Woof Zinja:
Your post resonates of many conversations I have had with my good friend Dogzilla, who as many of you may know, is a federal prison guard. His duties including running the kitchen (ex-USMarine chef with the motto of "Death from Within!") and cell extraction and similar duties.
Dogzilla would often come to class with questions that were "different". (e.g. "How would you fight a naked, very muscular 250lb man covered with soap who had a razor blade clenched between his teeth?") I learned to answer "What happened at work today Mike?" Some of the best learning I have had in my martial path was triggered by questions and conversations with him.
Mike too was concerned about going in to work after a Gathering. Something as simple as a hearty shot to the thumb meant that operating keys was difficult for him. Your point in this regard is appreciated and shared.
Although we seem to have a goodly following amongst prison guards
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and prison guards tend to have sufficient experience in the adrenal state
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I think the bulk of our fighters are men who appreciate having a place to morally air it out in the adrenal state-- especially in the context of "No judges, no referees, no trophies , , , one rule only, be friends at the end of the day".
Concerning your point about intent on maintaining the range of the ASP:
1) Although many of our people enjoy working on closing technically I would like to point out that we do have plenty of people enter a fight with the mission of presenting the close as well, and, forgive me the advertisement, this too is part of DBMA
2) Any thing you would care to share from your experience in this regard?
In closing, I would express the thought people usually do not pause to imagine or appreciate what it takes to spend one's working day in the presence of darkness, and handling it from a place of light, and then going home to one's family as a sane person. My humble thanks for what you do so that the rest of us do not have to face it.
Woof,
Crafty Dog