What To Expect When You "Least Expect It""

Plus, the non-lethal fantasy put to rest



The time you will be attacked you will most likely be:



Distracted

Out numbered

Alone

There will be no back up

You will be in the fight of your life.

Specific Defenses don't work.



1. Nothing you do will work. Last night one of the guys who train
with me is a Port Authority police officer. We were discussing the
merits of Pepper Spray. The common misconception is that the pepper
spray will end the assault. As you may or may not know, a lot of
emotionally disturbed persons (EDP) will just walk off the pepper
spray. Most times, it only serves to enrage them further. Now what?
Should you throw out your pepper spray? Of course not! Don't expect
the pepper spray to end the fight. DO expect the pepper spray to
afford you an opening to inflict greater damage or escape. Even if
the spray simply causes your target to blink, it's done its job. All
it has to do is create an opening, a little hesitation in your
assailant's plan of attack; just enough to let you seize the
opportunity, gain the advantage or escape.

When you train in hand to hand, always train with multiple, lethal
strikes. Don't depend on every technique you throw to hit its
intended target or end the fight. You will miss a lot more than you
hit. That's why you train with OVER KILL. You should go about two or
three steps past what you would normally perceive as the "end" of
the fight. Remember, it's better to be pleasantly surprised that
gravely disappointed.

2. You will not feel how you feel right now. In fact, your body and
mind will due a wide variety of things to help you deal with the
hormone induced stress. Tunnel vision, audio exclusion (you won't
hear everything), slow motion perception, loss of finite motor
skills and your reasoning skills will disappear. Don't think of this
a problem. Understand that your body is preparing its self for
battle. The same as it has done since Kane killed Abel.

3. You will act with single purpose. Think about the time(s) you
locked your keys in your car. How many times did you try the handle?
Even when you knew it was locked. Heck, we press an elevator button
repeatedly when we are impatient. Imagine if your life depended on
it! Simple effective methods are tailor made to enable you to
operate with in this specific behavior. When you study a martial
art, the feeling is "The more moves, the better" Sort of a more bang
for the buck. Don't be concerned with what, just how effective.

4. You will be in the worst place imaginable. Your home, the parking
garage; chances are you will be distracted. That is, if your
assailant is doing his job. The terrain will be cluttered and
covered with "body unfriendly" objects like bottles, concrete and
asphalt.

5. You will be distracted. There is no doubt that the more aware you
are, the less likely you will be assaulted. Expect to be surprised.
Even the most experienced martial artists get startled by the family
cat.

6. Your assailant will have a distinct advantage. Whether it's a
weapon, accomplices or sheer size; you're picked as a likely target
because your attacker will think he has a great chance of imposing
his will on you.

No matter how hard you train, these reactions are hard wired into
you. That's why you need to work with in the parameters of what you
will be capable of accomplishing.

Now for the good news….

You will be able to absorb a tremendous amount of damage. There are
numerous reports of people being shot and stabbed multiple times,
surviving the assault and even driving themselves to get help. I
have seen video of a 110 pound police woman get shot 2 times, fight
back and surviving to patrol another day. I have also heard first
hand accounts of a 220 pound man crumble at the first sign of gun or
knife play; only to be pronounced dead at the scene. Do your own
research. You can begin by reading the accounts of Congressional
Medal of Honor winners. All of these people have been shot and
stabbed multiple times, performed amazing feats and some even
SURVIVED before they died. Take Ben Salomon for example. On July 6th
and 7th, 1944, during a battle on the island of Saipan, Ben
Salomon's Army surgical tent became overrun by a Japanese infantry.
According to eye witnesses, Ben shot the first one who had bayoneted
a wounded American lying on a stretcher. Two more charged through
the tent entrance. Ben clubbed them both with a rifle, then shot one
and bayoneted the other. Four more began to crawl under the sides of
the tent. He shot one, bayoneted one, stabbed another with a knife,
and head butted the fourth. Next, Ben ran out of the tent to get
help to defend the aid station. He quickly realized that the
situation was hopeless since the Japanese force had overwhelmed the
two American battalions. Pockets of American resistance fought on
inside the perimeter, but the bulk of the surviving American
soldiers were being pushed back toward Tanapag village. Salomon
returned to the tent and ordered his aid men to evacuate the wounded
while he stayed behind to hold off the enemy and cover their
withdrawal. Salomon then grabbed a rifle and fought on with the few
Americans still resisting inside the perimeter. Eventually he manned
a machine gun after its gunner was killed. That was the last time
anyone saw Ben Salomon alive. After the battle, Ben Salomon's body
was found with 72 bullets in it. Doctors confirmed that he incurred
at least 24 of the wounds BEFORE he died. Not bad for a dentist from
Wisconsin.

What's the secret, what's the difference? What makes people like Ben
Salomon continue to go forward?

ATTITUDE!

No matter who you are you will have one of to reactions. One will
get you killed; the other may save your life. If your reaction
is "Oh God, why is this happening to me" you will surely end up in
the box. But if your reaction is "I'm taking you with me you SOB!!!"
You've got a good chance of making it home. First, you have to
assume you're already dead and anything you do is an improvement
over being dead. Don't complicate this issue. It can't be
rationalized. Rationalization only serves denial of the truth. And
Denial will get you killed.

You can use this information when you're training. If you are doing
weapons training and the knife touches you, YOU ARE NOT
AUTOMATICALLY & MAGICALLY DEAD. You may be cut or shot, but you are
far from dead. Remember, nobody dies in training.
But be prepared. Know that you will have to fight, even if you're
injured. Don't stop. When you do this you will stop at the moment
something doesn't work out.

Nothing will go smoothly and it NEVER LOOKS GOOD. Save that for
Hollywood. It's a struggle. It's Ugly and painful. You want to be as
ruthless and as nasty as fast as possible. Anything less reduces
your chances for success. It's that simple. The longer you prolong
the fight, the less your chances of success. Train and act as if
your life depends on it, because it does.



"Non-lethal" technique or methods designed to subdue your assailant
with out doing significant damage are a fantasy designed to play on
your sense of compassion and fair play. If you're a civilian being
assaulted in the street or a soldier in the heat of battle, there is
no place for it. The only application of non-lethal technique is in
law enforcement only to be used on compliant and semi-compliant
subjects. If you happen to end a situation and your target remains
alive, it was his lucky day. But it was your choice to stop, not his.



Why are the methods that came out of the early 1900's are so
effective. First off, we will never have the opportunity to "test"
methods like these on the scale that they have been tested.
Technology has changed the way we wage war, so the instances of hand
to hand combat significantly less. But make no mistake, times and
technology may change but hand to hand, mano y mano will never
change. Unless we grow a third arm, we are still basically the same
since the first homo sapien sapien walked the earth. New training
methods may appear but the opportunity to test their validity is
less available than the world war I and world war II era.



No matter what you do…it must be instinctive, swift and powerful.
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