Stress Inoculation Training

Stress Inoculation Training

Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) is the term used to represent a collection of coping strategies provided to the student. Developed in the late 1970s by Donald Meichenbaum, SIT was originally designed for use with multiple populations of individuals. Often thought of... Read more
Psychological effects of violent encounters

Psychological effects of violent encounters

Being involved in a violent encounter does not affect everyone in the same way. At an individual level, some may experience the encounter with few or no psychological consequences, while others will go through the same situation and be emotionally devastated. This... Read more
Basics of Sparring for Boxing

Basics of Sparring for Boxing

Stay at your level This is going to biggest and most important step to learning how to spar (or learning anything, really). STAY WITHIN YOUR LEVEL. 99% of all beginner problems (getting beat up, getting tired, reverting to bad habits, opponent too strong, etc) could... Read more
Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

Overcoming Fear and Anxiety Fear is a powerful and primitive human emotion. It alerts us to the presence of danger and it was critical in keeping our ancestors alive. In contrast to fear, anxiety is a general state of distress that is longer lasting than fear and is... Read more