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“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”-Mahfouz Naguib ******************************************************
The response to this self defense newsletter has been overwhelming and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your feedback. I thought this issue would be a good place to stop and take time to answer some of the many questions I’ve received from subscribers.
Please understand that I can’t possibly answer each question that is submitted to our site. Just handling questions from my inner-circle training clients is more than a full time job. So what I’ve done is tried to pick some of the reoccurring questions. So lets begin…
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David from San Diego writes: “I am looking for a real deal hand-to-hand combat school. I am not interested in the sport fighting. How can I tell the frauds from the real in terms of h2h combat?”
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Tough one, frankly there are very few quality instructors in hand-to-hand combat. There is so much back-biting in the business that you can’t go by what others say but rather what they do for you. Do they answer your questions? Do their methods work for you? It’ll take some work on your part to seek out good instruction. Part of the reason I write this newsletter is to give you some insights as to what to look for when choosing an instructor.
Obviously I consider my live training the finest available. Please check our website at www.targetfocustraining.com/livetraining.htm for the next class.
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Joe from Montreal writes:
“I have really enjoyed your newsletters and feel that you are “right on the money” in your philosophy; can you recommend some specific techniques that an individual can practice alone or with a partner that you have found successful? I have trained in martial arts for many years and have narrowed my list of “effective techniques” down to the following: palm heel to the chin, elbow strike to chin, chop to the neck, single or double slap to the ears, finger stab to the eyes, low kicks to the knee, and knee kick to the groin or stomach; do you feel these are effective or do you have any additional suggestions?”
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A lot of you have sent me this question along with your favorite targets or techniques. Now don’t get me wrong, Joe listed some very effective targets and techniques but the thought process is way off.
Don’t limit yourself to ‘favorites’; there are approximately 73 anatomical areas of the body that provide over 200 specific targets on the human body that can maim, cripple, or kill.
Which one is the ‘best’? The one I can easily strike with my body weapon of choice. Then I continue to hit targets until I have destroyed the other guy. Simple as that. Any other way of thinking limits you.
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Bill from New York writes: “I enjoy receiving the newsletters. I would like to see you archive them on your website so that I may share them with others who have not subscribed from the beginning. I would also like to see you write on some of the target areas to shut down the CNS in a non-lethal way. I would not want to kill someone when not intending to do so. Thank you for your valuable advice. I hope to one day take your course. Do you teach in New York?”
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Good suggestion on the archiving. I’ll forward that to our Webmaster. Non-lethal attacks on the CNS? I think you’d have to check your reason for getting into the altercation. I write about life-or-death application when using violence as a response. That is very clear-cut. You take action or you die.
‘Teaching someone a lesson’ by attacking the CNS is risky at best. I do instruct my clients on non-lethal targeting but point out immediately that any time you strike someone you never know their true physical health. Any trauma visited on the human body can trigger an unwanted response. What if the loudmouth you just hit to the solar plexus had a genetic heart condition that your strike triggers? Was it worth the ego satisfaction to cause the legal problems and have to live with that? I try to instruct my clients to think beyond the immediate.
And New York? Yes, I am regularly train in New York City. Watch the website for dates as these courses fill very quickly.
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Well, just 3 questions and I’m way over my limit trying to keep these issues brief. Periodically I’ll do these, so keep sending in your questions and again, thanks for your time. Until next time,
Tim Larkin Creator of Target Focus(TM) Training http://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
PPS. In just one weekend you can learn to defeat any attacker using the Target Focus Training system. See how at: http://targetfocustraining.com/livetraining
