“Practical martial arts” defined by medically important  injury rates

A1    What is practical in Martial Arts & Self Defense? Use data!

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A2    The data on Choking and Strangulation Techniques

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A3    The need for Break-Fall Techniques?

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A4    Statistics on Grappling Techniques

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A5    Statistics on Striking versus Grappling Techniques

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A6    Group Assault

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A7    Sharp & Blunt Objects as Weapons

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A8    Martial Arts “Budo” training - “All roads lead to Rome”

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Full contact fighting vs. point fighting vs. & evolution of the
traditional martial arts

A9     A brief evolution of martial arts

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A10   Karate as a case study on the history of Okinawan forms, sports martial
          arts & their relationship to self defense

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A11   Jack of all trades and master of none – inner strength in technique

                                        – karate, kung fu, kick boxing, MMA & boxing

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      A12    WKF & Shotokan point style systems and their impact on bunkai 

                                        & self defense drills

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A13    Combative scenario flow charts for fighting

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A14    Sports physiology & modern competitive fighting approaches

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A15    WKF & other tournament medical reports

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A16    Moving beyond just block counter

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Section B:    The Psychology of Violence – attacker and defender considerations

B16.1   The Psychology of self-defense and attackers

Psychological Theory behind Self-Defense

B1.1   The Psychology of self-defense and attackers

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B1.2   Importance of preparation and training

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B1.3   Dispelling some myths about self-defense

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Applied Psychology in Violent Encounters

B2.1   What makes you a target?

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B2.2   What are the situations to avoid?

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B2.3   Pre-encounter awareness

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B2.4   Recognizing the type of criminal

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B2.5     De-escalation, not backing down & knowing when to back down

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B3        How to use the eyes in the pre-fight & fight:
             technique detection & influence opponents

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B4      Attitude once an assault has begun – tying ancient budo  
            philosophy to modern psychology

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B5     The stress response to extreme danger & how that effects fighting
           capabilities

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Section C:    Commentary on The Law and Self Defense considerations

C1        Foreword by the primary author, Jason Armstrong

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C2        An Overview of law considerations by Adrian Cartland

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Section D:    The Medical & Physiology mechanisms of techniques that according to
                          statistics are  more likely in street fights

The mechanics of a knock-out – physiology & medical outcomes

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D1.2    The difference of not seeing it coming - “The King Hit”
              - the importance of the jaw and neck muscles

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D1.3    Rotational force is a key in knockouts

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D1.4    The back of the head as a target

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D1.5    When the chin is struck directly from the front

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D1.6   Knock-out via the temple region

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D1.7    Where to strike the jaw and the outcomes

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D2    Damaging the jaw bone and jaw joint/hinge

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D3    “Ground and pound” – knocking out people on the ground?

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D4    Diagnostics to prevent follow-on injury for martial artists

                                       after concussion

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Striking people in the temple region and other possible skull fractures

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Impact & throw derived whiplash

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The nose as a target

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Injuries to the cheek region

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Attacks to the ear

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Tooth damage or loss: What to do before arriving at the dentist

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Strikes to the eyes

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D11.1   Eye injury types related to strikes

D11.2   Detection of incoming attacks & psychological considerations

Throat & Carotid Strikes

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D12.1   Blood choke versus air chokes

Striking the ribs & stomach region

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D13   Ribs and pneumothorax

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D13.1   Striking the liver or spleen

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D13.2   Striking the solar plexus, why it hurts & why you cannot breathe

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Impacting the Kidney region

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Bladder ruptures & contusions

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Hematomas - using thigh or calf kick as an example

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Section E:     Medically relevant issues related to long-term martial arts training

                        - but not likely to be related to serious street fight outcomes

Elbow injuries related to reverse joint locks

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Punching with snap and elbow lockout

                           - is it the traditional way to do the technique?

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“Ude Tanren” – Bone, arm, hand and leg conditioning

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Damage to the testicles

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Back pain related to martial arts training

                            - linking it to fighting stances, stretches & everyday posture

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Damaging the knee

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Broken fingers and toes

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Ganglions

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Herpes Gladatorium

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Staphylococcus Skin infections

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Section F:     Mapping a curriculum to address your sport & the street fighting data

                        - a case study with karate compared to modern fighting styles

Considerations in sports & traditional curriculum design to ensure
             a coverage of the medically important techniques

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Example belt test curricula with a data map to the
top 7 street injury types

              F1   Relevance to street scenarios while holding to an art’s “tradition”
              F2   Curriculum focus versus diversity – evidence based practice (EBP)
              F3    A gender based curriculum?
              F4    A note on kicks
              F5    Drills, Bunkai examples & their relevance to the street
              F6    Examples of common kata bunkai trends that are not justified
              F7    Sample curricula focused around the Top 7 most likely techniques
                               - white through to black belt curricula

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