Lance C
08-20-2006, 11:44 PM
all,
I would like to share an observation about using measuring equipment (as featured on Mr.Lamkin's DVD on Physics)
Two "conflicts" keep arising while using the equipment, the conflict being human perception and judgement versus what the machine just registered.
How the human holding the kick shield perceives the power of the strike and the peak measurement Herman records can be in conflict. This keeps coming up in training sessions.
This is my idea: Herman for the most part is right. The reasons the person holding the kick shield believes them to be erroneous numbers is 1) The person mistakes follow through with the critical impact. 2) Fear in the heart of the person holding the kick pad causes overestimation.
The other conflict is on speed testing. The person watching thinks the move to be fast, if the event of the move is during something distracting (double pump punch, ie a feighn into the actual punch) or someone distracts the observer for a moment, and the punch is a bit of a suprise.
At the club, we get visitors whom I ask to come in and demonstrate their training level and qualities to the class. In one instance the man is half my size and hits equally to my best. People always UNDERESTIMATE his performance and OVERESTIMATE mine in relation. Possibly the physical size plays in this lapse in judgement. This also works if someone EXUDES a "toughguy" attitude. One guy looks like a famous wrestler who is brutal looking in the ring, but hits like a little girl, always gets OVERESTIMATED.
I was amazed at how lookisms, sexisms (probably racisms, if the area I lived in was more diverse) play a part on the estimations of observers. (My wife a qualified black belt, who hits hard, always gets underestimated due to her thin build and blonde hair, she hits harder than most men at the club)
So thank, Mr.Lamkin for pointing out the scientific approach so that we can learn to become better fighters, and taking the journey without our unfounded "isms" find out alot about ourselves and others.
-Lance C
Also to note, when experimenting with hitting "harder" and finding out people can overestimate which can cause discouragement, even fear, I started to experiment with purposely causing it. This leads to better presentation methods, prior and during a fight.
I will be writing more about this in my project on "Social Engineering"
I would like to share an observation about using measuring equipment (as featured on Mr.Lamkin's DVD on Physics)
Two "conflicts" keep arising while using the equipment, the conflict being human perception and judgement versus what the machine just registered.
How the human holding the kick shield perceives the power of the strike and the peak measurement Herman records can be in conflict. This keeps coming up in training sessions.
This is my idea: Herman for the most part is right. The reasons the person holding the kick shield believes them to be erroneous numbers is 1) The person mistakes follow through with the critical impact. 2) Fear in the heart of the person holding the kick pad causes overestimation.
The other conflict is on speed testing. The person watching thinks the move to be fast, if the event of the move is during something distracting (double pump punch, ie a feighn into the actual punch) or someone distracts the observer for a moment, and the punch is a bit of a suprise.
At the club, we get visitors whom I ask to come in and demonstrate their training level and qualities to the class. In one instance the man is half my size and hits equally to my best. People always UNDERESTIMATE his performance and OVERESTIMATE mine in relation. Possibly the physical size plays in this lapse in judgement. This also works if someone EXUDES a "toughguy" attitude. One guy looks like a famous wrestler who is brutal looking in the ring, but hits like a little girl, always gets OVERESTIMATED.
I was amazed at how lookisms, sexisms (probably racisms, if the area I lived in was more diverse) play a part on the estimations of observers. (My wife a qualified black belt, who hits hard, always gets underestimated due to her thin build and blonde hair, she hits harder than most men at the club)
So thank, Mr.Lamkin for pointing out the scientific approach so that we can learn to become better fighters, and taking the journey without our unfounded "isms" find out alot about ourselves and others.
-Lance C
Also to note, when experimenting with hitting "harder" and finding out people can overestimate which can cause discouragement, even fear, I started to experiment with purposely causing it. This leads to better presentation methods, prior and during a fight.
I will be writing more about this in my project on "Social Engineering"