Calling All Rationalists: The US's Economic Gamble

[_honorentheos]

He often addresses questions from readers of Extreme Ownership on his podcasts, especially the earlier ones. A common aspect of the questions, to my mind anyway, is that a reader can confuse the idea of giving lip service to owning a problem with what it takes to actually own something. So many of the questions come in the form of, "Such-and-such was going on which I acknowledged and now my employees don't respect me while nothing else has changed." Or, "How do I get so-and-so (boss, spouse, coworkers, etc.) to take ownership because someone else needs to change for things to get better for me."

I didn't get that from reading it, quite the opposite. But judging from the questions it seems to be more common.

I was going to ask a question but you posted while I was typing and you answered it above.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

I was going to ask a question but you posted while I was typing and you answered it above.

You can still ask the question, man. Ain't like I'm not gonna answer it.

- Doc

[_MeDotOrg]

I recently read the book [i]In a video, Willink addresses the question about what is the best martial art for self defense. He said there is only one correct answer to that: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is inarguably the best martial art for self defense. He says he's gotten in arguments about this with black belts in Karate or Taekwondo, and he's said, "Let's spar and see what happens." He wins with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu every single time. Then they go again and again and can never beat him. It's never even close. The basic situation is that all he had to do is dodge the first punch or kick, and then grab his opponent. At that point they are on the ground grappling, and the Jiu-Jitsu guy is trying to choke his opponent or use leverage to break a joint. When you are sparing and your opponent is about to break a joint or choke you unconscious, you "tap out" conceding victory. The problem for the karate guy or the Taekwondo guy is that in a grappling situation, they have absolutely no moves and can't escape.

At that point, Willink shrugs his shoulders, laughs, and says, "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you've wasted the last 25 years of your life studying the wrong martial art."

So, going off-topic, but a lot of people think the Israeli Krav Maga is the best self-defense.

"BJJ or Krav Maga, which is better?

This is where many of the comments under this video went. Now these are two different martial arts that deal with attacks in different ways. Brazilian Jiujitsu is more based in controlling an attacker through leverage and skill with the end result being the attacker choked out or a limb broken. It is usually seen on the ground grappling for position. Krav Maga is more about striking the attacker fast and hard, thereby surprising the predator. This system teaches people to strike the softest targets (groin, throat, eyes) with the hardest parts of their bodies (elbows, knees) until they have a chance to disengage and run.

The main argument for BJJ is that they can practice full force against an opponent everyday. This is because they are wrestling and not striking. When they move somebody, reverse a position, or submit somebody, it actually happens. They argue that Krav has to be simulated because people can not strike to the groin or poke someone’s eye in practice, so it would not actually be done in a situation.

The Krav side of the argument stated that BJJ does not take into account multiple attackers or weapons. They say that while a person is on the ground wrestling for position, the attacker’s friend walks out and stomps the victim’s head. The attacker could also pull out a knife, that the victim would never see, and stab them.

You can consider me an expert on the subject, because I have never taken a martial arts class, and the last time I got into a fight was the 8th grade.

As far as the economy goes, look at the percentage of the economy that is not involved with making things to make money, but making money from the transfer of money.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Me Dot Org,

One on one you always want to go to ground, and if possible get your opponent face down or your arm under their chin to choke them out.

One on two or more your best bet is to run away. Or if you're a Krav Magnificient just break a knee joint, do a backflip toward Opponent #2, strike a Spiderman pose, and say something pithy.

- Doc

[_honorentheos]

I was going to ask a question but you posted while I was typing and you answered it above.

You can still ask the question, man. Ain't like I'm not gonna answer it.

- Doc

I was just going to ask what the tangible takeaways were as far as applying it in your own life, which you answered.

If you haven't checked out his podcast, it may be interesting to you. They run long, but long in the same way Joe Rogan's podcast can run long. He focuses on books he's read that he has found valuable which has a heavy military leaning for obvious reasons. If a person can call a virtual space like a podcast sparse, then that's how I'd describe the Jocko Podcast. None of the music buildup, minimal scripts for sponsors, and mostly just him and his BJJ friend Echo Charles who handles the tech side.

It's solid.

[_honorentheos]

One argument for BJJ as a method of self-defense comes from the reality most people aren't in life-and-death fights out of necessity but end up in a violent situation because someone with a hot head and bad judgment just can't avoid swinging fists. And in that circumstance the best method is the one that deescalates it the fastest with the least amount of unintended damage being done. A person in a drunken bar fight can accidentally kill the other person because they hit their head, they break their hand because hands aren't made for whacking skulls, or have any number of life-changing and devastating outcomes happen. For most of us, getting in a fight means there was a failure that happened and minimizing the damage of that failure is the best possible result one can hope to achieve. BJJ allows a person to control and restrain people much larger than themselves with very few opportunities for unintended outcomes to occur.

But there is also a reason MMA has evolved from a side-show of style v. style to one where anyone who wants to be competitive needs to develop certain skills among which BJJ is considered essential.