Asocial Violence vs. Anti-Social Behavior
(and other questions)
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‘The smart ones ask when they don’t know,
and sometimes when they do’
-Malcolm Forbes
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I’m going to answer a few questions in this issue. Let’s start with Tony’s:
(Q) Dear TFT group,
Correct me if I am wrong, but aren’t the techniques of martial arts the principles their creators made to defend one’s self? Since everybody is different, everyone will find it difficult to perfect a principle that would work perfectly for the grandmaster. This is evident to a number of testimonials you have posted. But principles that work because everyone can pick them up are because they are based on scientific laws, not one’s individual form. It figures why there is hundreds of martial arts each work best for their grandmaster at that time. There was one martial art that was based on scientific principles, and it is known as Wing Chun, Bruce Lee’s first martial art he learnt from grandmaster Yip Mann. What you learn in it isn’t technique, but countering, which is easy to learn but hard to master. I would like you to comment on this, if you can, on your next newsletter, this may make things clear for customers like my self on how your products work to everyday people.
‘kick arse…take names’
Tony T
(A) Tony what you are describing is the number of ‘legacy systems’ out in the market. A ‘legacy system’ is one that was developed with certain moves and applications that require you to mimic the way the instructor performs the moves. Your success or failure in such ‘legacy systems’ has a good deal to do with your genetic make up.
If you are genetically predisposed to be a good kicker, grappler or puncher you tend to drift to those arts that instruct that approach. These arts tend to place a good deal of emphasis on the physical dynamics portion of training (basically, how well you can mimic the moves) rather than the results (did that last move create an injury in the other guy?).
A principal-based fighting system like TFT is concerned with one thing and one thing only… results. Understanding the fact that all humans possess a central nervous system and that it is extremely vulnerable to trauma places the focus on causing injury to the body that interrupts the central nervous system. This simple focus allows you to use this information regardless of your physical limitations.
We have successfully instructed thousands of clients in TFT with all sorts of genetic limitations (most recently we instructed a blind client). When the goal is based on verifiable results, your ability to successfully use violence as a survival tool becomes infinitely easier. I cover this subject in depth in my ‘Nuclear Weapon’ DVD’s which I’d highly recommend to truly see what I’m talking about (http://www.targetfocusweapons.com).
(Q) Dino asks me to clarify my newsletter on the young Marine in Fallujah who shot the ‘wounded’ insurgent:
What about raping and torturing the people on the other side, do you support that as a means towards destroying the enemy? I believe this is what they call PsyOps? This would destroy the moral of the opponent. What if their children are tortured to death and raped on camera as well, this could really break the enemy’s will to fight back. What is your expert opinion?
Dino
(A) I got a couple of emails like Dino’s about my newsletter ‘Why We All Can’t Just Get Along’. I basically said that we as a nation still had a long way to go in understanding the facts… that the way you win a war is by killing the enemy. Dino has now gone on a tangent about rape, torture etc, which was not what I was advocating in my newsletter.
But my answer to Dino’s question is I don’t advocate such measures. One of my last jobs in the military was in a ‘human intelligence unit’ of which one of the ’specialties’ of the unit was interrogation. What I learned during my tenure there was that, beyond the moral objections, the cold hard facts are that such measures (as you described) proved to be counterproductive in the long run. Any short gains in advantage from such methods are usually vastly outweighed by the numerous disadvantages.
Even the recent ridiculous actions by some US military prison guards at the camps, although relatively juvenile, were very counter-productive. But in that case, I rarely heard anyone ask the question just who those ‘poor prisoners’ were in the pictures and what actions might they have taken on the Iraqi/Afgan people prior to their capture.
The reason I bring this point up is because these same issues come up when I prepare clients for asocial violence. Most confuse asocial with anti-social behavior. For clarification, asocial violence is unavoidable — the dirtbag is going to jump you and
do violence without ANY provocation. Anti-social behavior is the obnoxious drunk who harasses you at a baseball game and instead of you leaving or getting security to handle the situation, you
opt to take matters into your own hands.
Asocial does not give you an option to use violence. Either you use it… or violence will be done to you. Anti-social behavior gives YOU the choice to disengage — which is ALWAYS the smart move. Unfortunately people often confuse the two, treating asocial as anti-social and vice versa.
Our forces are not out ‘arresting’ burglars or recidivist criminals; they are destroying an enemy that would use any means necessary to do the same or worse to them. Luckily the guys in the field seem to have that approach to the war.
You should train to deal with the asocial violence of the sociopath… and KNOW the difference… so you don’t participate in the avoidable anti-social behavior of others.
(Q) JF Writes:
Hello Tim:
There are no secrets. True, authentic traditional Chinese Martial Arts were created for and serve only one purpose. Namely, they destroy the human form. Period. All the ‘artsy fartsy’ fortune cookie bullshit psychobabble in the world cannot obscure this straightforward fact. If people are looking for general health conditioning … they would be well advised to ride a bike, run or power walk, and swim for about 20 minutes each and 3 times per week. There, it’s just that simple. REAL martial arts put the emphasis where it properly belongs, on the very first word … MARTIAL. It is first and foremost War conducted in an artful (skillful) way and NOT artistic expression in a martial medium. To earn dangerous hands a person MUST engage in dangerous practice.
Cordially,
JF
(A) Gee JF, howd’ya really feel?
I’m not sure which newsletter JF was referring to but I wanted to comment on this one because I don’t think it is correct to compare one martial art or fighting system to another to see which is better. The purpose of this newsletter is to discuss the use of violence as a survival tool so the question should be how does (insert martial art or combat sport training here) compare to real violence?
That IS the standard we use for TFT. I don’t teach people to ‘TFT’ someone. I teach them to use violence — which ANYONE can use with ZERO training right now. Our prison population is full of SUCCESSFUL users of violence with little or NO formal training in any martial art or combat sport.
Other than that, I like the email JF.
(Q) Hi, just wanted to say I received the ‘nuclear’ DVDs yesterday. They are awesome! Everything is amazingly clear and practical, and really well presented. Your service and response times re the order have also been excellent, so I’ve now ordered the ‘Joint Breaking’ DVDs. Keep up the good work, and please let me know if you intend to come to England.
Regards
Peter
(A) Thanks Peter. I am fortunate to have a very dedicated staff that offers great customer service. I’m glad you liked the Weapons package. We have received incredible response on that product.
The Joint Breaking DVDs are fast becoming the hot item for all martial artists and combat sport practitioners. It really answers the question of joint locks and leverages once and for all. We show it from soup to nuts and give you the complete range of information. MMA fighters have been getting these like crazy as soon as word spread so I’d order soon since the first 2 DVD runs have already sold out (http://www.tftjointbreaking.com).
As for another UK training… we usually make it there once or twice a year. So any of my European clients who would like to attend a session, please email us at the address below and we’ll let you know once we finalize dates. By the way… we are also looking at possibly offering a session in Rome.
Well, that’s it for this newsletter.
Until next time,
Tim Larkin
Master Close-Combat Instructor,
Creator of Target Focus(TM) Training
http://www.targetfocustraining.com
PS. My ‘Nuclear’ Weapons video series clearly defines
all Target Focus Training system principles. Read more
about it at: http://www.targetfocusweapons.com
