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G'day all, I gather you'd all given up on me, cool !
I've been training in "The Shed" that group that I strated to tell you about but got warned off about.
Well it's been a while & Im training hard, with them, great bunch.
Part of our training was escpapes for 5 weeks, every week we'd cover escaping from, various ropes & ways of being tied up, up to recently escaping cable ties, & getting out of chains which was definately the worst.
Even as we got more advanced & into it, everthing was done open eyed then blindfolded.
You could be gagged, blindfolded, fists taped ( duct tape, then tied)
It was definitely the most interesting & psyshologically challenging way to train since the army.
I asked why we were doing this stuff.
Basically for if you were ever in a hostage situation, or your house was home invaded, abducted.
We learnt how to free ourselves in a totally black envioroment, tied to chairs, hog tied, learned how to free someone else whilst still being tied up & thrown on the ground.
I even found that its possible to escape being really bound up & not untieing
any knots/ freeing yourself by starting with only using your body & feet by slipping your shoes off & going from there.
I must say that I've never trained in this in any of the martial arts I've done before.
It was a very serious & intence waty to train, but well worth the experience i gained from it.
There are ladies who were keen to get in there & test their skills, at escaping.
I reckon it would be good if all styles did this sort of training.
teaches you , adaptability, perseverence, controll, patience, strength of character.
I must say they were geared up for any problems if someone got stuck,panicked, or was going to get injured.(Safety was paramount)
Whoa! that's were I've been in "the Shed".
We also did plenty of multiple attacker stuff, & a heap more, no kicks but some mind open ing things in their system.
I've been excepted & can train now, It's all go.(no more wondering if I stay or go.)
they have opened up a lot, really nice bunch, there's no hidden agenda, & it's still all free, we even went to the movies together to see the last Bourne identity movie that just came out.
fun night. So whats new?
nice to be back, how are you all?
 
I am good. Sounds pretty interesting.
 
Are they ever going to let your feet set in cement blocks and throw you in the ocean to gauge your escape skills?


Because if you learn how, I'd love know how you did it (just not the hard way)...lol
 
G'day it's funny to watch everyone try & get out of different ties, bindings, be it nylon, go 90 tape, fine hootchie chord, cable ties are he pits if your lucky they'll be thin ones that'll cut you like a knife, but they'll use 2 or 3 to add extra strenghth( painin the A)
Has any one on the site done Any work in this area?
I'd be interested in what they thaught. i thaught that in the traiining we did it was pretty full on , BUT we weren't tortured or psycholigically %^&* about with.
So you can imagine threat if your bound up & any instant someone is coming in to torture you or waste you it would definitely add a knew dimension to your escape. Technique.!
do you guys think it should be taught in selfdefence & martial arts?
WHY or WHY NOT?
would you go in & have ago at it? It can be painfull, & tests you in a lot of ways.
Why isn't it taught in mainstream martial arts, could it be that the instructor has little controll over how he/she is tied when the ropes are going on& the agressor is doing their best to make sure you STAY PUT!
Can be a ego test for some when 30 minutes has gone by & your still going at it.
certainly is a downer when your stuck & there's no way out.( gotta call for help. I SAW 1women go thru at least 3 lots of cramps & not give up, to get out of it, She finally got her legs free but couldn't get her hands loose.
Well at least she gained mobility, she could of worked a variety of options from there. There are real risks in doing this training that were pointed out to us.
We all had to get a run down on the problems that we could be putting ourselves in for.( Physical & mental)
i must say that 1 thing was always common through out the training
NO TIES AROUND THE NECK.( as this could lead to extremely serious injuries or worse.)
1 person did loose partial feeling to their thumb for 2 to 3 weeks, it slowly regained each week alittle, I think she damaged the nerve sheath.
it finally came good, & that was with controll. #3 of us were advanced firstaid trained, & common sence was a must.
Simple things like if someone really panicks you cant cut them free with a knife or standard scissors, Could lead to magor injuries requiring stiches , with everyone getting injured.
they covered all this in a pre lim safety briefing, along with a series of basic ?'s on your health, back injuries to have you ever been tied up before, from playing in ther backyard to having phobias about loss of controll of the situation.( totally scarry for some.
worth the time
& effort everyone put in , we all walked away better for it,
Aussie Digger.
 
G'day Lei thanks for the reply, I couldn't actually work out from it wether you've done any training in this area? If so what have you done, & how did you find it. ?
 
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