10 Fast Thoughts On Self-Defense - Part 2

Greetings Friends,

Today we continue with the next five tips on self-defense. Remember life is what you make of it and sometimes you may have to hold on to it by protecting it. Here are five more principles that may help you do so.

6. Most really tough people don’t fight outside of the job or absolute emergency. Picking bar fights makes you an idiot, not tough. There’s nothing to prove there. If you do have something to prove, you won’t prove it there. It’s also a really great way to spend time incarcerated or get the crap beat out of yourself in a recreational manner.

7. Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight. I mean that both literally and figuratively. As cool as it may be to think you’re tough enough to handle any situation, you can’t outrun or out-punch bullets. (Conversely just because someone has a gun does not make them the winner in a survival situation). On a larger scale, the principle is always, “Use a bigger stick.” That means make yourself physically more powerful so that any adversary you may have to face on the street you’ll have the tools to get the job done.

8. Hit ‘em with a brick or a shoe, or a garbage can lid, or a rolled up magazine or a dinner fork for that matter. The big idea here is improvised weapons. Whatever happens to be at hand, use it, because we’re not playing for pretty points we’re playing to survive. That also means have some idea how to handle any weapon you choose to use or carry. And some idea of how to pick and choose an improvised weapon.

9. Understand how to generate power. Any idiot can throw a punch, but if you know how to generate the power that makes a punch really effective, then you begin to become really effective in fighting. The principle behind developing power is more important than the actual technique you apply it with. If you understand that, you’ll be able to punch, kick, grapple or use a weapon with extreme strength.

10. If they offer it… break it off or gouge it out. This one applies especially for women. Fight dirty. Break a finger, rip an ear, gouge an eye, attack any soft and sensitive, vulnerable area of the body. This ain’t pretty, but it can be a good equalizer. Do NOT however think that just because you understand how to do that it will equalize you in a fight against a vastly physically superior opponent. If they are 10 times your strength, you’re probably out of luck, but it may buy you time to escape and save your own life.


Martial arts have a long tradition of trying to sell the idea that, “If you just learn our secret technique you don’t need any physical ability, you’ll be able to defeat any attacker.” In my opinion that’s one of the worst lies ever propagated in the physical training world. All authentic martial systems take into account a stronger more enduring body with effective fighting technique.

You must have both technique and strength/endurance. Regardless of what anybody else tells you there’s no reason not to have all three. By the way, if you want to learn how to get the most out of your physical body and how to train it to become more than you thought it ever could be, especially in regard to combat, then be sure to pick up Super Strength & Endurance for Martial Arts, It’s the most powerful book of its kind of physical training.

If you don’t have it, you’re not fulfilling your potential.


PRAYER REQUEST AND THANKS

One more thing… to those of you who pray, thank you again for the continued prayers for my father. Yesterday we found out that a friend of my wife’s 3 month old daughter was in a severe accident. Whether or not the baby will live is still up in the air. She was life-flighted to the nearest major hospital in their state and is on life support. Her name is Brielle. Prayer has power and can change things. These things really make you think about how blessed you are no matter how tough your current situation is. Please pray for them.