Jeet Kune Do

My thoughts on the Fight Science  Segment.

Fight Science the Reality of Television Meets Science

Hats Off to the National Geographic Channel,

Great Show!  Great Message! Not so Great Science!

All the demos of the scientific effectiveness of the techniques demonstrated were great!  Yet not reality based.

You may ask yourself why is that?

There were gadgets and gizmo’s measuring pounds per square inch and a scientific evaluation of how much pressure would be needed to create damage to vital targets such as the eyes and throat.

There Was A Major Problem

The reality of the matter is that no one is just going to lay there and let you do those techniques to them.  There is always going to be some sort of response associated with any technique.

Especially if the would be attacker were truly getting their eyes pushed in or throat crushed.  They would naturally react by immediately jerking their heads away from the pain or pressure, diminishing the techniques effectiveness.

Let’s be real folks, no one is just going to lay there and let you gouge their eyes out or crush their larynx unless they’re comatose.

Another Great Example

One of my favorite segments of the show was the strike to the pubic bone or pelvis.  How you could break someone’s pubic bone with a simple palm strike.  Mind you the person doing the strike looked like he weighed over 200lbs as well.  Size and speed should be taken into account when talking to the audience about the power and effectiveness of a strike.

The scientist on the show definitely need to relay this to the audience.  The reason that they should do this, is so that they don’t give the general public a false belief of the effectiveness of what is being shown.

The reality of combat effectiveness should be presented especially when talking about realistic self defense meeting science.

Another thing to note, the person was striking a dummy that was held in place allowing all the force to be absorbed by the training dummy once again.

For example, if you hit a person he or she is not going to be held in place unless they’re trapped against a wall.  Whenever you strike something that is held in place it increases the intensity of the strike.

Again great entertainment is not to be mistaken with absolute knowledge in the martial way and end all martial arts techniques.  Remember TV is entertainment not reality.