| Lets start with a couple of questions: | | | | I find it far more dangerous not to know how to kill. |
| 1. In this day and age, what could possibly be the | | | | When you consider the flip side of that knowledge is |
| reason to teach someone how to kill another human | | | | the fact that any time you put your hands on another |
| with his or her bare hands? | | | | human being to inflict violence you have no idea |
| 2. Do I actually advocate instructing clients in this very | | | | whatsoever how that person will respond to the strike. |
| specific, lethal material? | | | | A person built like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime |
| The answer to the first question is that there are | | | | may have a bad heart and your punch to the solar |
| many reasons why it is essential one get this lethal | | | | plexus to 'teach him a lesson' may, in fact, kill him. That |
| knowledge. The answer to the second question is not | | | | is why I stress the difference between ego situations |
| only do I advocate teaching it but that I absolutely | | | | and life or death threats. |
| teach it to all my clients. | | | | A few years ago you probably heard about the |
| It is very clear that using violence is appropriate in very | | | | 'Hockey Dad' trial in Massachusetts. A man ended up |
| few situations. To use violence for any reason other | | | | going to jail for manslaughter over an argument with |
| than injuring a human threat who would otherwise | | | | his son's Hockey coach. By all accounts the smaller |
| maim, cripple, or kill you is extremely risky. | | | | coach was a real jerk and made the kids do some |
| With proper knowledge of the physiology of the | | | | useless and dangerous training on the ice. |
| vunerable areas of the human body one can | | | | This 'Hockey Dad' voiced his concern and the verbal |
| effectively attack any assailant, regardless of size, | | | | exchange led to a fight. 'Hockey Dad' ended up killing |
| strength, or athletic ability. | | | | the smaller coach by repeated blows to the head. |
| So it is inconceivable that one could train a client for | | | | It was not intentional, both men were wrong. But the |
| self protection yet ignore the subject of killing. If faced | | | | one common factor here was this: neither had any |
| with a life and death struggle you need clear, concise | | | | idea of the effects of those strikes upon the other! |
| information on how to systematically shut down the | | | | Both families lost their dads that day; one was killed, |
| other guy's central nervous system(CNS). | | | | the other is in jail. |
| This is especially true for male on female violence, | | | | It is my goal with clients to give them all the lethal |
| which females must treat as a lethal situation. Also any | | | | knowledge necessary so they can make the decision |
| fighter facing a potentially lethal attack by a larger, | | | | on whether or not it is worth the potential legal hassles |
| stronger or faster human must be able to immediately | | | | to fight over an ego issue or to instantly be able to |
| shut down that human's CNS. | | | | destroy the assailant's CNS in a life or death threat. |
| Still, very few instructors teach this direct approach to | | | | It's great to hear feedback I get from clients who have |
| using violence. Why is this the case? It has been my | | | | easily avoided the 'Hockey Dad' scenarios by having |
| experience few actually have the skill and expertise to | | | | the clear knowledge of the appropriate use of |
| do so. | | | | violence. I value that feedback as highly as the ones |
| To hide this deficiency they state legal issues and | | | | received from those who used the very same |
| spiritual reasons for not teaching such principles. | | | | knowledge to save their lives in a life or death threat. |
| Yet many of the techniques they show directly result | | | | Truly knowing how to kill another human places total |
| in potentially lethal outcomes something that is never | | | | responsibility on the trained individual, makes you a far |
| pointed out to the client. In fact, most clients go through | | | | better citizen and, in my experience, far less likely to |
| training with no clear knowledge of which strikes and | | | | use violence as an answer to any situation that is not |
| techniques are lethal and what the impact is on the | | | | life threatening. |
| human body from these strikes and manipulations. | | | | |