The
Ultimate Guide
To Fighting and Winning
By Dr. Russ Horine, President, Fight-Fast Direct, Inc.
Part 1
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something
else is more important than fear.”
–Amrose Redmoon
Dear Friend:
This flimsy little guide may not look like
much, but in terms of building up your raw fighting
skills to fearsome levels, it will put you ahead of 99% of most
other guys on the streets today – even if you’ve
NEVER been in a fight before in your life.
I’m not joking. Not one bit.
Because this guide is “Part
One” of nearly 18-years of research. And I’m
talking about the “roll-up-your-sleeves and get sweaty”
kind of research that included:
- FBI and CIA personal
combat “white papers” that I spent YEARS poring
over and dissecting with a fine tooth comb…
- Mountains of sensitive police reports, on specific violent crimes. A couple days with
this material and I guarantee that you’d have a different
outlook on your fellow citizen. I spent years studying
these often gruesome reports, (so you know just how
warped my
mind has become), and the result was a highly detailed
breakdown of what kinds of personal combat strategies
were actually working…
- One-on-one in-depth
interviews with accomplished martial artists…
bar-room bouncers… hardened street fighters… “hot-duty”
combat soldiers… back-alley bare-knuckle “cage” brawlers…
black bag military “elimination” forces… and ice-cold
steely-eyed black operative killers. Most of these
guys live in a different world than you and I, but their hard-core experience
and knowledge was worth getting the hell scared outta
me…
- The breakdown and analysis of hundreds (maybe thousands)
of actual violent
streetfights videotaped while they happened. This research was crucial to my study because
it allowed me to strip away much of the fiction that
pops up after a fight. Wild B.S. stories were suddenly
completely debunked with a couple minutes of video.
I can’t tell you how much this has confirmed and enhanced
my research.
NOBODY has ever completed this kind of “real-world” analysis. I want to assure
you that this report isn’t just a collection of “Dr.
Horne’s opinions”. Nope. You’re getting just raw facts based on actual data compiled over many years
and distilled down into this book.
Now I want to be clear that I had initially
approached this as a complete rookie -- no “martial
arts” background to cloud my judgment… no axe to grind…
no favoring one specific “fight system” over another.
None of that crap.
I’m also a doctor, so I was trained and educated
to be highly analytical – to use what worked and to
throw out what didn’t. And that’s exactly what I did.
If it succeeded on the street, I studied it to death
and passed it along to you. If it didn’t work, I found
out why and told you about it.
Okay… why am I doing this? Well, let’s
just say I had one hell of a burning desire to know
exactly how to fight and WIN – without
all the bull and baggage. Now I’d love to bore you
with all the “why I did it” details, but I won’t. But
trust me… I had a damn good reason for doing this. It
may have taken me nearly 18-years to complete the job,
but it was worth every minute of my time.
So right now you hold in your hot little hands
my blood, sweat and tears. This is without a doubt some
of the most powerful “personal combat” information you’ll
ever learn.
And what you’ll discover will astonish you.
Please read on…
“You can prevent your opponent from defeating
you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without
taking the offensive.”
– Sun Tzu
Fight Myths
First let’s start with some entertainment that
doubles as education. I’ve listed some “fight
myths” that have been floating around for years.
You’ll now be one of the few people on earth who knows
with 100% certainty that these “truths” are really ugly
rumors, urban myths, and just plain ol’
damned lies.
Here they are:
1. Martial Artists Win Streetfights:
Listen: I don't like to "knock" the martial
arts. They all have something valuable to offer. We
owe them a debt of gratitude for getting us where we
are today, and they're better than nothing. BUT...unfortunately,
many of the arts being widely taught today are ancient
arts, developed for another time and place in history,
for specific conditions and circumstances that simply
do not exist in the world you'll
be fighting in today.
As
one instructor put it: “Martial Arts is
what you do with somebody while street fighting
is what you do to somebody.” I wish I could take credit for that quote.
Okay….
There are really 4 types of martial arts schools out
there:
a.
True Martial
Arts- This is learning the “art” for its own sake.
Think of it like learning to sculpt or paint because
you enjoy it as an artistic discipline – not because
you’re looking to become a highly-paid advertising mogul…
b.
MMA Schools – Refers to “sport fight”
training –
which is NOT the same as studying street fighting. Remember
that the ultimate goal in sports combat is NOT the same
as a real street fight. In street fighting the goal
is to “end the threat as quickly as possible” – in MMA
it’s to “make money as quickly as possible”. Promoters
don’t want every fight to end in 3 to 6 seconds (as
most street fights do), so they strip away the most
effective fight moves.
c.
Martial Combat – This is type of training
(also known as true street fighting) that I cover in
this report cover. Martial Combat has one goal in mind
– to end the threat as quickly as possible. There are
NO rules – and every confrontation could end in serious
injury or death.
d.
“Belt Factory”- I’m betting this is the
kind of training with which you’re most familiar. Which
boy hasn’t dreamed of one day emerging from a Dojo wearing
a black belt and kicking ass on anyone who dares cross
him? Which parent hasn’t believed that the local dojo
will help their son learn to defend himself? Well that’s
just plain false security because “belt factories” aren’t
teaching an invincible Martial Combat streetfighting system. Nope… sorry… they are teaching Martial
Arts. Nothing wrong with that, but one has little to
do with the other.
Statistics
show that your average “store front” black belt does
not have a much better chance at winning a street fight
than any other average guy.
Shocked? Well don’t be. Most martial arts
concentrate on discipline and complicated “fine motor”
techniques that go straight out the window when “crunch
time” hits. And many martial arts techniques are simply
no longer useful. Breaking pine boards in half for example
was originally developed to train warriors how to shatter
an opponent’s protective wooden chest plate. Can’t
think of many street thugs today wearing that.
The high flying roundhouse kick was developed to knock
a man off his horse.
Might work for a guy on his Harley…
2.
The 5-Minute
Fist Fight. This
is a big one and it’s important that you get this Hollywood
version of fighting out of your head. We’ve all been
exposed to movies where the hero is endlessly fist-fighting.
Yes, one big-gulp and a large
popcorn later, he’s still
going at it. But here’s a reality check for you.
Nearly every
actual street fight lasts for no more than 3 to 8 seconds! That’s right.
It’s all over with in less time than it took for you
to read this paragraph. Once you understand this, you
can appreciate just how little time you have to recognize
what’s going on and take decisive action to win. The
key is what you
do in the time leading up to that 3-8 seconds burst.
Alright... that's it for right now. We're just getting warmed
up -- there's plenty more to come. In fact my next lesson
will talk more about fight myths that may just surprise
you. Don't miss it.
Dr. Russ Horine
Prez, Fight-Fast
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