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Firearms vs. Monkey Politics -- The Graphic Example

Here's an unfortunate video that underscores two of the cornerstones of TFT:

1) Understanding the difference between antisocial posturing (monkey politics) and asocial violence (killing), and

2) Making sure that if you're going to lay hands on someone you know how to put them down so they can't get back up.

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Of course, it also illustrates the fact that firearms come pre-packaged with ... read more
Fri, July 11, 2008 - 6:16 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
Being the Better Monster
Being the Better Monster

In Building a Better Monster, I talked about how people build up insanely powerful adversaries (bigger, faster, stronger) and place them in impossible scenarios (it was a dark and stormy night, he has night-vision goggles and a chainsaw) and then ask, "How do I deal with that?" My advice was, essentially, to build him up and then be him.

Everyone gets the building up part--we're all experts in that even before we walk through the door to train. The question is,... read more
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 6:58 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Building a Better Monster
Building a Better Monster

Invariably, we get questions along the lines of...


"Okay, I get all that violence stuff--but what if he's bigger/faster/stronger/(your favorite celebrity masher here)/has a knife/stick/gun/three guns?"
That's a great question.

Or it would be if that's what they really meant. More often than not people build a monster in their head around a single overarching fear...

And before I reveal what that fear is, let's take a look at some specifics:

When pe... read more
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 6:57 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Doing Surgery With a Chainsaw: The Limited Decision Set of Violence
Doing Surgery With a Chainsaw: The Limited Decision Set of Violence

Violence is binary--either you are doing it, or you are not. There is no middle ground, no levels of severity. You can't tear out someone's knee or stab them in the heart 'just a little bit.' It's all or nothing.

Attempting to put degrees on violence by going easy on the man or pulling punches only creates opportunities for him to get to you first. Remember that only serious, debilitating injury triggers a spinal refle... read more
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 6:54 PM permalink - 1 comment
 
SURVIVING VIOLENCE
!Surviving Violence:
The Missing Ingredient
www.targetfocustraining.com Copyright ©2008 The TFT Group
An Interview with Target-Focus Training Master Instructor, Chris Ranck-Buhr
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Q Chris, you have trained a lot of people over a number of years in dealing with violence, really dealing with criminal violence. If you look back over that whole time, is there a single focal point, really a single thing that people have a tendency to either miss or have trouble with more than anyt... read more
Thu, May 1, 2008 - 12:25 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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GRAPHIC EG. (blog entry) Firearms vs. Monkey Politics -- The Graphic Example

Here's an unfortunate video that underscores two of the cornerstones of TFT:

1) Understanding the difference between antisocial posturing (monkey politics) and asocial violence (killing), ... read more
blog entry posted Fri, July 11, 2008 - 6:16 AM permalink - 0 comments
Firearms and Monkey Politics (in Reality Based Self Defence) Firearms and Monkey Politics

Everyone recognizes the lethal power of firearms--so much so that something as simple as showing one can change people's minds. Guns are often the exclamation point at the end of an argument.

If what you know ho... read more
discussion post on Wed, July 2, 2008 - 8:45 PM
Re: The Role of Pain in Self-Defense (in Reality Based Self Defence) I think our approach to dealing with violence while diffrenciated in some areas are actually very similar Sent... My point was not that we dont target nerves, and as I said before I feel very comfortable starting off the demise of the man with a n... read more
discussion post on Sun, June 29, 2008 - 8:25 AM
The Role of Pain in Self-Defense (in Reality Based Self Defence) The Role of Pain in Self-Defense

All theatrics aside, the answer truly is 'none.'

Everything you train to do to people--and really, pick any one thing, shattered, torn, crushed, ruptured and otherwise useless for the very important function... read more
discussion post on Fri, June 27, 2008 - 5:48 AM
Re: What is a target (in Reality Based Self Defence) All very good points Sent.. but I think you missed the point that the Writer was trying to make, And that may have been a result of thinking that he was even remotely speaking in the relm of any sport,social or even Anti-Social situation.

Nerve... read more
discussion post on Fri, June 27, 2008 - 5:43 AM
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