Emotion is what powers conflict long before logic ever gets involved. Most people like to believe that arguments, fights and confrontations come from differences in opinion or circumstance, but in reality they are driven by how someone feels in the moment and not what they think. When a person feels disrespected, embarrassed, threatened or challenged, their emotional brain fires first. The rational part of the mind doesn’t lead the situation, it follows behind trying to justify whatever the...

The moment I see someone teaching knife defence, I lose respect. Real knife violence is rapid, chaotic, and ambush driven. Teaching people to “block, trap, disarm” isn’t just wrong, it’s negligent. In the wake of every knife related tragedy, our newsfeeds fill with grief, outrage… and unfortunately, opportunism, and within hours, instructors begin posting on social media, selling “knife defence” workshops of how their methods could save your life. Let’s be honest, that isn’t education, it’s...

Most people are trained for the smallest part of the problem. If violence is roughly 60% psychological, 25% emotional and only 15% physica, then most Self Defence systems are built upside down. They spend the majority of their time on the smallest slice, and then sell it as if it covers the whole threat. That’s not just ineffective, it’s dangerous, because in the real world, violence is rarely about who has the better technique. It’s about mindset, perception, emotional control and decision...