“One of the biggest reasons for failure on the battlefield is not knowing what to do next… This is the result of not having been trained thoroughly in what to expect on the battlefield.” – General Orlando Ward
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Last week I was hanging out with a friend of mine, a former NFL Defensive Lineman. Chuck had a reputation in college as a brawler and never missed an opportunity to use his fists to answer any disagreement.
Chuck has definitely mellowed over the years and is much easier to be around these days – but old habits die hard. The conversation drifted towards my training and he was giving me some feedback from a mutual friend who attended a TFT seminar.
Our friend Tony loved the training and, since he travels to some of the more dangerous parts of the world, has unfortunately had to use his training. The results were that he survived two unavoidable criminal attacks using principles and methods from the TFT Seminar.
Tony faced multiple attackers in one incident and a knife in the other. Chuck was impressed that Tony survived both incidents unscathed and then commented on the side that had it been a “fair fight” Tony would have lost.
I asked Chuck to clarify for me what he meant.
He went on to say that the three attackers were all larger than Tony, as was the knife wielder, and that in a “fair fight” Tony would have lost.
He pointed out that if Tony hadn’t used all that “unfair stuff” he got from my seminar he never would of “won”. Chuck said he was glad that Tony knew TFT but that it really didn’t prove he could fight.
Chuck went on to say that if it were just a “thumping contest” — “Ya know, Tim, a real fight” then the bigger, stronger guy would always win. He was disturbed by the fact that Tony had to kill the knife wielder and that one of the multiple attackers had his throat crushed by Tony.
That to Chuck proved it wasn’t a “real fight” and the fact Tony effectively used deception to disarm his attackers before he attacked really disturbed Chuck.
“That’s not fighting, it’s just…”
“Violence?” I added.
“Yeah, it proves nothing about how good a fighter you are,” Chuck blurted out.
I know what Chuck was trying to say and it’s sad when I see anyone like him that has never gone beyond using violence to dominate a social situation.
By choosing to use violence in a social situation, guys like Chuck always run the risk of bumping into someone who won’t bother fighting a bigger, stronger guy.
They’ll just use violence in the only way it should be used… as a survival tool.
Until next time,
Tim Larkin Creator of Target Focus(TM) Training http://targetfocustraining.com
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