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Permalink Reply by Aaron Little on January 7, 2010 at 8:14am

Kelly – Thanks for starting this group. I certainly look forward to watching it develop.

My name is Aaron Little. I live in Lexington Kentucky where I own a Mixed Martial Arts / Combatives gym (Performance Edge Training). I also teach firearms, edged weapons, and H2H seminars here in the states and internationally. I am approaching my 28th year in the martial arts.

My initial interest in hypnosis arose from a desire to help my students deal with prefight performance anxiety and other training issues. Now in addition to my original interest I use hypnosis to entertain students around the gym and in training classes on the road. It provides a great example of the power of the mind as a reinforcement of my “fighting mindset” lectures.

Aaron

Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on January 7, 2010 at 8:23am

Welcome, Aaron! It's great to have an expert on board! As an instructor, I am sure you will agree that there are a lot of similarities in the studies of martial arts and hypnosis. Perhaps you'd like to start a discussion and share some of your insights about dealing with that pre-fight performance anxiety...I know that's a huge issue for most people who have to be on stage in some form or another and fighting involves the unknown factor of an opponent, adding to the stress! I look forward to learning from your experience.

Aaron Little said:

Kelly – Thanks for starting this group. I certainly look forward to watching it develop.

My name is Aaron Little. I live in Lexington Kentucky where I own a Mixed Martial Arts / Combatives gym (Performance Edge Training). I also teach firearms, edged weapons, and H2H seminars here in the states and internationally. I am approaching my 28th year in the martial arts.

My initial interest in hypnosis arose from a desire to help my students deal with prefight performance anxiety and other training issues. Now in addition to my original interest I use hypnosis to entertain students around the gym and in training classes on the road. It provides a great example of the power of the mind as a reinforcement of my “fighting mindset” lectures.

Aaron

Permalink Reply by windalfin on January 7, 2010 at 9:08am

Hello, I'm Windalfin. i live in Indonesia. i'm really new in Martial Art currently i'm learning Taiji with my Shifu in Indonesia here. It will be great to learn how to use Hypnosis and NLP to help me and others in Martial Art Training. and it will be great to learn from this group. since Indonesian are still new in Modern Hypnosis. so it will be a great learning and practice. thanks for creating the group.

Windalfin

Permalink Reply by James Hazlerig - HypnosisAustin on January 7, 2010 at 10:19am

Kelley,

I can totally imagine the feelings of a 43-year-old person putting on a karate uniform for the first time: I'm 42 and just had my first kenpo lesson two days ago. I'm still sore and heading back to the dojo tonight!

I actually have briefly studied martial arts at other times in my life, but I never had the opportunity to stick with it. In those days, I didn't know hypnosis, so I'm interested in seeing how I can apply hypnotic techniques to learning.

As an aside, I used to participate in SCA armored combat, which is essentially a European-inspired martial art. More recently, I've done hypnosis workshops helping people who are in that sport.

Anyway, thanks for starting this group,

James

Permalink Reply by Saul Rosenfeld on January 7, 2010 at 11:37am

Greetings,

Well, I earned a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do many moons ago (more moons than I'd care to count), and did a year of intensive boxing training when I turned 42 just to prove I could (and to totally freak out the other participants who were all in their late teens or early 20's, which I did...; - )

Needless to say the level of concentration and focus required in martial arts often resembles a state of self-hypnosis, so this is a great idea for a discussion group.

Saul

www.HistoryOfHypnotism.com

Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on January 7, 2010 at 11:40am

Hi Saul,
Glad to see you here! I had a feeling you'd be attracted to the fight venue...hee hee.
Kelley

Saul Rosenfeld said:

Greetings,

Well, I earned a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do many moons ago (more moons than I'd care to count), and did a year of intensive boxing training when I turned 42 just to prove I could (and to totally freak out the other participants who were all in their late teens or early 20's, which I did...; - )

Needless to say the level of concentration and focus required in martial arts often resembles a state of self-hypnosis, so this is a great idea for a discussion group.

Saul

www.HistoryOfHypnotism.com

Permalink Reply by Saul Rosenfeld on January 7, 2010 at 12:10pm

Kelley,

Guilty as charged! There are few things in life I relish more than handing out a figurative ass-whooping to those whom I regard as "deserving"...; - )

Saul

www.HistoryOfHypnotism.com



Kelley Woods said:

Hi Saul,
Glad to see you here! I had a feeling you'd be attracted to the fight venue...hee hee.
Kelley

Saul Rosenfeld said:

Greetings,

Well, I earned a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do many moons ago (more moons than I'd care to count), and did a year of intensive boxing training when I turned 42 just to prove I could (and to totally freak out the other participants who were all in their late teens or early 20's, which I did...; - )

Needless to say the level of concentration and focus required in martial arts often resembles a state of self-hypnosis, so this is a great idea for a discussion group.

Saul

www.HistoryOfHypnotism.com

Permalink Reply by Anthony Jacquin on April 26, 2010 at 4:16am

Hi,

I have been doing hypnosis for 15 years. My only martial training was boxing for 5 years as a child from 11 - 16. Other martial arts passed me by although I always had some idea I would like to take one up. In my mid thirties I was just starting to think that it was too late or just plain silly to take up a martial art but could feel the regret of accepting this misguided limiting belief even as I thought it - I picked up a book. The book was Skills of the Vagabonds, a book written by Leung Ting but popular with mentalists. The final section was a taster of the Vagabond style of martial arts - essentially this was my first taste of Wing Chun. Same day I chanced upon a leaflet regarding a Wing Chun class on my doorstep. I train with the UK school of Randy Williams Close Range Combat Academy. The emphasis is on hard training and practical real world skills.

I have not looked back since. Yes I am still knee high to a grasshopper but have a healthy obsession with it and find it delivers on every level, physical, mental, academic, and fascination. I am as obsessed with it as I am hypnosis and know that with both I can only imporve with time.

Best regards,

Anthony
www.headhacking.com</</body>

Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on April 26, 2010 at 5:24am

Hi Anthony,

I would say that book and leaflet didn't just show up by chance!! And, it's never too late to open a new door, is it? I started karate at the age of 43!

Kelley

Anthony Jacquin said:

Hi,

I have been doing hypnosis for 15 years. My only martial training was boxing for 5 years as a child from 11 - 16. Other martial arts passed me by although I always had some idea I would like to take one up. In my mid thirties I was just starting to think that it was too late or just plain silly to take up a martial art but could feel the regret of accepting this misguided limiting belief even as I thought it - I picked up a book. The book was Skills of the Vagabonds, a book written by Leung Ting but popular with mentalists. The final section was a taster of the Vagabond style of martial arts - essentially this was my first taste of Wing Chun. Same day I chanced upon a leaflet regarding a Wing Chun class on my doorstep. I train with the UK school of Randy Williams Close Range Combat Academy. The emphasis is on hard training and practical real world skills.

I have not looked back since. Yes I am still knee high to a grasshopper but have a healthy obsession with it and find it delivers on every level, physical, mental, academic, and fascination. I am as obsessed with it as I am hypnosis and know that with both I can only imporve with time.

Best regards,

Anthony
www.headhacking.com</</body>

Permalink Reply by Brenda Cheyne on April 30, 2010 at 11:29pm

Hi I have a Ni Dan in Aikido and have been training 20years. I am a hypnotherapist. I use self -hypnosis to help me move through any blocks and to help me relax and centre when training.

Aikido teaches the principal of meeting the other's (oponents energy). I am finding that during the first session interview with my clients, if I am centred (in a martial art way) this helps me listen, connect or blend as we call it in Aikido. I feel that my martial arts training helps my focus.

Permalink Reply by Francis N. J. Taman on September 5, 2010 at 4:20am

I was pleased and a bit surprised to see this group, though in retrospect it is likely the sport orientation to my martial arts background that lead to the latter reaction. I'm a brown belt in tae kwon do and am also quite interested in exploring this area. Thanks for setting it up.

Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on September 5, 2010 at 5:54am

Welcome to our hypnosis dojo! (A belated bow to Brenda and Hardy...) And Francis, I hope you enjoy our discussions; please jump right in!

Kelley

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