A violent encounter is like a dance. You will have one person leading the action and the other person following.
Criminals are used to being in the lead, and they depend on you to follow the dance. When they jump out of the bush and put a knife to your face, the next usual step is for you to do what they say. This dance has been scripted in their minds, and they depend on it to flow the way they have rehearsed. If you do something that interrupts this script, they have to try and create a new set of steps. 99% of the criminals on the streets of the US are not trained in how to do this quickly, and this is where your opportunity to survive and win is created.
Although we label certain classes “defensive”, that is actually a misnomer. Once we decide to strike, we go into a very offensive mode. We take control of the dance. We are the ones in the lead, and we decide what dance is going to occur and when the dance ends. They have stepped onto OUR dance floor.
Our “defensive” classes all stress how to interrupt their script, and then to strike with speed and decisiveness in the most effective methods. There isn’t necessarily anything graceful or beautiful about the dances we teach. We don’t teach you how to win competitions or to impress people with how amazing you look on a shooting range. We teach you how to take the lead, and we teach you how to survive.
Criminals are used to being in the lead, and they depend on you to follow the dance. When they jump out of the bush and put a knife to your face, the next usual step is for you to do what they say. This dance has been scripted in their minds, and they depend on it to flow the way they have rehearsed. If you do something that interrupts this script, they have to try and create a new set of steps. 99% of the criminals on the streets of the US are not trained in how to do this quickly, and this is where your opportunity to survive and win is created.
Although we label certain classes “defensive”, that is actually a misnomer. Once we decide to strike, we go into a very offensive mode. We take control of the dance. We are the ones in the lead, and we decide what dance is going to occur and when the dance ends. They have stepped onto OUR dance floor.
Our “defensive” classes all stress how to interrupt their script, and then to strike with speed and decisiveness in the most effective methods. There isn’t necessarily anything graceful or beautiful about the dances we teach. We don’t teach you how to win competitions or to impress people with how amazing you look on a shooting range. We teach you how to take the lead, and we teach you how to survive.
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