| I'm often asked at social gatherings, after someone | | | | were able to badly injure him first!" |
| finds out that I teach combatives and defensive | | | | Then I show them a couple of examples of efficient, |
| shooting for a living if there are a couple of "tricks" | | | | direct and brutal ways to hurt someone trying to kill |
| that I can teach them "real quick" to help them | | | | or cripple you and the interest turns to disgust. |
| subdue an attacker without hurting him, should | | | | That's why mental training for aggression and killer |
| someone try to mug or rape them. | | | | instinct are so important. Effective self defense |
| These days, I've been asked often enough that I | | | | training isn't a subject to be taken lightly, suitable for |
| just laugh and then give an answer, but in the | | | | a coffee table book or a DVD that you watch with |
| beginning, I was amazed that someone would even | | | | the kids on a Saturday afternoon. |
| think of such a question. | | | | Maybe, the next time that I'm asked that question, I'll |
| Usually there is someone else there who thinks that | | | | just explain some nonsense about training for ten |
| he knows something about surviving street violence | | | | years to be able to catch a bullet in your teeth or |
| and he explains my laugh by saying something like | | | | develop abs of steel that even a knife blade won't |
| "There are no tricks and he can't teach you anything | | | | penetrate. |
| real quick. He's probably had to train for years to | | | | That is, after all what most people want to hear and |
| learn what he knows." | | | | maybe the real reason why so few people teach self |
| Then I laugh again and say "Well, actually that's my | | | | defense that can be even remotely described as |
| specialty--teaching people in a very short time to | | | | practical. |
| defend themselves, regardless of the situation or | | | | It kind of reminds me of a scene from one of my |
| attacker. I'm just laughing because you're trying to | | | | favorite moves, Club Paradise, where one guy says: |
| tell me that, if someone tried to mug or rape you, | | | | "So what you're saying is we're driving through the |
| your first concern would be not hurting the guy | | | | jungle in the middle of the night in a cab with some |
| trying to kill or cripple you?" | | | | guy we don't know who's wearing sunglasses in the |
| "Well, yeah. I mean, I don't want to get into trouble . | | | | dark. Good idea, why don't we just hand him our |
| . ." | | | | wallets and slit our own throats?" |
| "Listen, I'm an expert and you can believe me when I | | | | It was a funny line, but what's not funny is the fact |
| say that, as soon as someone attacks and is serious | | | | that most people do exactly that when learning self |
| about hurting you, YOU'RE ALREADY IN TROUBLE! | | | | defense or while actually trying to defend |
| You don't need to wait until afterwards when you | | | | themselves. |
| sue each other to be in trouble, you may very well | | | | If you're not willing and capable of hurting your |
| not survive the next 20 seconds! And, if someone | | | | attacker, you might as well just go ahead and hand |
| really is serious about killing or crippling you, he won't | | | | him your wallet and slit your own throat. |
| stop until he's either killed or crippled you or you | | | | |