******************************************************
‘Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.’ -Juvenal
******************************************************
An email came in a while ago from a client who had bought our TFT ‘Nuclear Weapons’ package. In it this client talked about how he loved the information, then he went on to say how he ‘…finally understood our approach to self-defense.’
He said it was the best ‘stuff’ he’d ever seen and explained how he now really knew the role of knives, clubs, and firearms in the world of asocial violence.
He told me he now felt so much safer, and was amazed how we were able to break down information on this intimidating subject and make it so clear and understandable.
Then he asked…
‘OK, so I get this TFT stuff. It really works great but what’ll I do if I get carjacked? Do you have a video on that?’
‘Here we go again,’ I thought.
I shouldn’t be surprised. We get emails like this on a regular basis from those buying one or two of our information products. If this had been from an attendee at one of our live training sessions… then I’d really be bummed. They know better!
See, I created TFT to educate clients on the PRINCIPLES for using the tool of violence.
When you are versed in principles, you’re prepared for ANY scenario.
It’s different from most approaches to ‘self defense’ and ‘reality’ training that use TECHNIQUES to respond to staged attacks.
Now, don’t get me wrong… other ‘self defense’ instructors using this approach are very well meaning… it’s just that their attempt to predict how asocial criminal violence will happen… is seriously flawed!
That’s because… violence is RANDOM. And to attempt to CONTROL random situations is very dangerous.
One of our instructor staff likes to drive this home by sharing a story of an attack he survived on the streets of Bogotá, Colombia.
I’ll paraphrase his experience:
‘I’d been in country for a couple of weeks and knew I needed to be aware of the potential of being targeted for asocial violence. I found myself attempting to imagine how I’d handle different scenarios as I walked the streets.
‘If they come at me this way, I’ll respond like this, or… if I am attacked from this direction, I’ll do this.
‘This went on in my mind during my travels in the city. It got to a point where I felt I was ‘covered’ for any eventuality.
‘Until it happened…
‘I heard the sound and felt the vibration of the attackers’ feet as they ran up on me but never suspected a thing until I felt the strike high on my back.
‘Then I was in action. I whipped around to see three attackers and I began striking targets. I had the first two down when the third helped the first one up and they all took off.
‘I pursued them like a maniac but couldn’t catch up. It was only as I ran after them that I felt the warm wetness under my jacket.
‘When I saw blood on my hand as I pulled it from under my coat I realized… I’d been stabbed.’ ……
I share this story with you because it hammers home to our live training clients how the attack he survived was unlike ANY scenario he had PREPARED for in his mind.
None of the ‘techniques’ he ‘created’ for these scenarios would have ‘worked’ on the RANDOM violence that he had survived.
What saved his life… and allowed him to survive that attack… were the PRINCIPLES he KNEW!
The cops told him the attackers were definitely out to murder him and take what they wanted.
The cops made it clear… had he responded ANY other way… he would’ve been gutted on the streets of Bogotá like so many other nameless victims of street violence in that country.
The fact that his first response was to find a target and cause an injury on the other guy SAVED his life.
He didn’t waste time thinking about what ‘technique’ he needed to use when being struck from behind on his upper left torso.
He didn’t worry about whether they had ‘weapons.’
He didn’t consider using a ‘multi-attacker technique’ because there was more than one of them.
He simply applied the PRINCIPLES he knew for using the tool of violence to survive a violent confrontation.
He used his training… and it saved his life.
I don’t sell you techniques… I educate… with principles!
Because we at TFT know you can never predict how violence will enter your life.
If you get our TFT Seminar tapes, Nuclear Weapons package, Joint Breaking, or our upcoming Striking products, you will be educated not ‘trained.’
Each product instructs you on the principles of the specific subject matter and NEVER strays from incorporating this new knowledge on top of what you already know about using the tool of violence for ANY event.
Does this mean I’ll never create a ‘TFT Car Jacking’ DVD?
Nope, not at all. But I’ll use that type of product to answer once and for all the ‘scenario’ question… and drive home the REAL answer to dealing with violence under ANY scenario!
Yeah, I know… I’m a sneaky bastard!
Until next time,
Tim Larkin
Master Close-Combat Instructor
Creator of Target Focus(TM) Training
PS: I can’t change human nature. People will always be drawn to ‘violence scenario training’ and the self-defense techniques to ‘deal’ with them.
But I’ll be damned if I won’t take these training opportunities to educate you, to FREE you from reliance on that dangerous solution to RANDOM violence.
Want to see the difference, to feel what’s it’s like when you REALLY know how to handle ANY violent situation?
Then click on the following link and register today for the next TFT Live Training.
http://targetfocustraining.com/livetraining
