THE MULTI DIMENSIONAL PARADIGMS OF SELF-DEFENSE

The Multi Dimensional Paradigms of Self-Defense is a model that describes a person’s overall view of the universe self-defense. Everyone’s viewpoint is different, but viewpoints can still be categorized in groups. The MDP model helps explain the basic differences in viewpoints. It provides people a framework to expand and evolve their self-defense paradigm into one with a more comprehensive viewpoint.

Paradigm Pitfalls - Dead Ends, Loops, and Wrong Turns

The journey of self-defense is filled with dead ends, loops, and wrong turns that could cause you to back track years of training. Here are a few of them by Marc MacYoung:

MARTIAL ARTS:

Martial Arts for Self-Defense

Traditional Martial Arts vs. "Real" Fighting

Mixed Martial Arts

Grappling

Lies, Damned Lies and Martial Arts Myths

CULTS:

Cults in the MA/SD/RBSD/WSD/DT World

Near Cults, Failed Cults and Flawed Instructors

Cults: Kool-Aid Drinker Behavior

Cult: Groundwork Thinking

Cults: True Believer Mindset

FIGHTING:

Fighting Facts

Fantasy Self-Defense

Street Fighting
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Praise for the Blog

"In one article the guy articulates what I've been struggling to tell people for decades. It's a lot more complicated than what people want it to be." - Marc MacYoung

"This blog is brilliant. A must read."

"Last night I read a fantastic blog - The multidimensional paradigms of self defense by Erik Kondo."

"Very nice. I think this sentence sums up his intent nicely: 'The Multi Dimensional Paradigms of Self-Defense is a "map" for the journey of learning and applying self-defense.' I think he delivers very well."

Excellent Article!

"Erik - an insightful and impressive model you created. Excellently done"

Not everyone will like the Blog. That is the underlying point.

A Paradigm is a closed viewpoint. True Believers in their own paradigm must deny the existence or validity of other paradigms.

Even if their Paradigm has elements in common with other paradigms, True Believers will fight to defend the "rightousness" of their own viewpoint.

These expressions of conflicting opinions confirm the existence of the multiple paradigms.

If this description sounds like how different religious cults behave, IT IS.

Complaints about the Blog

"I don't like the diagrams"


"Overly complicated"


"does the use of words like 'paradigm' and 'multi-dimension' really help with explanations?"


"a crap way of presenting it and money for old rope on the whole"


"I found it long winded, and basically stating the obvious."


"Does anyone else think it sounds like plain old common sense?"

"Can't say this diagram thing offers anything new at all."

"It's boring."

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