Psychology of Violence Seminar DVD

I just sat through the DVD and made notes on things being covered- it makes for interesting reading!

The “Psychology of Violence” Seminar DVD


Topics Covered:








-The limitations of the "Berserker State"




-Berserker vs Cold Mental state- pros and cons




-Do you need to "lose control" to maintain control?




-The risk of working from "positive assumptions" about will happen in a street fight/gang attack




-The myths/rules of street violence (there can be no "rules" to what "Will" happen!)




-The conundrum of intense emotional states vs fine motor skills




-Training for "Stress Inoculation"




-Why "Soldiers" beat "Warriors"- Structured Form vs. Raw Power




-Samurai Self Hypnosis techniques from the Hagakure Scrolls









-what are the attributes of YOUR worst nightmare enemy (imagined or real)?




1. no fear of consequence




2. no sense of self preservation (or even outright self destructiveness)




3. absolute ruthlessness




4. total rage/ hatred




5. armed




6. will come to your house after a beating and attack your family




Etc









-Is it worth adopting the attributes of your "worst nightmare" or criminals?




-Use of violent films as form of self hypnosis




-Immersing yourself in criminal culture - pros and cons- dangers




-The limitations of this kind of training when dealing with professional criminals- a reality check









-The Parachute Regiment example:




1.a former Para at the seminar talks about how the intake into the Paras and other Special Forces Regiments has been affected by the Psychological Effects of Exposure, Familiarisation and "De- Mystification" of Regiments




2.Why applicants straight from Civilian Life have a higher pass rate into the Parachute Regiment through P Company than applicants who are ALREADY professional soldiers- 3.Negative Psychological effect of Stress Inducing Heightened Expectation and Peer Pressure and Positive Psycholgical Effect of Familiarisation and Specialisation









-Using exactly the same techniques from the “Psychology of Violence” to deliver excellent presentations with confidence.




-Examples of Sporting Professionals who use the same kind of Psychology Techniques




- Don’t make a “Big Deal” of Violence, Learn how to make a “Small Deal” of it at a mental level.




-Use your imagination, take control and direct it




-Imagine the scenario playing out the way you want it to




-Take the basic Blueprint of the “Violent Intent” Core Visualisation and then add contingencies- be creative and tailor it to suit your needs specifically.




-Build Contingencies into the Visualisation.




-Simple fast Zen flavoured Trance Induction that INCREASES rather than DECREASES “present moment awareness“- Ideal for Martial Artists




-How to hypnotise yourself quickly and easily




-The “Core Visualisation” can be used for anything but this one focuses solely on inflicting Violence “One Way” (you on your opponent)




-Keep it simple




-Keep it specific- the more specifically focussed you are on getting certain key skills, the better results you will achieve.




-Can be used to drill physical skills as well as emotional states - see Sport Psychology examples














The Second section features Richard putting the seminar group into a light level of trance and then running through the “Psychology of Violence Core Visualisation” from beginning to end.




-Feedback given by instructor to group:




1. Two ways of knowing if your doing the visualisation properly- and if you are doing enough physical training too




2. The body and the mind at certain levels cannot distinguish between real reality and reality that is simply vividly imagined- learn how to USE this fundamental principle of psychology to prepare yourself for violence




3. The necessity of a “STOP” button




4. The more vividly imagined, with the stronger emotional intensity the better results you will get from the exercise









-Dealing with surprising side effects of the “POV Core Visualisation”




-Use of comic book style exaggeration to generate certain states




-Stay focussed on the main purpose of the drill




-Speed of visualisation: speed it up only as fast as you can still vividly imagine the sensory submodalities




-The dangers of visualising only the most extreme level of the drill.




-Focus only on what you are going to do to them.




-Starting to look at the use of Supra State Personality Splitting

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The way you focus on psychological training and blend it with physical skills is really interesting. I wish I would have found your site years ago.

There was a lot of good stuff in there. I have a suggestion about the stop button though. Shouldn't there be some more or less clear triggers for it?

I.e., you'd want to stop brutalizing someone because... you want to stay legal, maybe even within some ethical limits of your own, or whatever. Laws of course, vary. But in general it seems to be about doing it as nicely as you can afford. (take control that is). So that you have a sweet spot between not doing enough and doing too much. Never nicer that you can tactically afford, and never beyond the point where you have control. (such as stomping his head in after he's unconscious and on the ground).

This means you're trying to do something specific to the guy, so it affects the process further down as well. As far as I've been able to sort it out, violence isn't about injuring or not injuring but about taking control of the guy, in the sense that you can prevent him from doing stuff. The level of injury just reflects that it would be tactically irresponsible to risk being nicer. In short, the trigger for the stop button is the point where you have the control you need. Wether you've knocked the man unconscious, locked him in a hold or stomped his skull in.

In NLP terms that means you'd need to work out what you'd see, hear and feel after having acheied that outcome, right?

These are just some stray thoughts that could probably use some more refinement but they seem important so I thought I'd just throw it in here.

RCS,

You are on the right track! You wont be able to find this site years ago.