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GROUND MOBILITY
While a good grappler is mobile relative to his opponent, in that he is able to rapidly climb all over and around the opponent's body, the engaged aspect of grappling prevents the grappler from being mobile relative to the total environment. While he is attached to his opponent, working towards the opponent's defeat, the grappler is not free to rapidly move around the environment he is fighting in.
The KCD practitioner, specifically because he rem
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Let's take an analytical look at what KCD Modified Native American Groundfighting actually is, why it is, and how and why it differs from conventional groundfighting (grappling) methods.
DISENGAGEMENT vs. ENGAGEMENT
KCD groundfighting, unlike grappling, emphasizes DISENGAGEMENT, rather than ENGAGEMENT with the enemy. "Engagement" here means the merging of two bodies into a single system of forces for more than a split second's duration. Put more simply, conventional grappling methods emphasize engagement with the adversary in that the practitioner seeks to "tie up with" the adversary in order to apply his techniques. The grounded grappler on the offensive seeks to minimize the distance between his body and his opponent's, hence gaining maximum control over and awareness of all of the opponent's movements, maximizing opportunities to apply attached joint locking/breaking and choking/strangling techniques.
Minimizing the space available to the opponent minimizes the opponent's opportunities to strike the grappler (using conventional strikes, at least), and allows the grappler to use his full bodyweight and the strength of his core muscles against the isolated weaker joints of the opponent, provided the grappler has sufficient sensitivity, agility, endurance and knowledge to make the techniques work against his opponent. Even when conventional striking methods are integrated into grappling, as in the popular "ground and pound" strategy of Mixed Martial Arts competitions, the striking is usually performed from prescribed positions of maximum engagement (e.g. punches from the Mount position or knee strikes from the Side Control position) so as to maintain control over the opponent's movements while creating just enough space for the grappler to strike.
KCD groundfighting, on the other hand, implores us to remain as disengaged as possible. Rather than tying up with the enemy, a KCD practitioner strives to maintain his/her own freedom of movement, rather than committing his/her body to merging with the movements of a single adversary. Contact with the enemy, rather than being tight and constant as in conventional grappling, is fleeting and minimal, consisting primarily of kicks, strikes, slams, gouges, rips and quick wrenches. The principle of disengagement allows the KCD practitioner to utilize an element relatively unavailable to the conventional grappler: MOBILITY.
GROUND MOBILITY
While a good grappler is mobile relative to his opponent, in that he is able to rapidly climb all over and around the opponent's body, the engaged aspect of grappling prevents the grappler from being mobile relative to the total environment. While he is attached to his opponent, working towards the opponent's defeat, the grappler is not free to rapidly move around the environment he is fighting in.
The KCD practitioner, specifically because he rema
As a new homeowner, the thought of how to pay off mortgage early may or may not be something you are considering. Nonetheless, along with experiencing the American dream of owning a home, the reality is that a mortgage is part of the experience, and whether or not to pay it off has to be determined at some point or another.While some homeowners cannot afford to pay off mortgage early, there are those who can benefit from it as well. Akin to a credit card, by the time you pay off the principal, you could be paying thousands of dollars in interest. Therefore, when looked at on a wider scale, paying off the mortgage early can save you quite a bit of money in the long run.Moreover, probably the one area which relieves the angst in owning a home is the realization it is finally yours. No one can take it from you. If anything should happen to you or your loved one; at least the house is yours – free and clear. Additionally, having that extra money every month can be better utilized by putting it towards more immediate needs. Owning a home is not only a financially sound idea, but is a long term investment as well.Pay off mortgage early can be accomplished by simply determining how much of your monthly payment is going towards the interest on the mortgage. You will undoubtedly want to reduce that interest by increasing your payments every month. As mentioned earlier, it is not unlike paying off credit card debt. It could take years before the principal is even touched. However, by doubling or even tripling payments, you can see a light at the end of the tunnel.Look into the details of pay off mortgage early. Ascertain whether or not you can afford to increase your payments; thus reducing the interest. It doesn’t have to be a large sum; start small and build your way up. Eventually, with your home fully paid, you can enjoy the rest of your life and leave the angst behind.
Let's take an analytical look at what KCD Modified Native American Groundfighting actually is, why it is, and how and why it differs from conventional groundfighting (grappling) methods.
DISENGAGEMENT vs. ENGAGEMENT
KCD groundfighting, unlike grappling, emphasizes DISENGAGEMENT, rather than ENGAGEMENT with the enemy. "Engagement" here means the merging of two bodies into a single system of forces for more than a split second's duration. Put more simply, conventional grappling methods emphasize engagement with the adversary in that the practitioner seeks to "tie up with" the adversary in order to apply his techniques. The grounded grappler on the offensive seeks to minimize the distance between his body and his opponent's, hence gaining maximum control over and awareness of all of the opponent's movements, maximizing opportunities to apply attached joint locking/breaking and choking/strangling techniques.
Minimizing the space available to the opponent minimizes the opponent's opportunities to strike the grappler (using conventional strikes, at least), and allows the grappler to use his full bodyweight and the strength of his core muscles against the isolated weaker joints of the opponent, provided the grappler has sufficient sensitivity, agility, endurance and knowledge to make the techniques work against his opponent. Even when conventional striking methods are integrated into grappling, as in the popular "ground and pound" strategy of Mixed Martial Arts competitions, the striking is usually performed from prescribed positions of maximum engagement (e.g. punches from the Mount position or knee strikes from the Side Control position) so as to maintain control over the opponent's movements while creating just enough space for the grappler to strike.
KCD groundfighting, on the other hand, implores us to remain as disengaged as possible. Rather than tying up with the enemy, a KCD practitioner strives to maintain his/her own freedom of movement, rather than committing his/her body to merging with the movements of a single adversary. Contact with the enemy, rather than being tight and constant as in conventional grappling, is fleeting and minimal, consisting primarily of kicks, strikes, slams, gouges, rips and quick wrenches. The principle of disengagement allows the KCD practitioner to utilize an element relatively unavailable to the conventional grappler: MOBILITY.
GROUND MOBILITY
While a good grappler is mobile relative to his opponent, in that he is able to rapidly climb all over and around the opponent's body, the engaged aspect of grappling prevents the grappler from being mobile relative to the total environment. While he is attached to his opponent, working towards the opponent's defeat, the grappler is not free to rapidly move around the environment he is fighting in.
The KCD practitioner, specifically because he rem
What probably happens--and I don't keep good track of it, I'm getting enough subscribers in, I focus on writing these new articles over focusing on every individual statistic. My conversion rate when somebody clicks through--if it's been an Article-Marketing article--is probably twenty-five percent, if I've used that Bio and I wrote an article on Article-Marketing. If I wrote an article on List-Building and used the same Bio, I'd probably only get a five-percent opt-in rate. On average, I'm at around ten-percent. If I write on traffic-building, and then I have an Article-Marketing link, I probably only averaging five-percent.If I were to go in and write original Bio's for every single one, that opt-in rate would be higher. If you're only writing one or two articles per day, you really need to be writing original Bio's for each and every one. Until you find something that really works well for you, at least have that Bio--make it congruent with the article itself. In my case, writing fifteen or twenty articles in a day--frankly, a lot of times after writing that many articles I just don't have the creative juice to write fresh Bio's. Especially when I know that I've got a good one that works.Number four, you're going to take these articles and you're going to submit them to the article-directories. To find a list, go to Google and type in: "Article-directories." You'll get tons of lists.Those are really the four steps to article marketing. If I were writing this about web business using article marketing, then the fifth thing would be, build a list instead of sending people to a Squeeze-Page. The sixth thing would be, build a relationship with that list. The seventh thing would be to create your own products, and to sell those products that you create to your--sell those products to the people that are on your list. So those would be five, six and seven. List build, build relationships and then create your own products.
Minimizing the space available to the opponent minimizes the opponent's opportunities to strike the grappler (using conventional strikes, at least), and allows the grappler to use his full bodyweight and the strength of his core muscles against the isolated weaker joints of the opponent, provided the grappler has sufficient sensitivity, agility, endurance and knowledge to make the techniques work against his opponent. Even when conventional striking methods are integrated into grappling, as in the popular "ground and pound" strategy of Mixed Martial Arts competitions, the striking is usually performed from prescribed positions of maximum engagement (e.g. punches from the Mount position or knee strikes from the Side Control position) so as to maintain control over the opponent's movements while creating just enough space for the grappler to strike.
KCD groundfighting, on the other hand, implores us to remain as disengaged as possible. Rather than tying up with the enemy, a KCD practitioner strives to maintain his/her own freedom of movement, rather than committing his/her body to merging with the movements of a single adversary. Contact with the enemy, rather than being tight and constant as in conventional grappling, is fleeting and minimal, consisting primarily of kicks, strikes, slams, gouges, rips and quick wrenches. The principle of disengagement allows the KCD practitioner to utilize an element relatively unavailable to the conventional grappler: MOBILITY.
GROUND MOBILITY
While a good grappler is mobile relative to his opponent, in that he is able to rapidly climb all over and around the opponent's body, the engaged aspect of grappling prevents the grappler from being mobile relative to the total environment. While he is attached to his opponent, working towards the opponent's defeat, the grappler is not free to rapidly move around the environment he is fighting in.
The KCD practitioner, specifically because he rem
Sustaining competitive advantage within the medical device industry involves a global product strategy that recognizes the European market's substantial global market share. Estimated at 30% of the global medical device market, the European community poses increasing regulatory challenges for medical device manufacturers. Regulations controlling the manufacturing, marketing and usage of medical devices in the EU are forcing manufacturers to incorporate language translation and localization into global development strategies as individual Member States demand product information in the language of the local user.An exigent regulatory hurdle facing the medical device industry is the European Union's IVDD 98/79/EC directive which went into effect December 7, 2003. Formulated five years ago, the IVDD 98/79/EC dictates that as of the December date, all new in vitro medical devices must bear CE Marks or face refusal into the European market or regulatory, criminal or product/civil liability.What is the guiding principle behind the new directive?The IVDD Directive virtually eliminates the costly regulations imposed by individual member states. Manufacturers who comply with the Directive will be able to apply the CE mark to their products and market them freely within member states of the EU. The IVDD (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices Directive) is one of three associated directives issued by the European Union, which together cover all forms of medical equipment with the intent to ensure that only safe and effective products are sold in the European market. The directives clearly outline regulations regarding manufacturing, importing, and marketing of such devices. The IVDD specifically involves in vitro ( in an artificial environment outside the living organism ) medical devices that examine human fluids or tissue samples to identify, diagnose, and monitor medical conditions. The IVDD 98/79/EC brings in vitro devices in line with other medical devices already regulated by the EU, the MDD (Medical Devices Directive) and the AIMDD (Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive).The IVDD and it sibling directives apply progressive regulatory requirements to medical devices and their accessories depending on the classified risk they present to the user, defined in the directive as Class I through III. Unless the classified product is a low-risk Class I device that does not contain any sterile packaging or a measuring function, manufacturers require a third-party Notified Body to independently certify the device's compliance to the Directive's Essential Requirements (a.k.a. Annex I)-good faith is not enough. Additionally, in a new twist with
KCD groundfighting, on the other hand, implores us to remain as disengaged as possible. Rather than tying up with the enemy, a KCD practitioner strives to maintain his/her own freedom of movement, rather than committing his/her body to merging with the movements of a single adversary. Contact with the enemy, rather than being tight and constant as in conventional grappling, is fleeting and minimal, consisting primarily of kicks, strikes, slams, gouges, rips and quick wrenches. The principle of disengagement allows the KCD practitioner to utilize an element relatively unavailable to the conventional grappler: MOBILITY.
GROUND MOBILITY
While a good grappler is mobile relative to his opponent, in that he is able to rapidly climb all over and around the opponent's body, the engaged aspect of grappling prevents the grappler from being mobile relative to the total environment. While he is attached to his opponent, working towards the opponent's defeat, the grappler is not free to rapidly move around the environment he is fighting in.
The KCD practitioner, specifically because he rem
In our last article we talked about the low-carb diet, and whether or not we can stick with it for life. In this installment we're still going to talk about carb control, but from a slightly different perspective. Let's take a look at WHO is endorsing which diet plan, and what is their motivation?Without a doubt, the most popular low-carb plan is the Atkins diet. Atkins is the fuel in the rocket, so to speak, that has put the low-carb phenomenon into orbit. Prior to Atkins, few (if any) of us had considered low-carbing as a weight loss plan. Of course, carb control as a concept existed long before Atkins; we called it the glycemic index!Since the birth of the Atkins plan, many have followed. The South Beach Diet is probably the most successful derivative of Atkins. South Beach teaches a more balanced approach to carb-control eating, pointing out the difference between "good" carbs and "bad" carbs. Yes, there is a difference! South Beach doesn't advocate eliminating ALL carbohydrates from your diet, just some.Along with these two low-carb heavy-hitters, there are hundreds (even thousands?) of companies out there making a living off the low-carb mania. There's even a new magazine dedicated to low-carb living. Should we believe what THEY say? Why or why not?What do all of these people and/or organizations have in common? Well, most of them are trying to sell us something. Atkins, of course, has books and a growing line of food products. The South Beach folks are following that retail receipe for success as quickly as they can. Just because they're making money off the low-carb diet, does that automatically discredit what they're saying? Of course not! But, it should be enough to make us dig a little deeper, to seek out more facts.How about the federal government.....one of the reasons we have a government is to protect us from fraudulent claims and give us the TRUTH. Right? Well, hold on a minute: for decades the government has told us that a high-carbohydrate diet is the sure road to weight management (remember the old version of the food pyramid?). Now, all of a sudden, we're not so sure about that.So in whom do we place our trust? On the one hand, most of us DO trust the FDA to give us the straight-scoop about health and nutrition, so we should have 6-11 servings of carbohydrates per day. On the other hand, most of us know someone who has lost 25-50 pounds on a low-carb diet. Who's right? Who do we trust?True fitness experts will encourage you to trust the most unbiased source available: YOUR DOCTOR. Not only will your doctor have the most knowledge to answer your questions, but perhaps more importantly yo
GROUND MOBILITY
While a good grappler is mobile relative to his opponent, in that he is able to rapidly climb all over and around the opponent's body, the engaged aspect of grappling prevents the grappler from being mobile relative to the total environment. While he is attached to his opponent, working towards the opponent's defeat, the grappler is not free to rapidly move around the environment he is fighting in.
The KCD practitioner, specifically because he remains disengaged from the enemy (through trained rapid, convulsive and yielding movement and sensitivity), is free to move wherever s/he wishes. Further, rapid mobility across the ground (primarily in the mode of rolling) is something that is trained constantly in KCD groundfighting training. This kind of training is notably absent from most conventional grappling programs, simply because it does not fit into the grappling paradigm of constant engagement.
SPORT vs. COMBAT
The contrasts explored thus far expose the primary difference between conventional ground grappling and KCD groundfighting: Most modern grappling methods are designed for a SPORT paradigm, while KCD groundfighting is intended for REAL COMBAT. Because of the always present possibility of multiple attackers in real combat, purposefully engaging with a single adversary on the ground, thereby sacrificing mobility, is an extremely risky strategy. While the story exists of a grounded grappler's buying time against multiple attackers by manipulating his engaged opponent as a shield against the kicks and punches of the other attackers, this is hardly a reliable enough strategy to count on. A far better strategy is the exact same one a KCD practitioner would use on his/her feet: Remain MOBILE and disengaged in order to prevent the attackers from targeting you for effective strikes and grapples while lashing out with powerful, accurate, full-body attacks against the closest attackers, while attempting to create a window to escape the crowd.
This is exactly what the KCD multiple attacker strategy consists of: constant, unpredictable movement (in the mode of rapid, stomping steps while standing, and rolling when on the ground); rapid, powerful, full-body striking at all angles (dropping strikes and kicks while standing, and dropping kicks [primarily], body slams and strikes on the ground); and looking to escape the mass attack (breaking out of the crowd to run away while standing, and creating space to get up and then run when on the ground).
PROVEN IN WORLD WAR II
If this groundfighting strategy sounds novel or unproven, note these excerpts from the book Kill or Get Killed by Lt. Col. Rex Applegate, one of the greatest works on close combat of the World War II era:
"Avoid, if at all possible, going to the ground with your adversary. . . . One injunction you should heed: Once going to the ground, never stop moving. Start rolling and try to get back on your feet as quickly as possible. If you can't get up and can't roll, pivot on your hips and shoulders so you can face your opponent and block with your feet any attempt to close with you.
Remember, it is not necessary to go to the ground once YOU have placed your opponent there. You can finish him off with your feet. Your enemy can do likewise if you remain immobile on the ground and stay within range."
(p. 15--emphasis included in original)
"When on the ground, subjected to attack from a standing op
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