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Hello Trish,

     I'm not an explorer, just a little cave diver. I praciced martial arts
for a few years and my opinion is that it gives you the ability to react to
emergencies by bringing up pre-acquired procedures or reflexes without delay
and without having to go through a long decision making process. I believe
that this process can be better learned by practicing martial arts because
your response must be immediate and precise.
In addition, knowing that you can deal with emergency situations somehow
prevents you from panicking. I Had personnaly two Ultralight plane engine
failures, the first one at  500 feet; I surprisingly and gratefully found
myself managing to " crash the right way " very calmly. The plane was damaged
but I had not even a bruise. My reaction to the second engine failure was
just a thought " Shit, once again ". ( I had nothing to do with the causes of
the failures) . Knowledge is what makes you better, for martial arts, diving
or anything else. Not surprisingly, I find a lot of people with the same
state of mind sharing the same passions and activities.

        Best regards

                                                             Gil.

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