

It was only when he woke up the next day and thought about what he'd done that he realised how close to death he had been.

I was 16. My training at the time consisted of 2 years of childhood Judo (before I turned 12), and point sparring TKD & Karate.

Now I'm more experienced.. I wouldn't be at that kind of party.

**driver** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:33pm

I once did a (testing)parachute jump at the army, and I was amazed as I felt time was slowing down...although, at the same time, I really knew I headed down real fast...

On another occasion, I had a car crash, and after the point of no return I already had imaged a few different possiblities of where my car would stop and how... pretty weird.

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:36pm

Originally Posted by Cullion

I was 16. My training at the time consisted of 2 years of childhood Judo (before I turned 12), and point sparring TKD & Karate.

Now I'm more experienced.. I wouldn't be at that kind of party.

Ja, sure.

I have the same policy, don't hang out in places where you are unlikely to be the toughest/ most lunatic person.

If you apply that rule and surround yourself with mates who are dan grade Judoka and pro Muay thai fighters and you're fairly safe in most un armed altercations.

**The Juggernoob** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:45pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

Ja, sure.

I have the same policy, don't hang out in places where you are unlikely to be the toughest/ most lunatic person.

If you apply that rule and surround yourself with mates who are dan grade Judoka and pro Muay thai fighters and you're fairly safe in most un armed altercations.

So true. Some people exude confidence. One of the guys i do MT with is totally normal. I mean couldnt be any more normal. But he's trained and fought in thailand for six years in his 20's and he just has this look that freaks people out. He's a really great guy , just scary if you dont know him.

**Cullion** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:46pm

Tbh I don't really think about MA in a self-defence context much nowadays, I live somewhere quiet in the country and I'm too old to get into staring contests with drunks in cheesy nightclubs.

I do martial arts for the same reason people take up other rough sports like Rugby. It keeps me healthy and stops me turning into a completely domesticated office-plant.

**The Juggernoob** · Posted On: 6/06/2011 6:50pm

Im 21 and i dont get into a lot of fights. There's a total misconception that "the streets" are full of teh danger. Maybe in some areas but just stay the hell away from them. The closest i got to an altercation in the past year was 5 guys restraining a friend who had bumped into me and kicked off. They apologised and told me no one wanted any trouble and their friend was a dickhead.