The
Ultimate Guide
To Fighting and Winning
By Dr. Russ Horine, President, Fight-Fast Direct, Inc.
Part 30
REVIEW – Prevailing in a Dangerous Confrontation:
We’ve come to the end of our journey.
I hope you’ve gotten as much out of this as you can.
I suggest you read this book at least a few times.
Before I close this show down, I’d
like to review some of the most important points about
prevailing in a confrontation. Here they are:
1.)
Don’t look like
easy meat – All three type of attackers – the Bully,
the Predator, and the Badger will all be less likely
to attack someone they feel will fight back – especially
the predator.
2.)
Combat awareness
– trust your
gut (rapid cognition or thin slicing):
Remember that studies PROVE your “gut” or intuition
is actually emotional intelligence. In my research victim
interviews almost always reveal that the victim felt
“something wasn’t quite right,” but chose to ignore
it (“I had this feeling”…). You don’t have
to have ESP – just start listening to that little voice
that’s telling you something is wrong. Don’t fight fear
– use it to your advantage. Most guys spend enormous
amounts of energy suppressing these feelings, which
can result in runaway internal dialogue and “brain freeze.”
Trust your
feelings or emotions. If there’s a suspicious guy looking
around, walking toward you and reaching in his pocket
you know in your gut something’s not right with this
situation. You must act
on this “forward trigger.”
3.)
Controlling Space
– Remember that controlling space is one of the
most important aspects of maintaining control over your
protection. You don’t want to knowingly allow a potential
threat to get too close. You’ll need to:
a.
Create a “forward trigger” based on space. If a potential
threat trips that trigger, have some immediate action
planned (“Hold
it, stop right there!”)…
b.
Look for an escape – this is your best option if you
have no family to protect…
c.
Angle to one side or the other, never backward. Moving
to your right – his left as it’s likely he’s right handed and you’ll
be working on his weak side.
d.
Know the specifics about fighting ranges. Remember that
a determined person can cover six feet within a fraction
of a second so implementing a “combat awareness” is
necessary… not “paranoid.”.
4.)
Distance is your
friend. As I’ve pointed out, you’ll want to give
yourself space. Don’t allow yourself to suddenly be
dealing with an adversary face to face. Weapons expert
Bennie Cooley, for example,
points out that a person armed with a knife can close
a distance of 30 feet and inflict a lethal wound before
someone can pull a gun from a holster and shoot. It
was this specific information that led many police and
government forces to implement new guidelines for when
an officer should draw his weapon.
5.)
De-escalation
– If you are certain your adversary is “emotionally
highjacked” you may attempt
to use the specific de-escalation techniques I’ve covered
for you. A bully or a predator does not respond well
to these tactics.
6.)
Pre-set Triggers
– Have ready mental “decision points” on what will actually
“trigger” an attack by you on your adversary. Because
your odds of winning a fight go up dramatically if you
strike first (yes… a preemptive attack), and preemptive
attacks depend on pre-set triggers that work exactly
like a switch. Off… off… off… ON… pow, wham, boom, bang. This is
because pre-set triggers guarantee that you’re not trying
to “figure it out” in the heat of battle. Here are some
“External” triggers that should prompt action:
-
Shove – stats
show that someone who pushes you is a couple seconds
away from hitting you. This is a HUGE forward trigger
that requires your immediate attention. Your about to
be hit…
-
Boundary Violations
– now I’m talking less about your neighbor’s dog dumping
on your lawn, and more about your opponent willfully
crossing “invisible lines.” Stuff like:
i.
Stepping in too closely to you…
ii.
Jabbing you with this finger…
iii.
Grabbing your shirt…
iv.
Dropping of his chin…
Another
common hint that he’s about to attack you is (and I
didn’t believe this one ‘til I read the stats) he will
remove his coat and/or shirt. So, unless you’re in a
strip joint, if an aggressor starts taking off his jacket
and shirt it usually means trouble. If he starts taking off his pants… well… I’m not sure what
that means. But, one tip is to attack while he’s got
his jacket half off – great time to strike.
-
Non-Compliance
Triggers – If you give a verbal command to someone
like “stay back” and they keep coming, well, that should
trigger some kind of action on your part. Another variation
on this is to simply ask an
personal acting aggressively toward you “are we okay?”
Anything other than an affirmative response should consider
a trigger to be tripped.
7.)
Forward Blitz
– One the physical fighting is on, you’ll want to
keep the pressure on and maintain a continued and uninterrupted
attack that does not stop until the threat has ended
or you can escape. This is extremely important since
most rookies (and nearly everyone’s a rookie) want to
“stop and assess.” That is, they strike, stand back
to see it if worked, maybe try it again, stand back…
Huge mistake. Do not stop. You must throw everything
you can at him once you’ve begun your attack. Use ALL
the weapons in your human arsenal, including hands,
knees, elbows, feet, head
butts… the whole works. Keep the pressure on and do
NOT let up.
8.)
Total Commitment
– To prevail in a fight you must resign yourself to
a total commitment toward your decision. Never launch
an attack, then change your
mind. Continue the forward blitz until the job is done.
9.)
Leave the Area
– Now that you’ve ended the threat, you’ll need
to get the hell out of the area as quickly as possible.
Hanging around usually means you’ll be confronted by
his buddies or other angry bystanders who don’t understand
what’s happening. If you’re concerned about the law,
call the police and point out that you’re concerned
about your safety.
“In war there is no substitute for victory.”
-- General Douglas Macarthur
Conclusion
Okay… there you have it. All my hard
work and research laid out for you like a red carpet.
I know you’re walking away with some valuable info here.
You’re on a new footing – now take this wire frame and
start filling it out with tactics and techniques.
Before I close I want to tell you
one last story.
Shortly after the release of one
of my first DVD instructional packages (I’ve got 82
titles… so you know this was some time ago), I started
receiving a letters from customers. I still get a little
choked up thinking about these letters because it’s
when I knew – for the first time in my life – that I
was doing some real good in the world.
Like the letter I received from James Walsh in Pennsylvania:
“Last year while on family vacation
in Nashville, TN,
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holding my wife Donna and our two small boys
hostage while I gave him all our money.
After I did as ordered we realized that he was
going to kill us anyway.
Suddenly! I remembered something my brother Dave
taught me about slapping the gun away from us.
He had learned this technique from one of your
self defense videos. Your video saved our four lives, and I just
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who in turn taught me how to safe myself and our children”.
… Or Shelby Schoonover in California:
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“
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Keep up the good work.”
And that’s just
the tip of the iceberg. I’ve literally got thousand
of such letters. I save every single one of them too.
It PROVES to me that gathering together the most accomplished
fighters in the world to reveal their most treasured
fight secrets is helping people. It’s allowing average
guys around the world to protect themselves and their
loved ones.
Now it’s your turn.
It’s time to roll up your sleeves and get started.
God bless…
Dr. Russ Horine
Prez, Fight-Fast.com
“War is not about who is right,
it is about who is left.”
– unknown
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