The Brain and the Revat Reflex Training
"The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is the most complex organ. In oversimplified terms, we have three basic parts to our brain. The left brain is generally used for reading, writing, speaking and logic. The right brain is often associated with pictures, music, art, creativity and imagination. The subconscious brain is the most powerful brain because it includes the primitive brain. The primitive brain is most like an animal’s brain. It does not think, but rather reacts, fights, flees, or freezes. The subconscious brain determines how we react in pressure situations. The subconscious brain affects our physical actions and reactions.
Techniques are stored in the left side of the brain. In traditional martial arts, practitioners train their techniques repetitively over many years of daily practice. However, only repetitive training is not enough to turn techniques into reflexes and move them from the left side of the brain to the subconscious brain. It requires to ‘let go’ of the predetermined techniques and allow your body to ‘just react’; let things happen without consciously interfering. Only very few Masters of martial arts experience the shift from the left brain to the subconscious brain. For the majority of practitioners, this concept will always be foreign and even in theory hard to grasp and understand. It requires an above average willingness to learn and understand, a certain open-mindedness to new ideas and prioritize your training and education.
In today’s world of instant gratification, these are very rare traits. Therefore, teaching curriculums have to be updated and modernized in order to be applicable under modern circumstances. At the same time, being a student of something still requires time, effort, willingness to learn and daily practice of the new material learned. Modern teaching programs do not eliminate the student’s learning experience that comes from trial and error and the time invested to advance. This does not only apply to martial arts and self-defense. It also applies to college programs such as Business, Finances, professional sports and anything else.
In the beginning stages of learning Revat, the Reflex Training offers a structure for the beginner to practice the movements learned in the previous levels. In order to advance to a higher level, a practitioner needs to shift the focus of the training away from “doing” to “being”. What does that mean? It means taking the techniques and movements from the left brain, getting creative with them (right brain) and ultimately moving everything to the subconscious brain. All of that is accomplished in the Revat Reflex Training.
Therefore, the Revat Reflex Training is essential to your ability to react in a split second effectively, appropriately, and efficiently when you find yourself in any stress situation..."
