Boulder, Colorado now has a Reality Based School

[Brent Tibbetts]

Boulder, Colorado now has a Reality Based School. Beginning October 1st at The Mountains Edge Fitness Center I will begin teaching a brand new martial arts program. For kids we will focus on basic self-defense and progressive martial arts along with Bully Proofing and Stranger Awareness. For adults we will work on reality based self-defense using a holistic approach. Using scenario based training and verbal and physiological structures. We also use a progressive martial arts program with some Reality Based Concepts and Tactical Self-Defense, Filipino Martial Arts, Groundfighting and some modified versions of JKD and other martial arts. So anyone who wants come down for a two-week free pass and give us a try is welcome. We only focus on self-defense so......if it doesn't work we don't use it. Classes are Tuesday and Thursday. Kids classes are at 4:30 and Adults classes start at 8:15 PM.

Stay safe and take care.

Brent Tibbetts

[Builderofmuscle]

that is sooooooooo coooooooooolllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!

(I hope you recognize sarcasm)

[Brent Tibbetts]

I recognize sarcasm.......I like your tag line at the end. I would rather use simple tools and be effective ( it's one of those adrenal training and meta-cognitive programming thing). More people defend themselves everyday that have never achieved black belt than those who have. Food for thought.

Brent Tibbetts

[Builderofmuscle]

I don't understand what you're saying.

All I'm saying is that you don't need all that fancy junk you have at your new studio or whatever. There are three reasons to take up martial arts: (actually a lot more than three)

1) For health
2) As a sport
3) For self defense
4) So you can be a cocky bastard, and show aff your belts
5) As an art

It just seems that you're being biased and leaning on only one reason to join, and that's for self defense

By the way, I do martial arts as an Art. It's a way to push myself beyond my limts. But don't worry, I do it progressively, and at a safe pace.

[ryanhall]

can't we all just get along?

builder,
brett may not have clearly enough defined what he was teaching. i don't know brett, but i'm familiar with this kind of thing, and i can tell you that it has merit. adrenal stress training is a major missing link in martial arts. simple is better. almost always more effective too.

about brett's point: outside of a few arts (bjj, a couple judo guys), i have not come across a black belt that would/could defend himself against a serious threat. i have, however, run into some pretty tough s.o.b.s who only know how you knee, bite, headbutt, and eyegouge. take a look at some old ww II combatives manuals. those guys don't play nice, and they only knew about 10 techniques.

martial arts were invented to protect one's family and self. they were a tool, nothing more, nothing less. they have degenerated to a joke in many places. today, many REAL martial artists will tell you that the arts are not about fighting, but self improvement/enlightenment. i can get those things from my friends and family. as far as enlightenment goes, i think one will get a lot more self assurance from the knowledge that they CAN handle themselves if/when the sh!t hits the fan. very, very few people have this. everyone likes to think they do, but few really do. i study martial arts to save my a$$ if/when i get into a scrap. i don't want a stylized version of violence that gives me a false sense of security. violence isn't pretty, it isn't fun, and it CAN get you hurt/killed. i think bri thai said this: everyone says they want effective self defense, but few really mean it. they want to look cool and win trophies. everyone wants to end a street fight with a spinning heel kick or a shoulder throw. it's sad really. i hope to god that these people never run into an angry high school football player, much less someone who is mean, capable, and has no regard for life.

i am not demeaning martial arts and saying that they are junk, but trying to emphasize how dangerous it can be to romanticize violence/study stylized attacks and imaginary counters and believe that this makes one a capable fighter/self defense practitioner.

reasons for joining martial arts
1) fitness- dumb. it's cheaper to belong to a gym
2) self defense. most schools don't live up to this claim
3) health. legitimate reason imo
4) show off. for wusses and charlatans with insecurity issues, but still very common
5)as an art. sure, if you're into that
6) cameraderie. make some friends. sure, ok reason

i believe that most people join martial arts clubs wanting to learn how to protect themselves. there are many, many other less expensive ways to achieve the other goals. just the way i see things.

btw builder, in another post, i didn't mean to rip on the way your school trains multiples. i didn't have an understanding of what you were doing.


sorry for being long winded.

ryan

[Builderofmuscle]

ryan, you know what?

You've been, so far, the only guy who's really came through, and made himself clear.

I'm saying that to me, martial arts isn't really about beating the other guy up, but more of a way to push myslef. Martial arts, is really the only sport that I've really been interested in. I probably learn about a dzen techniques, in Karate. But I still consider myself as a Boxer, or a Kickboxer. That's why I suck at sparring. I can Jab, but I'm not going to lunge and reverse punch to the solar plex when the going get's tough.

The reason I really didn't Brent Tibbets post, was that I'm tired of old nasty mo@#%fu@#'s using Martial Art's for commercial reasons. I mean my sensei hate's money. Obviousely, he doesn't let anyone train for free, but he also keeps his reates reasonable. There should be food in his belly, and extra cash in his pocket. But he doesn't own a house, and he certainly doesn't have his own Goddamned bell boy.

Take for example, that mofo who we call Billy Blanks. He thinks he can persuade people that doing aerobic exercise is going to help people lose wieght? I know people who doe Tae Bo on a regular basis, and haven't lost an inch. I've been working out for a long time, and Unless I dieat,or use supplements, I can lose weight.

I use martial art's as a means of athletic ability. People look at me and they say, " Hey man, I didn't even know you can run a mile. You don't look like that kind of guy. I mean, you suck at martial arts, but You ran a mile faster that me? How. I can ****in school you."

I like that reaction, because I know that I can do thing's better than other poepl, without being cocky about it.

And no, martial art's shouldn't be used as a weight loss tool.

[shredder]

Brent Tibbetts: I would rather use simple tools and be effective ( it's one of those adrenal training and meta-cognitive programming thing).

About learning a few simple moves versus an advanced reportoire: This may not be the best analogy, but Shaq seems to have no more than two moves (baby hook, jam), yet somehow he gets the job done. If you only need a few techniques to play to your strengths, you can be very effective. The same principle applies to training for self defense.

That said, this year I can only hope that TD and Yao will mop the floor with the Lakers.

[Brent Tibbetts]

Wow.....hmmm......I think we have a few people on this forum that definately have no idea of what self defense is. I have been working in this field for the last 8 years and have trained for twenty one. Hey buidler....why don't you go to work everyday and take a pay cut so you can just fill your belly. Do you know how much I charge? Do you know that I travel everyday to teach kids in daycares that have no concept of safety and some no concept of family. Your an idiot. With that said I have a ton of certificates, in a bunch of different martial arts not to mention belts and such. I am also a certified instructor. Now, when you go into a fight or flight situation you have options. Respond to stimulus with training or with out. Most people that train in Martial Arts will freeze. Why? Well most take the attack as an emotional assualt. (they try and over analyze and are the last to realize a fight is about to happen). They are right, (they are attacked emotionally first) but at the second an attack happens you need to know legally, morally, ethically, what you can and can't do. We start with descalation, threat assesment, enivromental and mulitple attacker concerns. We scan and evaluate. We listen, are they a hunter or howler and look for escape routes. We begin witness preparation, I don't want to fight, your right I am an asshole, etc.....whatever it takes to walk. We look for precontact cues....shifitng, reaching, positioning, mono syllabic language, options of enviorment and clothing and begin ghosting. If and when it goes physical we use simple tools. Elbows, headbutts, knees, eye gouge, spitting, bitting, palm heels, eye rakes, throat strikes. We also use improvised weapons, footwork, tactics and strategies of what the area offers, OC Spray, knives and we teach gun training. Along with that we also have in our tool box ground fighting (not wrestling or silly submission work, and before you say anything I am a silver medalist winner in the Junior Olympics for Judo and have trained in Carlson Gracie BJJ). We keep it simple. Why because adrenaline rules out fine motor skills like the ones from karate and hapkido, BJJ and such. You are left with gross motor skills. Look at what I use...hmmm gross motor skills. I am just like Shaq. I use my tools in a realistic enviroment. I train on concrete, in snow in rain or whatever the world offers, stairs, in my car and god you name it. The difference is boys I do it for real. I train full contact with out consent. Which means they go as hard as they can until I can escape. I do this to get better at protecting myself and my family. I am not sure how many rounds it takes to be good at somebody pushing you and wanting to fight as you hold your childs hand as you both are trying to go back to your car. So next time you judge someone put your ass out their and test what you know. You will find that some of what you know looks and like shit and doesn't work. You will resort to what I do. Don't believe me. Put on head gear and lay on concrete and have your friend hold you down between cars as you try and get up. As he is pounding you have another friend enter in 10 seconds and now it is a multipel attacker situation. Hmmm what martial art are you gonna use. Your not. Your gonna fight and no matter how ugly it is if you value your life you will do what it takes to live. I just wonder how much that is worth to you......You guys are the typical drones that have no room to talk as you work on your next belt and jump from school to school not getting good at anything. Or my instructor can beat up your instructor crap. You read Black Belt Magazine and Grappling Magazine and believe everything. You know what I will never die at the hands of some one in a street fight due to not training for real. My children will never have to watch me die because I was ignorant and beileived grandmaster so and so.

Grow up.......I judged you the way you judged me. And what the hell does sparring have to do with realism? It is a codified match with time limits with consent? It has nothing to do with a fight, It does have to with a match. If doesn't bite them next time and then blast them in the groin. If you don't train it in the ring I gurantee you won't do it in the street. So........judge me again.........I don't care. My students from ages 5 on up know the truth. My students that didn't do fancy disarms against compliant attackers and lived in life or death situation would have something to say to you. Do it for real or take up another sport. You are wasting brain cells if you think of most martial arts in any other terms besides a good workout.

Apparently you missed the first lesson in any martial arts....Respect.

Brent Tibbetts
Chief of Instruction
Reality Marital Arts

https://www.realitymartialarts.com

[Brent Tibbetts]

Some of you in the post above shouldn't take the full brunt of this post. Understand I don't need to defend myself as my work stands for itself. I work my ass off and I am not a millionare. I left my job with no students to follow something I believe in. I work out of my house and have a few locations that I go to to teach. I teach every class myself. To some the above post might seem harsh, but I was merely trying to advertise my school(in my original post). I was doing guerilla marketing. Go to my website and you will see I have trained with the best. I just get tired of this kind of crap.

They say that "Bluntness intimidates the weak and gauges the strong." Again the newspapers will show you that people that have never taken martial arts have defended themsleves successfully more times than people that have take martial arts. The big story is always when someone that is in martial arts has defended themselves, why do you think that is? Remeber those judo guys in CA that were carjacked a couple of weeks ago? Heard their story. They tried one martial arts technique (almost killed the guy because he didn't know to tap, use of force continium would not allowed that, the force must parallel the danger, in fact they would have gone to jail had he died from not a carotid choke but from one that was cutting off air, crushing his trachea) and the rest was spraying gas on the guy and such? Black Belts none the less spraying gas on the guy? Sounds like ........hell sounds silly but it worked? I can't tell you how many times I have seen a good grappler go for a submission attempt over and over as the attacker (my student reaches for a boot knife) goes for a weapon. Limits my friend will limit your repsonse. Not training to find what works will get you killed. Art is meant for walls, not self defense.


Brent Tibbetts
Sorry for those that were caught in the mele above.

[Builderofmuscle]

I don;t read Black Belt or grappler or any of that other junk because that's what it is, junk. I understand you don't like being judged, And i'm storry for that. I obviously go you wrong, thinking YOu were being one of thoe Tae Bo freaks who only preach for money. I was wrong. and sorry. I know who Graci is, and think it's cool that you've trained with him.

But what is all this talk about life or death? C'mon get real. i UNDERSTAND you want to preach slef defense, and safety, considering Terrorist and Psycho Sniper's (both of which I think is the same), I guess it wouldn't hurt to know about self defense. But what you're doing, I beleve is completely un real. How many times has some guy jumped you stabbing a knife through your back.

Listen, I respect the fact that you take martial arts for self defense, and hate all those commercial wannabees, but you do what you gotta doe, and I'll do what I want to.

I don't think, that some guy is going to jump me. Any way, if there was some terrorist running lose, you wouldn't have time to react. A bomb would explode, and that's it. A bullet can hit you in the head, and you would be gone in an instant.

Let me tell you why I train, and then you can judge me:
I train because Martial Arts is probably the only sport I'm good at. I don't agree with all the kata, and other techniques, but come one, face, it's nice to know that you can do a cresent kick, or you can jump and spin and do a couple of kicks, all in a mtter of seconds.

i TRAIN everyday to improve myself. For confidence, etc. I'm 16, and what you're saying to me, is that three gangsters are going to attack me and stab for no reason. The chances are slim, but it's still not practical. Look, like I said, you do what you got to, I'll do what I want to.

I admire your dedication,but... I don't know

[ryanhall]

i like what brett is preaching here. if it is anything like dimitri's senshido or franco's cfa, then i'm all for it. few have the stomach for reality, and even fewer wish to face it after they have seen it. it may not be likely that you will go up against a 1%er who is totally capable of disasociating your head from your shoulders, but i would prefer to give myself a fighting chance if/when that happens. martial arts are not self defense. when was the last time you saw/heard about a duel taking place between two evenly matched, same sized opponents? if a someone stands up to you, it's because they think they have something that can put you down. people don't look for a fair fight, and if they run into an even match, they cheat, cheat, and cheat some more.

even if i can beat you in a straight out fight, will not engage you in one unless i have no other option. why get a broken nose in return for knocking someone out in a fair fight when i can jack you after setting you up? i have run into a number of people lately who say they want to be the baddest mf'er around and they don't need to fight dirty to do it. just today, i was listening to a wrestler (yes a wrestler) tell me that he would handle three guys or an armed attacker with no problem. a decent grappler because of his size, but this guy is as green as they come. and ripe to be hurt badly. i don't know where he got these ideas. movies probably.

to be honest, builder, it can be life and death. real life violence is not a game nor a movie. it's not pretty, cool, or romantic. it's definitely true that not every scrap you get into will be with a guy trying to carve you like a thanksgiving turkey. however, things can go from "just messing around" to deadly serious. people don't like to lose. when a fight involves alcohol, the respect of friends or women, or some kind of personal honor, things are almost never over after the "fight." every year, there are a few stories in the paper about the guy who got into a bar fight or arguement, won, and stayed around instead of leaving. well, the "loser" went home, got a 12 gauge, came back, and blew the "winner" off his bar stool. didn't seem like life and death at the time, did it?

how about the times that a bouncer throws a couple of trouble makers out of his club? they wait around for him to get off and shank him as he's walking out the door. the same thing could happen to you as a patron of said bar/club. piss the wrong person off, and you've got a real problem on your hands. while this kind of thing doesn't happen everywhere, depending upon where you live, things are life and death. please weigh this. everyone has different needs, and they should be respected. i just emphasize again (for everyone), don't mistake the goal of your training. if it is for sport, or recreation, or enjoyment, then is is probably not adequate for reality. those seeking esoteric or aesthetically pleasing systems should steer clear of reality schools. i don't think brett is trolling or trying to round out his portfolio with our cash. many others do just that, and it annoys the hell out of me. i won't name names, but it is a pain. though i've not been a member here for long, until brett starts mentioning that he is selling books/videos in every post that he has, i will continue to enjoy his presence here.

sorry about the long post everyone

ryan

[Brent Tibbetts]

Thanks Ryan.....by the way I am good friends with Rich Dimitri in fact he has a link to me(and I him). I have been a friend of Tony Blauers since 1996 and I am a huge fan of Sammy Franco. In fact he is required reading for my students.

Take care and stay safe.

Brent Tibbetts

[Brent Tibbetts]

okay Builder of Muscle we are now able to talk......I am glad we can each respect the idea that we have a different approach. You are right in saying the chances are slim for you to be attacked but for women and children it isn't. 1-3 women in a lifetime and children under the age of 12 is 1-6. Scary stuff. I think though maybe I miss led you into thinking that every thing I teach is physical. Not true in fact 65% (roughly) is mental and emotional training. Think of it in terms of the olympics. Every one in lets say swimming the butterfly and a set distance is about the same physical skill. They each have to do the same stroke the same way with little difference. They eat different they train different to a degree but bottom line is it is primarily the same. What seperates them is the mental techniques and stress conditioning. Colorado Springs will let you walk through the Olympic training grounds for free and they explain all this. They have to look for the edge. Same with me. It is pretty expansive but the general idea is you have to prepare your self for the cussing the screaming the pushing and such. People freeze at that point. All of us have done that stammering, stepping backwards as someone gets ready to take our head off. I teach my guys how to talk their way through it. People don't train like that and when it happens they freeze. Tactically this is one of the most advantages positions and points to begin threat assesment. After that you need to know your options legally and what it takes to get home. The least amount of force with most amount of damage. The ultimate strategy is to walk away. That is a skill and believe it or not many people can't do it. Men have huge ego's and we can be stupid at times. I used to be a commerical teacher with a ton of awards and degrees (belts) I left it all in the search of what works. That is just me. I had to start over. I am proud of that fact. I am also glad that you and I can talk about this even after the above post. No hard feelings I just hear people all the time that say shit to me without taking the time to consider what it is I do. Good luck in your training. I am not right nor you....we just have different focus.

Brent Tibbetts

[Builderofmuscle]

I guess when yo put it that way, it makes a lot of sense. My mom constantly asks me, " Why do women need to go to Karate?" or " Why are all these women acting like me (when I watch world's strongest women)"

It's a tough question to answer. But I tell my mom that a woman especially needs that mental toughness, and that mental edge. If she at least knows, that she can kick your ass, than she won't be afraid to throw her fist out.

The other reason is because they want. My mom says, " But they have so much to take care of. Pregnancy, kids, cooking, job,..."

I say, "Old- school."

Did your mother work? No, she stayed at hom in a small village (I'm indian) where everyone knew each other. It was reletively safe, untill some britsh guy came over and made you pay triple lagaan. (If you've seen the movie)

Anyways, I tell my mom that this is America, and that protection and self-confidence are key. My mom is a slim woman, and any enticing individual might want something to do with her. Know, I'm not saying she should join karate, or workout 30 days a week, but at least if she knew a few techniques, maybe jined a class once a week or twice a month, she would be better off.

[ryanhall]

builder,
i'm definitely no expert on women's self defense, but i thing karate would be the wrong way to go with her. muggers/rapists dont' kickbox their victims, and even if they did, i doubt that most women could ko them anyway. she would be better served knowing how to cause serious trauma from close quarters. take a look at richard dimitri--www.senshido.com--he's got an excellent women's self defense course going (or so i've heard). helen stratzl works with him, and i wouldn't want to mess with her. maybe you'll find something you like.


ryan