It’s Not Supposed to Look Like a Fight
A drill earns its place by the skill it develops and what you can do with that skill when the conditions change. Five questions for more purposeful, adaptable training.
Alan Baker
More Than a Certification: Building PRT Instructors Through Proximity and Consistency
The Capable Academy · PRT Instructor Development More Than a Certification Building PRT instructors through proximity, consistency, and intelligent education. By Sifu Alan Baker Instructor development requires practical work, thoughtful …
The Gap Between Knowing and Doing: How Capability Is Built
Sifu Journal · Capability & Learning The Gap Between Knowing and Doing: How Capability Is Built Information matters. But how do we turn what we learn into something we can …
Judgment in Martial Arts: Are You Training It?
Physical skill does not automatically create good judgment. Alan Baker explains why observation, timing, positioning, and decision-making deserve deliberate attention in martial arts training.
La Mano Negra: Training the Blind Side in Keysi Fighting Method
Capability Academy • Keysi Fighting Method • Intelligent Optics La Mano Negra Training the blind side so primary vision, peripheral recognition, protective movement, and intelligent action remain connected under pressure. …
The Fundamentals Must Evolve With You
After reconnecting with Master Rickson Gracie for a private session in Vero Beach, Alan Baker reflects on the depth of Jiu-Jitsu fundamentals, invisible mechanics, lineage, and why a living art must continue to grow with the practitioner.
Predator Alert: Training the Eyes to Stay Online Under Pressure
A field-tested examination of Predator Alert in Keysi Fighting Method: how to maintain visual awareness, articulate the Pensador, and keep the larger environment online under close-range pressure.
When the Fundamentals Have to Change
A monthly range session forced Alan Baker to reconsider a familiar handgun grip. The result offers a larger lesson about adaptation, coaching, and the continuing path toward mastery.
The Capable Life: Education Should Change What You Can Do
Education should do more than inform you. Alan Baker explains how self-education, practical application, feedback, and humility build a more capable life.
When Less Becomes More: Learning to Become an Intuitive Driver
After years of training with Joe Autera, Alan Baker finally began to understand what it means to feel your way through a driving problem. This reflection from Pocono Raceway explores intuition, simplicity, protective driving, and the lifelong work of becoming more capable.
