Brit Police Getting Moves From The Matrix.....

Drizzt · May 20, 2002, 10:06 AM

Copyright 2002 Nationwide News Pty Limited
The Daily Telegraph(Sydney)

May 20, 2002, Monday

SECTION: WORLD; Pg. 20

LENGTH: 123 words

HEADLINE: Bobbies in Keanu's moves

SOURCE: MATP

BODY:
LONDON: British police officers are being trained in a form of self-defence employed by the star Keanu Reeves in hit action movie The Matrix. The Canadian developer of the Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response course will teach the skills to officers from 22 forces.

Tony Blauer's technique inspired some of the action in the 1999 science fiction movie filmed in Sydney.

Officers will be taught how to turn defensive reactions -- such as the urge to cover eyes or other organs -- into an "open-handed blow" to the assailant.

Constable Simon Rogers of Warwickshire police said: "We do The Matrix drill. You know the bit where Keanu Reeves stands still and just moves his body as the bullets fly past him."

LOAD-DATE: May 19, 2002

Kharn · May 20, 2002, 01:45 PM

So their training will include drunken boxing?
(Watch the computer screen during the training scene)

Kharn

therookie · May 20, 2002, 01:49 PM

But will they be able so say ...... 'Whoa....'

or ' I know Kung-Fu'....

Skorzeny · May 20, 2002, 02:13 PM

So the British police will use Wu-Shu, the Beijing Opera training school version? I just had the mental image of the Bobby (in his full regalia) doing a swinging body kick.

Who needs guns and body armor when you can dodge bullets?

Skorzeny

Azrael256 · May 20, 2002, 07:46 PM

No, not Kung-Fu... Wang Fu...

Justin · May 24, 2002, 04:36 PM

Neo:
"I know Kung-Fu!"
Morpheus:
"Show me."

The idea of a British Bobby doing the whole rooftop-dodging-bullets move just seems somehow so Monty Python to me.

Simonh · May 24, 2002, 05:46 PM

Well, you know they're not going to say "We need guns...lots of guns."

KSFreeman · May 24, 2002, 06:53 PM

"We need white flags . . . lots of white flags."

Fred Hansen · May 24, 2002, 08:52 PM

"We need Vaseline, lots of Vaseline."

:barf:

Lofland · May 25, 2002, 08:23 AM

Drizzt, could you please provide us with a link to that story? It's funny, but totally inaccurate. Tony Blauer is indeed going to London to train 17(not 22) different agencies in his SPEAR System Certification course, according to an email I got from his site this week. However, his SPEAR System has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Matrix bullet-dodging moves. It's actually a very practical system that a lot of Firing Line members would appreciate, since emphasizes what works in the real world, just like a lot of the best firearms training.

This whole article is tongue-in-cheek, and the constable must've been making a joke. If you want to ask Tony himself about his system, feel free to post a message on his forum, the Mental Edge forum on www.mma.tv.. You can read about his system at www.tonyblauer.com, or in a recent cover story in Black Belt magazine.

Gomez · May 27, 2002, 02:20 PM

Lofland is dead-on. Tony Blauer's stuff is top-notch training. While I've not had the privledge of training with Tony, I have viewed many of his video tapes and have incorporated several of his training drills and ideas into my training. I've also used his tactical SPEAR in more force-on-force encounters than I can count and used it "for real" on the job several times.

Utterly un-Matrix-y, realworld, solid, well researched stuff.

Gomez

May 20, 2002, 10:06 AM	#1
Drizzt Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2000 Location: Moscow on the Colorado, TX Posts: 2,560	Brit Police Getting Moves From The Matrix..... Copyright 2002 Nationwide News Pty Limited The Daily Telegraph(Sydney) May 20, 2002, Monday SECTION: WORLD; Pg. 20 LENGTH: 123 words HEADLINE: Bobbies in Keanu's moves SOURCE: MATP BODY: LONDON: British police officers are being trained in a form of self-defence employed by the star Keanu Reeves in hit action movie The Matrix. The Canadian developer of the Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response course will teach the skills to officers from 22 forces. Tony Blauer's technique inspired some of the action in the 1999 science fiction movie filmed in Sydney. Officers will be taught how to turn defensive reactions -- such as the urge to cover eyes or other organs -- into an "open-handed blow" to the assailant. Constable Simon Rogers of Warwickshire police said: "We do The Matrix drill. You know the bit where Keanu Reeves stands still and just moves his body as the bullets fly past him." LOAD-DATE: May 19, 2002 __________________ "That a free citizen should have to go before a committee, hat in hand, and pray for permission to bear arms - fantastic! Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats." Robert Heinlein - Red Planet

May 20, 2002, 02:13 PM	#4
Skorzeny Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 1999 Posts: 1,938	So the British police will use Wu-Shu, the Beijing Opera training school version? I just had the mental image of the Bobby (in his full regalia) doing a swinging body kick. Who needs guns and body armor when you can dodge bullets? Skorzeny __________________ For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Sun Tzu

May 24, 2002, 06:53 PM	#8
KSFreeman Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2001 Location: Lafayette, Indiana--American-occupied America Posts: 5,418	"We need white flags . . . lots of white flags." __________________ "Arguments of policy must give way to a constitutional command." Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 602 (1980).

May 24, 2002, 08:52 PM	#9
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	"We need Vaseline, lots of Vaseline." :barf: __________________ "This started out as a documentary on gun violence in America, but the largest mass murder in our history was just committed -- without the use of a single gun! Not a single bullet fired! No bomb was set off, no missile was fired, no weapon (i.e., a device that was solely and specifically manufactured to kill humans) was used. A boxcutter! -- I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand gun control laws would not have prevented this massacre. What am I doing?" Michael Moore

May 27, 2002, 02:20 PM	#11
Gomez Senior Member Join Date: May 26, 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 297	Lofland is dead-on. Tony Blauer's stuff is top-notch training. While I've not had the privledge of training with Tony, I have viewed many of his video tapes and have incorporated several of his training drills and ideas into my training. I've also used his tactical SPEAR in more force-on-force encounters than I can count and used it "for real" on the job several times. Utterly un-Matrix-y, realworld, solid, well researched stuff. Gomez __________________ "Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." --Kruger & Dunning

May 20, 2002, 01:45 PM	#2
Kharn Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,531	So their training will include drunken boxing? (Watch the computer screen during the training scene) Kharn

May 20, 2002, 01:49 PM	#3
therookie Member Join Date: February 15, 2002 Posts: 72	But will they be able so say ...... 'Whoa....' or ' I know Kung-Fu'....

May 24, 2002, 04:36 PM	#6
Justin Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2000 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 1,641	Neo: "I know Kung-Fu!" Morpheus: "Show me." The idea of a British Bobby doing the whole rooftop-dodging-bullets move just seems somehow so Monty Python to me.

May 24, 2002, 05:46 PM	#7
Simonh Junior Member Join Date: May 24, 2002 Location: Superior, WI Posts: 1	Well, you know they're not going to say "We need guns...lots of guns."

May 25, 2002, 08:23 AM	#10
Lofland Member Join Date: May 23, 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 37	Drizzt, could you please provide us with a link to that story? It's funny, but totally inaccurate. Tony Blauer is indeed going to London to train 17(not 22) different agencies in his SPEAR System Certification course, according to an email I got from his site this week. However, his SPEAR System has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Matrix bullet-dodging moves. It's actually a very practical system that a lot of Firing Line members would appreciate, since emphasizes what works in the real world, just like a lot of the best firearms training. This whole article is tongue-in-cheek, and the constable must've been making a joke. If you want to ask Tony himself about his system, feel free to post a message on his forum, the Mental Edge forum on www.mma.tv.. You can read about his system at www.tonyblauer.com, or in a recent cover story in Black Belt magazine.

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