The List Of Brian

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"Courage is the human virtue that counts most - courage to act on
limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That is all any of
us have.

- Robert Frost

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You meet certain people along the road called life who for some
reason or another decide to help you out. They just do it because
they believe in whatever it is you are pursuing at the time.

Brian is one such person in my life.

When I first launched TFT he was the guy who read about me and
stepped up and got a class together in New York. He is a very
successful businessman and pretty much filled the class solely
with his friends and associates who trusted his judgment.

Fortunately I didn't let him down, the seminar was very well
received. In fact it was that seminar that ended up being the
infamous 9/11 seminar that was caught on DVD.

I've never looked back from that day; 5 years and 52 countries
later it's hard to imagine how important that first New York
seminar was to what has now become TFT.

Brian's been with TFT almost 5 years now and the other day I was
going through a pile of papers when I saw an email from Brian
that I had printed out from 2003.

It was a list of things he had learned from the TFT training. I
sat down and re-read it and wanted to share it with you readers.
I've edited it just slightly for readability's sake (some of the
terms were known to us but would be confusing to a new person). I
think you'll enjoy some of his observations:

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Tim - Here's principles I've learned from TFT (not in order of
importance):

- Aim small, miss small

- Strike the first thing that moves

- Don't use violence to solve social situations

- Understand the difference between life or death
confrontations and social violence

- Always focus on striking targets

- Principle based systems are superior to technique based
systems

- Never quit until the other guy is non-functional

- Always assume multiple persons in a violent confrontation

- Close distance - step through the other guy
- Always strike never block

- Have a first strike mentality - don't hesitate

- Become a sociopath in a life or death confrontation -
maim, cripple or kill

- Use kinetic versus static force

- Always have a center line focus - don't look at the face,
it will deceive you

- To be in cause state you must continually cause effects
in the other guy(s)

- Never get in the middle of a group in a multi person
violent confrontation - choose a side

- Your only weapon is your brain everything else is a tool

- In violence never focus on the other guys tools (gun,
knife, or club) focus on taking out his weapon (brain) -
simply taking away the tools and leaving the other guy
functional may cost you your life.

- Walk away from ego based confrontations - there is no
threat

- If you can use social skills to avoid violence do so, but
if it is asocial then there is only one option - violence

- You do what you train - make sure you train for the real
world

- Occasionally take away dominate side during training -
it'll make you a more complete fighter

- Become a 360 degree fighter NOT a 'one quadrant' fighter

- Give good reactions to your partner

- Don't try to 'teach someone a lesson or you may get
schooled'

- Always ask yourself "what is available to me" NOT "what
is being done to me?"

- Violence is not give and take - it should be over in 3-5
seconds

- Speed does NOT equal power

- There are no rules in violence - remove any such
boundaries or you will suffer the consequences

- Be brilliant at the basics (do your leg dynamics)

- Don't ever posture with violence

- Feign weakness to gain an unfair advantage

- Don't mimic your opponent - do the unexpected

- 2 inches of penetration is better than 20 slashes with a
knife

- Never square off with the other guy - strike when he
isn't aware or doesn't expect it

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Well that should give you all something to think about.

Remember this is Brian's list and his words. I'm making no
comment on any of this specifically so I can get YOUR
thoughts and questions.

Until next time,

Tim Larkin
Creator of Target-Focus(TM) Training
http://www.targetfocustraining.com

PS. My 'Nuclear' Weapons video series clearly defines
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