Reality First - Combat, Violence and Aggession

Teaching of combat and violence for stage and fight direction, based upon the teachings of John Waller, which have been used for over 40 years. This approach has been used by a number of fight teachers and directors. It is currently actively being taught by Jonathan Waller, Kristina Soeborg, Rodney Cottier, Jonathan Mitchell as well as many others, in the UK, and across the world from Italy to Mexico...

Tuesday 16 July 2013

Communication, conflict, aggression and Violence

People communicate, we are social primates, we are wired for communication, so even when we think we are not communicating we generally are. Even the act of consciously intending to not communicate is communication as we are so geared to do it, opting out is something strong. When people communicate they do so to change their environment, to manipulate, to achieve their own ends through the assistance of others. 

When individuals or groups have intentions that that they are trying to communicate there will conflict....
Aggression and the violence that it may be connected to is a form of communication. There are fewer more forceful ways to convey or achieve your intentions and goals than through their application.

It needs to be understood that we all communicate in many different ways, many of them we and unaware of, both vocally and through body language. By developing an understanding of the unconscious ways we communicate and by understanding that violence and aggression are forms of communication people can develop an improved understanding of how to convey it. 

They can also understand how conflict leading to aggression and violence occurs and develops to gain a better insight to why they may or may not need to be communicated through their characters.

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