As a newcomer to the forum, I have been busy playing catch up reading. I have come across a lot of good posts. But this thread, and in particular your responses in it Richard, really struck a chord. Already in other threads, I have touched on what I have heard others term cognitive load, when it comes to the respective demand of differing verbal deescalation techniques. And now here in this thread I find written that which would have been fantastic to read when I was trying without success to incorporate the extended deescalation techniques employed by Senshido. Most of whose physical concepts I have no prob with at all. And employ with great success (in training at any rate). In your reply, you have dramatically altered my initial perceptions of you. Which, while not unkind, were wary. Given the number of snake oil salesmen that populate this industry.

good lawd your're a verbose one intcha?


you write like someone who does it as a profession- legal/ journalist or academic? or "not even close"?

extended deescaltion fits into no model of violence I can measure against any personal experience of mine unless the "attacker" really had no genuine malicious intent to begin with

if you dont know him, he is shouting and moving in towards you, you need to "go"- simples.

People are waking up to the snake oil which is a good thing-all I can say is stay wary and stay critical