Interview 2

DAN L. C – CLOSE COMBAT STUDENT INTERVIEW

Question: Since when do you practice of close combat?
Dan L.C:  10 months with two months interruption         

Question: Have you done any other system before? 

Dan L.C: A few months of krav maga

Question: Why did you choose the close combat?

Dan L.C: A friend of mine who is a judo teacher advised me to follow Mr. Raffaelli’s classes in order to get a  real approach of close combat (as oppose as the krav maga courses that I was following before)

Question: What is the difference between close combat and martial arts or other combat sport?

 Dan L.C: Close combat teaches you the elimination of your enemy and has nothing to do with exhibition sport or competition.

Question: The close combat it is a sport for you?

Dan L.C: No

Question: Are there women in close combat?

Dan L.C: Yes

Question: Are women working with Men, where she works between her only?

Dan L.C: Women and men work together

Question: The close combat is right for everyone?

Dan L.C: Yes it is for everyone as long as you are in a good health and that you have the will to learn

Question: The close combat it is violent?

Dan L.C: Yes very much

Question: How Mr. Raffaelli Snackers working in close combat?

Dan L.C: He works hard and pushes us to our limits in most of the trainings

Question: When you train, your instructor is there training with you?

Dan L.C: Yes

Question: Your instructor is qualified in his field?

Dan L.C: Yes Indeed

Question: There are many forums and blog or talking about Raffaelli Snackers. Concerning him, many saying it is not good to the ground work and did not have much power and speed with its size. What is your opinion?

Dan L.C: I suggest to the people who write this that they come to our trainings and check this out in real life, not behind their screen.

Question: Are you working also with weapons?

Dan L.C: Yes

Question: You made the shot with firearms?

Dan L.C: Yes

Question: Do you think that Raffaelli Snackers is a good instructor?

Dan L.C: Yes Indeed

Question: What is the hardest in the practice of close combat?

Dan L.C: Many things:

The pain caused by various blows (kicks and smashes)

The fact of falling down on the ground repeatedly

The pain on the joints (wrists, ankles, nakes ect ect) due the different takes.

Question: When you hit, you really hit during your workout?

Dan L.C: Yes

Question: Your instructor asks you to become aggressive, vicious about your enemy?

Dan L.C: Always

Question: Do you work outdoors in close combat?

Dan L.C: Yes

Question: Do you use protection equipment when you practice the close combat?

Dan L.C: Very few, sometimes helmets and gloves but we are not suppose to, the goal of our instructor is to take us the point where we won’t use those anymore.

Question: do you work the left and right sides or only one side?

Dan L.C: Both side.

Question: Now that you practice the close combat, you have a different view about the danger?

Dan L.C: Yes, I am more aware of things and more ready to take the initiative of action in case of conflict.

Question: What do you think, for people who use the term close combat on the internet?

Dan L.C: Many of those people speak about self defense but actually use the term close combat it is sad for their students because they are not getting what they are paying for, they are learning something but not close combat.

Question: What is the purpose of close combat?

Dan L.C: Eliminate your enemy

Question: Raffaelli Snackers, teach you this purpose?

Dan L.C: Yes

Question: If you need to warn people who want to practice the close combat, What is your advice for him to do the real close combat?

Dan L.C: Expect that it can hurt and be painful there is no warning to be given, if they try a training and they like they will come back otherwise they won’t.

Question: Finally, you take shots during your workout and  you also give shots to your instructor during the workout?

Dan L.C: Yes we take many shots but we can return them.

Dan L.C:

PERSONAL BELIEF ABOUT CLOSE COMBAT AND OUR INSTRUCTOR:

I think that close combat is a very complete and contemporary fighting system, it is not a sport but the workout and physical conditions take a very big space in the training.

Mr Raffaelli is the only teacher I have ever had in Close Combat ( I don’t consider the krav maga I did like CC) so I cannot compare to others to tell you if he is better or not, but he is in my opinion very good:

He gives the impression when he teaches and follows his students that the only thing that matter to him is to make us evolve.

He is not greedy with his time and with the explanations he gives during or after the trainings.

He is a big guy so it’s good for us because we get use to get smashed  by someone strong (even though he doesn’t go full power with us at all time otherwise we could not keep up).

Thank you to Mr. Dan L.C

This interview was conducted by us (JUNY 2010)