Driving With Master Greg Video Series
Bored with Forms?
Not into Sparring?
What Rank Means
Creating Combos
Saving Taekwondo
Train for Life
Guns and Martial Arts
Time Management
Dan Skipping
Coaching
Applying Combos
Shaming
Are Forms Useful?
Managing Fear
Humility
New TKD Forms
Dirty Fighting
Verbal De-Escalation
Tradition
Changing Angles
Principles of De-Escalation
1. Listen well and Stay calm
2. Deflect and Redirect insults
3. Paraphrase - Let me see if I understand you. You're (feeling) because of (reason)?
4. Provide Options - Ask, Explain Context, Appeal to self interest
Always using:
Tactical language - If it feels good, don't say it
Tactical Tone - Unsaid but expressed
Project Empathy - The moment you stop thinking like them, you become ineffective
*** Please note that the material provided on this page is not for instructional purposes, but to supplement classroom instruction with a qualified instructor.