HARD FAST I WIN

In The Very First Second of the video – I break the attacker’s hand, elbow, and either break his jaw or crush his throat – under 1 Second.

In The Very First Second of an attack –you ONLY Have 1 second to take Decisive action and make a change for the better.

In The Very First Second – you have to be physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of applying what you’ve been taught under what can only be considered Extreme and unforseen circumstances.

In The Very First Second – only your ability to apply your knowledge of how and where to strike, and instantly choosing the Best from a wide variety of attack & defense techniques, your will be the only thing that passes for a guarantee in a threatening situation.

There has to be a very clear difference between ‘self defense’ and Real World Fighting. Self defense, things that a person can do to ‘get someone off of them’ is fine for that one time when things get out of hand, or when someone is testing some social boundaries, but when someone has a Serious Intent on doing you some Serious Harm, you need to be Equally Serious in your Intent to protect yourself. And regrettably, that usually means hurting Them. FIRST. Badly.

This video shows a very wide variety of techniques, each situation ending in roughly 1.5 seconds, from single full-bodyweight kicks to the ribs, stationary and jumping kicks to the head, to multiple fist/elbow/knee combinations from every direction. There’s a lof of ‘bob and weave’, ducking/dodging, and I think everyone shows a decent sense of spacial relationships (their environment) and meditative awareness (a cool head) in the midst of some fast moving bodies – punches, elbows, and kicks flying at each other’s heads! Close quarters in-fighting is the name of the game. Hard Fast, I Win.Go at www.shootingauthority.com to see more.

Taking it a bit further, even with all of that stuff going on physically and mentally, you can still see the Real, Orthodox, Kung Fu Trapping/Joint-Locking, Throwing techniques, and in some instances what I can only call Extreme Acccuracy, and absolutely phenomenal timing. There’s a lot of talk in the ‘modern combatives’ circles that traditional martial arts are all about looking pretty, feeling the energy, becoming one with nature, etc. I’m looking at this video and saying NO, these things are Not very pretty – pretty goddamned brutal in fact – and the only peace that I see are the pieces flying off of their faces.

It goes without saying that you need to properly train your techniques to make them effective, and you only use techniques and methods that you’re personally capable of and have extensively tested in your fight training.

And, of COURSE no one’s going full contact in the video, but that’s the Only thing that isn’t happening 100%. Protective gear doesn’t really protect that much (I’ve accidently knocked people out even with light contact), it gets in the way of a Lot of technique, and regardless of what gear you’re wearing, it’s going to come down to how Much you hit the other person vs. them hitting You; that is, you may be weaker, they may be stronger, so unless everything is perfectly “equal”, full contact fighting with gear just proves how much damage you’re willing to accept just as part of your training. Me? I’m looking at the video & I don’t care What the weight or power disparity is, all I know is that if Anyone gets hit with the combinations that I’m seeing the ‘defender’ use on the ‘attacker’, he’s going down. It may be sooner, it may be later, but regardless of the weight/power issues, given enough time or in this case opportunity (Proper Training) it’s ON. It’s GOT to be Hard and Fast so that I can Win.

Most people wait until something bad happens, and then either really wish that they’d prepared in advance, or they call someone else to do the work for them. If you haven’t specifically trained to really fight, and fight at a high level, you haven’t got a chance against the person who does, good guys and bad. I admit, it was the physically artistic expression and philosophy that pulled me in, but it’s been the hardcore, down and dirty Hard Fast I Win approach that’s kept me alive all these years doing private security and bodyguard work.