10 TRUTHS ABOUT REAL VIOLENCE

1. It doesn't matter whether you know one technique or a thousand--

      YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT EXACTLY HOW YOU'LL BE ATTACKED.  

  

2. Ask any cop or soldier who's seen real mayhem: once the spit hits the fan,

      all pre-planned counters go right out the window.

  

3. If you've been programmed by training a specific response to a specific

      attack, your self-defense will FAIL if the attack changes by even one inch from

      the way you've trained. Your unrehearsed response will be your only response.

 4. An attack in progress can CHANGE in an instant...and keep on changing

      until you're dead.

  

5. Believing that One "Magic" Technique will work against a hundred different

      attacks is a suicidal myth. IT IS FAR BETTER TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO 

      IMPROVISE ANY STRIKE FROM ANY POSITION SPONTANEOUSLY WITH

      POWER, ACCURACY AND BALANCE THAN TO RELY ON CHOREOGRAPHED

      TECHNIQUES.

 6. Real self-defense is about IMPROVISATION, SURVIVAL and ESCAPE and not 

      fancy acrobatic dueling or sport fighting in the Ring.

 7. Real self-defense recognizes that trying to grapple or otherwise CONTROL the 

      enemy exposes you to more danger each additional second you're connected to 

      him.

 8. Real self-defense requires training to deal with the reality of MULTIPLE 

      ASSAILANTS--because if you're focused on grappling on the ground with only one 

      attacker, his buddies will have an easier time kicking your head in. 

  9. Real self-defense should work even if you're NOT an Olympic athlete.

10. Real violence is ugly, unpredictable and CHAOTIC by nature. Your attacker obeys

      no rules and neither should you. So why spend years and thousands of dollars 

      practicing sportive, rigid, repetitive or pre-arranged forms and techniques when you

      may be fighting for your life?

    Self-defense is not a sport, a dance or what you see in the movies...