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Combat Rules of Thumb
Here are a few rules of thumb for combat that I like. Of course rules are made to be broken, but I think these are good guidelines. Do you have any others?
* Avoid having to fight by knowing the terrain, staying out of dangerous situations, and learning to read people.
* Fighting is always life or death. Fight only as a last resort.
* If a fight is unavoidable, strike first and strike hard.
* Strike high to strike low, and strike low to strike high.
* Strike a point to lock a joint. Lock a joint to strike a point.
* Use the nearest weapon against the nearest target.
* Always body change. Yield, shift, move as you attack.
* To the ground, look around (after taking someone down, scan for other threats).
* The fight is not over until your enemy is on the ground and unable to rise.
* The fight is not over until you have taken away the enemy's sight, breath or mobility.
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Permalink Reply by William Milewski on -
Always bring a gun to a knife fight??
These are good and worth thinking about before I would think to add anything!!
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Permalink Reply by Wael on -
*Maintain your personal space.
* There are no "whys". When you're attacked, don't ask, "Why are you doing this, what do you want?" Fight and win. Deal with the "whys" later.
* Be the predator, not the prey. (This is not a suggestion to victimize others. It's a reference to the state of mind that a warrior must have in combat).
* Turn fear into aggressive energy.
* There are no forbidden techniques in combat. Do what you have to do. Survive.
* Never give up. You get hit, you get cut, you get shot, keep on fighting.
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Permalink Reply by Wael on
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A fellow classmate of mine, who happens to be a 4th dan in Shotokan, said to me yesterday,
"Every strike is a block, and every block is a strike."
I'm still pondering and investigating that claim.
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Permalink Reply by William Milewski on
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We used to say something similar in TKD, if the block is as hard as a strike then it hurts the attacker, blocks should be delivered to weak points if possible. If when blocking I use a striking surface (knuckles, palm heel) against a pressure point then the block is a strike as well, in addition if your strike is intercepted with his block or strike it could be a block.
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Permalink Reply by Daniel McCullar on -
When a weapon comes into play it is no longer self defense, it is combat!
Effectiveness = Simplicity + Efficiency + Practicality
In the beginning, many if not most techniques will seem impractical, inefficient, not simple and all but effective. It is only through constant & diligent training that they become effective and instinctual.
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Permalink Reply by Daniel McCullar on
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We say the same with blocking. Though we do not block in the traditional sense. Any blocking we do is redirection into a technique or with our elbows which is driven into the opponents fist, arms, head and body.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sogor on -
Here's the one I always teach first: "I am always going home...I don't care where he ends up."
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sogor on
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Or "Pick a crackhead and a dumpster, your wallet is going to the first, your body in the second..." That one has stopped fights...hahaha
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