tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481846193402660969.post3272662732958153958..comments2023-03-22T07:52:21.435+00:00Comments on KMPB- Krav Maga Practitioner Blog: Unique Practitioners Part II: Russell Brotherston- G4Lance Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12769887736788865972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481846193402660969.post-3047340614091381562014-02-27T17:59:05.019+00:002014-02-27T17:59:05.019+00:00errm that's exactly the point I made Lance.......errm that's exactly the point I made Lance.....<br /><br />pointing a gun at an armed person shows intent to use lethal force and will be answered with lethal force....we are not in a country where this is the norm we were <br />talking of breakaway skills, not armed responses<br /><br />can you elaborate on this: "Over here we regard the safety of carers as less important than being perceived at "nice"."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481846193402660969.post-56849842113607029152014-02-27T17:30:14.743+00:002014-02-27T17:30:14.743+00:00Agree with nearly all of your comment but I feel y...Agree with nearly all of your comment but I feel you have missed the point slightly. The care organisations and their management actively discourage self defence training as they are afraid of bad reputations and/ or liitgation. They would rather leave the staff vulnerable than train them how to defend themselves. In the US, if you have mental issues but point a gun at cops, they will kill you. Not necessarily your "fault" but neither is it the cops' fault. Over here we regard the safety of carers as less important than being perceived at "nice".<br /><br />I was a cop and our training was poxy too. A lot of breakaway shite, but also how to restrain only using armlocks. Whole thing was piss poor. For such a compassionate, level headed guy, Russell is the living emodiment of "be nice, until it's time to not be nice."<br />Lance Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769887736788865972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481846193402660969.post-81448827103351996142014-02-27T10:16:49.012+00:002014-02-27T10:16:49.012+00:00Just wanted to add some notes to the blog if that’...Just wanted to add some notes to the blog if that’s okay?<br /><br />I think its important to remember than when working with and supporting people with severe enduring or acute mental health issues, a knowledge of the ‘condition’ and illness is imperative. It takes a lot of training and experience to develop the skills required to be affective in your role, and to remain client focussed in this.<br /><br />Along with the natural ability to support others through crisis, excellent communication skills, being empathic and nurturing, becoming an advocate to protect the vulnerable and generally ability to ‘help’ others reach their goals.<br /><br />Russ clearly has all of these. He demonstrates it in his teaching of Krav Maga and is evidently a ‘good bloke’.<br /><br />To work for 11 years in this ‘industry’ and encounter violence just the once demonstrates how good he must be at the above in my opinion.<br /><br />But let’s not forget, paranoid schizophrenia, hyper mania and endogenous depression can cause people to behave in unpredictable ways, often with unclear thoughts or even dangerously influenced thoughts (auditory hallucination, delusions, severe low mood) this in itself may create violence to self or others. An awareness of this, proper planning, sufficient trained nursing staff (not just RMN, I mean all staff) and proper funding to fantastic third sector groups and charities. <br /><br />Sadly extreme violence and assault often occur when people are seriously unwell (or seriously bad), I would totally agree that the breakaway techniques shown to health care staff are inadequate, however I can see how the “1 assault in 11 years of work” attitude would make for a 1 day per annum of very basic training mentality to tick the boxes of a reactive, not a proactive health care provider.<br /><br />As for the place of safety, this is now a lounge suite in Warwickshire. As a police officer previously Lance, I’m sure you are familiar with sections of the Mental Health Act 1983 where if a police officer witnesses or has concerns for a person in public, they can be ‘arrested’ and moved to a place of safety for their safety or the safety of others. Now I would much rather this meant taking my relative to a hospital than a custody cell which used to occur (check deaths in custody of mentally ill people). The addition of a suite, within a mental health hospital seems like a much better option, allowing for assessment of MH needs to take place in an allotted time frame.<br /><br /> I would love to see KMM in the big healthcare providers, teaching breakaway and self-defence, I’ve even raised it with the instructors, that they should design a package and scout for contracts. But these are big groups of people, thousands per year need training locally, and in the day of the court/claim, the package provided needs to stand up to legal testing….which as Russel points out, does the current training do this if it’s not possible to vary or stray your ‘attack’ in learning?<br /><br />I have heard of incidents where people use the furniture as weapons in hospital, we must have fire extinguishers located around for obvious reasons. But they can be stored safely and secured, is this a cost cutting exercise again? React when a member of staff is injured rather than prevent this happening? Seriously unwell people and seriously ‘bad’ people (see borderline personality disorder and psychopath here if you like) have the potential to be violent.<br /><br />The average late night in a town centre on a weekend, violence is MUCH more prevalent, this is where we need our fight or flight, our self-defence, our training and skills. I admire the decision to not press charges for the attack Russel, this was a poorly person, reacting whilst unwell I assume? On the streets…its different isn’t it?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com