25 Combative Street Fight Principles Free Report 1. Context Defined Context-defined (context defines objectives, which define strategy which define tactics and techniques)
context>objectives>strategy> tactics>techniques when checking a technique/ system/ sequence for validity ask !"as the context been defined or is it assumed# $o % understand all the as&ects of assumed context# $oes altering my understanding of the context affect my &erce&tion of usefulness of the technique#' hen develo&ing your own training !"ow can % do more to define this context# ho,what, where, why is this situation taking &lace# hat are the objectives of those involved# hat is their mind set, their emotional and &hysical state#' Context first, context last $efine the context of every technical sequence here is this ha&&ening# *o whom# hat is the nature of the attack# attack#
2. Obectives Foc!ssed Foc!ssed hen checking !"ave the objectives been defined# +re they being adhered to throughout or is something else cree&ing in here#' eldom are objectives defined when martial arts techniques are shown, but we must acce&t to some degree that most situations unfold along a sliding scale of force % use a crude ! ty&es' model of " "
. ow 0 1edium "igh *hreat
ow being restraining a drunk and not wanting to hurt them, medium being someone throwing blows at you in a ego based brawl, high being the (extremely rare) targeted attack where serious violent intent is &resent and you are in a !des&erate struggle for survival'
hen these objectives are not defined we see &ractitioners tending towards &referred tactical solutions, certain sequences of techniques being thrown in time and again as a matter of (unconscious) course 2e careful hat you do a lot of you will get good at
And what you do a lot of you will tend to DO. 3or the !high threat' scenarios streetfightsecretscom usually focusses on we have a sim&le reliable !Core 4ame 5lan' we teach as &art of the 6euro Combative Conditioning Course7 (click here to learn more about 6CCC) *he Core 4ame 5lan has 4 Combative Priorities: . 8nconsciousness knock him out, nobody is dangerous when they are aslee& 0 %njury if you cant knock him out, break something 3ear/5anic if you cant cause an injury, cause &ain and kee& him under &ressure 9 Control if you cant do any of the above, fight for a better &osition or esca&e
#. Realistic $ttac% hen checking a system out ask !%s this attack realistic# hat:s missing# %f the student kee&s training against this kind of attack over time is he getting closer to his objectives or further away#' hen develo&ing your own training !"ow can % make these attacks more accurately reflect reality# hat sources can % go to to see attacks# 5ersonal ex&erience# +necdotal evidence# CC*;# hat elements can % add that &ut the student under 1<=> realistic &ressure, 1<=> safely# here is the emotional/ verbal/ &sychological element# %s this ha&&ening in a very &ractitioner friendly environment# (dry, bright, flat surface, one clear enemy, good footing etc) "ow can % make this more stressful and ambiguous#' 4uiding 5rinci&le stressful + ambiguous = realistic It must also Penetrate and is!lace the target" Realistic attacks don’t dab at targets or attack “near to” the target. A good test is to make sure that if you don’t move you W!! be in"ured or knocked off your feet. f not# its not a realistic attack.
&. 'xplosive *he o&&osite of ex&losive is !stable' and !gradual' - so think of the &hysical a&&lication of techniques as being a sudden, violent outburst in which a huge amount of energy is released in a tightly &acked s&ace over a very short &eriod of
time and you:ve got a &rinci&le that can be devastating to an attacker %nducing shock and awe through sur&rise and delivering a multi$licity of good shots to a number of targets creating pain, panic and injury before the o&&onent can get his bearings >xactly what we want
%&here is only one tactical $rinci$le which is not sub"ect to change. t is to use the means at hand to inflict the ma'imum amount of wound# death# and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.% 4eneral 4eorge 5atton, ?r hen checking a style or technique just ask !+re any of the moves delivered ex&losively# +re these &ractitioners conditioned to delivering ex&losive movements#' hen develo&ing your own training ask !"ow can % make this a&&lication more ex&losive# "ow can % deliver more shock and violence to the o&&onent in a shorter &eriod of time#' Consider what the immediate effect of an ex&losion is %t induces an automatic flinch res&onse to cover the vulnerable targets, arch the s&ine, lower the head and &rotect the internal organs Consider ways in which you can &ack more movements into a shorter s&ace of time tart sim&ly can you go from @ moves over @ seconds, to @ moves in under 0 seconds# 5robably not without losing some of the effect of the individual movements 2ut in trying you are becoming 1<=> ex&losive
5. Deceptive >very single element of what we do is +symmetric and so therefore should involve dece&tion 8nless you:re watching a 6injitsu demonstration its unlikely you will see any of the &rinci&le of !dece&tion' being a&&lied in any tr aditional martial arts dis&lay 4ood street fight training encourages &ractitioners to verbally engage and use body language to disarm or distract an assailant before delivering a &re-em&tive strike Aou could feign injury, feign fear, use verbal or misguiding body language Aou can use other &eo&le or objects, or the environment itself Aour only limits are you imagination and cunning, &ush a little harder and you will always find some way you can be more dece&tive ?ust kee& well out of the macho, fair fight, match &lay, gentlemanly conduct, duelling &aradigm
tart considering the all the different ways you could &ut dece&tion back into your training and your tactics
(. pre)emptive *his one is a killer when youBre analysing and assessing your own training, another system, instructor or technique 2ecause, in truth, D of the training that you will find out there totall y +CE the &rinci&le of &re-em&tion 2eing &re&ared for real world violence means training #ith !re$em!tion is an absolute %&'(" +sk good questions like !%s the &ractitioner/defender/good guy waiting for the attack and *">6 res&onding or is he moving &re-em&tively as soon as he &erceives the attack coming or even before the attack has begun# %s there any element +* + of &re-em&tive strategy or movement evident in what is being shown#' o many systems rely on the !wait &olitely for the attacker to make his outlandishly stylised attack and then res&ond to it' way of a&&roaching violence *his is the !tit for tat' model most (not all) martial arts systems and combat s&orts styles are based on It has )* P,C- in those training for real #orld violence +ny street level, !fighting art' must have written into the source code the dee& and com&lete understanding of the reality that !street violence' is one !erson.s/ delivering violence and the other !erson.s/ receiving it" %t moves <6> +A >ither you are delivering or receiving
*. 'ffect)foc!ssed hen develo&ing your own training !hat is the effect# hat do % need to do to the s&ecific targets to get that effect directly and efficiently#' 6ext time you are training you could try this easy, but eye-o&ening ex&eriment
If all conditions above are fulfilled0 your !hysical 1o!tions of res!onse2 in any given situation #ill have shrun3 to maybe just two or three" Consider the im&lications at any !freeGe frame' moment in a fight you &robably have just *< high &ercentage, reliable, multi&le levels of redundancy, ergonomic, &re-em&tive, &rimal/savage, sim&le, target and effect s&ecific res&onses that fit to your objectives and will generate the desired effect with high reliability under 6+38 conditions (diminished light, s&ace, time etc) and with your o&&onent a&&lying the !*3 /=esistance' &rinci&le covering/moving vulnerable targets and/ or fighting back, squirming and generally being the o&&osite of a nice &olite com&liant training &artner and making life as difficult for you as he &ossibly can %n a situation of high threat, one it has gone &hysical you arenBt the only &erson des&erately struggling for survival +nd of those two res&onses, % will bet good money that de&ending on the siGe/ weight of your different &artners you will significantly favour one response over the other o therefore %f you are truly under &ressure, at any given moment in a
fight you &robably have just one o!tion of res!onse that fulfils your objectives *here just isn:t that many ways the human body can move, es&ecially when &laced under &ressure 5uts a lot of that neurotic, +$"$ ins&ired, technique-collector fetish frame we can all fall &rey to into &ers&ective doesnBt it# "aving chosen the s&ecific effect, let every fibre of your being focus on it and make it happen. +ggressively, with violent intent and tenacious resolve
+. S,$F +n +merican +rmy term (ituation 6ormal +ll 3racked 8&) adhering to the 6+38 &rinci&le means being &re&ared for the worst rather than ex&ecting everything to go our way @ factors we will face "no lighting0 5"no footing0 6"no s!ace0 4"no time0 7"multi!les0 6ow we donBt want to be silly with our training and start tr ying to &re&are for every
single threat all at once, but training must occasionally reflect an im&licit understanding that fights wont take &lace with unambiguous targets in well lit training halls with &added floors with warmed u& tracksuit wearing friendly &ractitioners %f you sus&ect your training is getting too fancy and fluffy, sim&ly start adding the 6+38 factors and see what you are left with +dd bad lighting, no room and multi&les and straight away you will find in drills that you #ill be luc3y to just stay on your feetH 5lus your o&tions of res&onse will dro& very quickly As combative pressure increases options decrease.
. Reliable ome &eo&le call these movements !high &ercentage' *his is a fancier way of saying !reliable' %t means the movements if analysed will work more often than not across a multi&licity of scenarios and contexts *hey have a !higher &ercentage' chance of working and having an effect than other movements *hey also have multi&le levels of redundancy, so if something goes wrong you still get a desired result or at least donBt injure yourself and it does 6<* require all other factors to be $erfect. Aou can 6<* consider fair-weather tactics to be truly !reliable' ?ust remember when a&&lying them that they work %3 all other factors are favourable o when looking at training sim&ly ask !how reliable is this# ould it work with a larger o&&onent#
1/. $s0mmetr0 hen checking another system !%s the &ractitioner directing + his force against the o&&onents weakest &oints# %s he using dece&tion to set u& the strike# %s he delivering violence one way and bulldoGing the o&&onent into the floor# %s he res&onding to a single attack with @ or more devastating counter-attacks of his own#' %n the broadest sense +symmetric tactics in the context of self &rotection and unarmed combatives are anything that is the o&&osite of a !fair fight' or square go *his is the o&&osite of s&ortive combat
+symmetric tactics could be said to be at the heart of what we do 2ecause a criminal &redator has chosen to target you des&ite your best efforts to behave lawfully and avoid violence, and because the level of threat is so high you now are &ermitted to survive the context via !any means necessary' 8se dece&tion as your &latform and deliver a devastating barrage of violence one way until the threat is neutralised %n your own training weed out any element of !square go' that might cree& in !"as this become a battle of skills to see who is the most skilful# %s this turning into a boxing match# +m % allowing for the fact that this conflict is being forced u&on me against my will and des&ite my best efforts to exhaust every other o&tion# $oes this training reflect my &osition of being genuinely endangered#'
!,symmetric #arfare is war between belligerents whose relative military &ower differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differ significantly I+symmetric warfareI can describe a conflict in which the resources of two belligerents differ in essence and in the struggle, interact and attem&t to ex&loit each other:s characteristic weaknesses uch struggles often involve strategies and tactics of unconventional warfare, the 8#ea3er8 combatants attem!ting to use strategy to offset deficiencies in quantity or quality uch strategies may not necessarily be militariGed *his is in contrast to symmetric warfare, where two &owers have similar military &ower and resources and rely on tactics that are similar overall, differing only in details and execution' iki&edia
11. Savage Primal 6ot everything should be delivered in a snarling, s&itting frenGy of animalistic rage, its often exhausting and will make your res&onses less intelligent, but you should be comfortable going there if needed *hink in terms of delivering as much violence as &ossible J self &rotection means + <*">= <5*%<6 "+;> 2>>6 >K"+8*>$ and now your very survival is at stake %f not, then its ego &rotection not self &rotection
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If you can9t 3noc3 him out straight a#ay0 follo# your initial shot #ith a barrage of assault that #ill 3ee! him in a state of 1shoc3 and a#e2 - if he is trained the last thing you want to do is let him come to his senses and gather a res&onse Eee& &ressuring him, kee& him on the back foot, covering u& and bent over and/or
turning away to &rotect his face/throat/jaw/eyes 8se any foul or uns&ortsmanlike tactics you like F he &robably hasn:t trained for them and they are !fouls' for a reason (they can induce injury even on trained fighters even by untrained joes) Eee& it sim&le and above all kee& it very, very aggressive %f you are not sure focus attacks into his eyes, throat, and face *his will &sychologically overwhelm most &eo&le, even if they are !trained' its unlikely they will have trained for this kind of savagery
12. 'rgonomicall0 'fficient !(rgonomics )or human factors* is the scientific disci$line concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system# and the $rofession that a$$lies theory# $rinci$les# data and methods to design in order to o$timi+e human well,being and overall system $erformance” *he %nternational >rgonomics +ssociation hen looking at an a&&lication of technique ask !is that a natural movement# $oes that movement waste the &ractitioners energy/ not generate the intended effect/ &ut undue stress on the &ractitioners body/ not re&resent the !best' (most naturally efficient) way to move in that circumstance / only shown to reflect !style'#' hen checking your own training !is this the most natural, energy efficient way of moving to generate the desired effect# +m % strongest in this &osition or is there another way of doing this that generates more &ower, more flow, more s&eed and more effect on the target#'
1#. destr!ctive “Don't do your best move, do your opponents worst move” -hess a'im# /uoted by -oach &ony 0lauer hen checking out a &iece of training or a system !%s this the fastest way to take the o&&onent out# %s the &ractitioner just doing what he is 4<<$ at or is he actually targetting his o&&onents weakest &oints#' %n your own training (and even in actual a&&lication) !hat is the last thing he wants me to do# "ow could % really ruin his day/ &ut him into a &anic/ stress him/ injure him/ 3LLE him u&# hat is the <=* thing % could do to him# "ow can % get inside his head, his &ers&ective and give him a res&onse that is just a straight out 6%4"*1+=> for him to deal with#' 4et subjective, &ut yourself in his shoes *hese &owerful questions create a different, more efficient and more &redatory way of looking at the situation %magine if you trained yourself to quickly s&ot and ex&loit an attackers weak s&ots from moment to moment %magine if in the training hall over
time you and your training &artners consistently asked instead of !how can % get my right cross/favourite flying knee in here#' r ather 1#hat is the *;'( thing .for my o!!onent/ that I can do to you from this !osition<2 or !%f % had a gun &ointed at my head and % "+$ to find a way to have you rolling around on the floor in agony, unable to fight within two moves, what would they be#'
1&. ntelligent %ntelligent (no square &egs in round holes/ use of every o&tion/use of environment/ res&onse a&&ro&riate to threat) hen looking at the validity of a technique, ask !4iven the context is this an intelligent res&onse# Is this res!onse fitting to the context or are they trying to for#ard engineer their styleunique s3illset into the context (square &eg in round hole syndrome)# +re they exhausting every o&tion# +re they using the environment intelligently# %s the res&onse a$$ro$riate to the threat #' Muestions are the answer +n entire book could be written on making your self &rotection training more !intelligent' and that effectively is what the 6euro Combative Conditioning Course 7 &roject is all about (click here to learn more about 6CCC)
!%ntelligent' can mean many things being flexible, ada&table, aware, com&etent and takes self &rotection from just a rough handful of skills to a total way of life %ntelligent self &rotection solutions should be what we are as&iring to develo&
15. Simple Eee& it sim&le, kee& trimming the fat and the fluff
1(. State 3ased hen/%f a &erson ex&eriences real world violence for the first time one of the first things they will notice is that it is a very emotional ex&erience Aou will be in an altered !state' of mind and emotion when violence occurs, our training must reflect that fact ork with altered states in every element of training you do *he !;iolent %ntent *raining $rills' which form the foundation of the 6euro Combative Conditioning Course 7 teach you how to do exactly that
1*. 4iolent ntent *his is sim&ly the extent of your willingness to do harm to another human being %t must be cultivated and develo&ed if you are going to &rotect yourself =emember
ith a load of violent intent but not much technical skill a <* can be done ith Gero violent intent and the best skillset and attributes in the world 6<*"%64 can be done $on:t just read that and ski& on, let that idea really sink in +sk !%s this training state based# Can % see any violent intent being shown# hat state are these &ractitioners in# +re they training themselves for the emotional shit storm a fight can cause# +nd then !"ow can % make every element of my training have a &sychological edge# hat can % do with my students to alter their emotional state#H'
1+. Precision *he &recise and accurate a&&lication of the &ro&er tools to the &recise and accurate targets with s&ecific intent of effect *hat is what is required, so that is what you must train for %f angry !fla& sla&&ing' someone in the face and skull (generic targeting as o&&osed to &recise targeting) is going to sto& them they never really had the intent to do you harm in the first &lace omeone with such low intent could have been deterred by you sim&ly conveying yourself as being a !harder target' and/or shoving them hard and ex&licitly and loudly stating the consequences that would be visited u&on them if they didnBt alter their behaviour %f it:s real world violence and genuine self &rotection we are talking about and not schoolyard or &ub brawls then you need
+ccuracy 5recision 6o excuses
1. $ggressiveForard Pressing
>at u& the &sychological and &hysical s&ace 6ever give your o&&onent any quarter to regather themselves "aving taken the advantage, &ress, &ress, &ress !%s the movement shown aggressive# "ave the &ractitioners cultivated aggression# $o they know how to channel it effectively#
2/. Reverse 'ngineered $< 6<* take your &re existing martial arts skillset and shoe horn them into reality $< take a long analytical look at the reality, define your objectives and develo& tactics and skills a&&ro&riate to the reality of the context as it &resents itself and your objectives
21. ,at!ral 6ovement *his is !natural movement' from 2<*" &arties, the &ractitioner +6$ the attacker )atural or 1li3ely2 attac3s or res!onses #hich faithfully re!resent #hat human beings do #hen engaged in a !hysical conflict" +nd most im&ortantly which does not require magical thinking or massive assum&tions in order to be functional hen checking ask !%s this how &eo&le actually attack# %s the attackers res&onse to the &ractitioners moves likely or is it based on stacked levels of false logic#'
im&le rules 6o stylised movements, 6o magical thinking %agical thin3ing is the identification of causal relationshi&s between actions and events where scientific consensus says that there are none (wiki&edia)
8se your common sense %f you arenBt sure if something would work if an attack is realistic, test it for yourself using the &rotocols and drills given in the !treet 3ight 1anual' which you get in 1odule . of the 6euro Combative Conditioning Course 7
22. the to part Resistance Principle 78.F.9 &art . "e will cover the targets you are trying to hit and generally avoid being injured
5art 0 "e will "it you back *3 tands for !tricky fLLLer' +ny human being, regardless of training will turn into a *3 when in a fight >K5>C* +6$ *=+%6 3<= =>%*+6C>
f you 1(2(R train with resistance# then you are 1(2(R training for a key element of the reality you will face in real world violence.
2#. Commitment4iolence of $ction %nstructor =ory 1iller quotes a colleague of his in his book !1editations on ;iolence' as saying
!;iolence of +ction *rum&s *echnique' %nstructor ?ames 6eidlinger of !@ =ings 3itness' 4ym &ara&hrases a friend of his as saying
!+ny technique done with enough violence and s&eed will work' Aou need to &sychologically C<11%* to your action and you must ma3e it #or3" +t the &hysical level your commitment to movements with be manifest as dro&&ing your bodyweight lower and ma3ing sure every move I'P,C-' and P-)(;,(-' the target"
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*hey are clearly 6<* reacting the way they train, at all o % think its more true and more useful to say that whatever you are doing a lot of, thatBs what you will get good at A$+< o in your training right now what are you getting good at#
25. 8he Secret of =!ng F!. 1any &eo&le think of !kung fu' as being a conglomerate of highly stylised Chinese martial art styles 2ut actually !kung fu' doesnt translate as martial art at all !u hu' is the 1andarin for !martial art' (literall y war arts) !Eung fu' has a meaning more subtle and far more combatively relevant Eung fu actually can mean hard work, skill develo&ed over time, attributes, concentration, develo&ment and &erfection of the individual %6 +6A 3%>$ <3 >6$>+;<8= + Chef can be said to have good Eung 3u in the way he &re&ares meals, runs a kitchen, manages his staffF the way he does the job he is trained for %t could be translated as !the achievement of a &erson' %t im&lies skills and attributes attained at the ex&enditure of great effort over time, energy and &ersonal sacrifice >veryone wants to !&ick u&' a few deadly !quick kill moves' but ultimately what makes the difference will be the attributes and skills you have !develo&ed', not the techniques you !know' Eung 3u is develo&ed through !hard work' ard #or3 develo!s character0 #ill and clarity of intent" + &owerful character with a strong will and a crystal clear intent would make a formidable enemy indeed 6ow what we need to be sure of is that we are &utting in work intelligently over time and aiming our efforts at the right s&ecific targets, because of the A$+< &rinci&les, we donBt want to get good at things that are not relevant 6or do we want to work in a way that is boring or dangerous e need to be able to &ut in work in a way that is effective and enjoyable %f you arenBt enjoying the &rocess, you &robably will just &ut the training aside, thatBs basic human &sychology % always make enjoyment/satisfaction and &rogress to& &riorities for my clients, it kee&s them motivated and willing to kee& training diligently
+ student who is ins&ired, motivated and ha&&y is going to get a lot further than a student who feels bullied into doing something they donBt see the &oint of doing o, let me ask you one final question $o you train# $o you know what to train in# +fter all there are so many choices available now %f you do train, does your current training encourage you to focus on &ursuing skill and attribute develo&ment, as o&&osed to mere !technique acquisition' and to work hard to develo& yourself &hysically and &sychologically# %f you don3t train, start with now with the .O week 6CCC it will save you years of time, effort and money and will have you develo&ing combatively relevant skills within hours %f you do train, start integrating the 6euro Combative Conditioning 7 5rotocols and drills and watch your confidence and skill sky-rocket within a few short working hours
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