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