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…The third type is what can be called street karate. Guys that are familiar with fighting in the street environment know that it's the element of surprise and being sneaky, nasty, belligerent (and a few other adjectives) that matter most when overcoming an opponent. A true street fighter doesn't care what you know. Intimidation tactics are used to instil fear in the most seasoned fighter, thus, neutralizing most of the skills you thought you knew.

Van, you have unending patience. Someone asked me the other day, knowing I train, how you "defend" against such-and such, and knowing I work on head movement in boxing. I said you don't defend against anything, you don't necessarily do any headwork if you're being spontaneously attacked. I started to say you just assault to survive the surprise assualt, but I lost the audience, and decided it wasn't worth the effort (I was wrong, but I can't do it. )

Kudos to you, and for over ten years I have refered people to your forum if they are actually interested.

Tim - Here's principles I've learned from TFT (not in order of
importance):

- Aim small, miss small

- Strike the first thing that moves

- Don't use violence to solve social situations

- Understand the difference between life or death
confrontations and social violence

- Always focus on striking targets

- Principle based systems are superior to technique based
systems

- Never quit until the other guy is non-functional

- Always assume multiple persons in a violent confrontation

- Close distance - step through the other guy
- Always strike never block

- Have a first strike mentality - don't hesitate

- Become a sociopath in a life or death confrontation -
maim, cripple or kill

- Use kinetic versus static force

- Always have a center line focus - don't look at the face,
it will deceive you

- To be in cause state you must continually cause effects
in the other guy(s)

- Never get in the middle of a group in a multi person
violent confrontation - choose a side

- Your only weapon is your brain everything else is a tool

- In violence never focus on the other guys tools (gun,
knife, or club) focus on taking out his weapon (brain) -
simply taking away the tools and leaving the other guy
functional may cost you your life.

- Walk away from ego based confrontations - there is no
threat

- If you can use social skills to avoid violence do so, but
if it is asocial then there is only one option - violence

- You do what you train - make sure you train for the real
world

- Occasionally take away dominant side during training -
it'll make you a more complete fighter

- Become a 360 degree fighter NOT a 'one quadrant' fighter

- Give good reactions to your partner

- Don't try to 'teach someone a lesson or you may get
schooled'

- Always ask yourself "what is available to me" NOT "what
is being done to me?"

- Violence is not give and take - it should be over in 3-5
seconds

- Speed does NOT equal power

- There are no rules in violence - remove any such
boundaries or you will suffer the consequences

- Be brilliant at the basics (do your leg dynamics)

- Don't ever posture with violence

- Feign weakness to gain an unfair advantage

- Don't mimic your opponent - do the unexpected

- 2 inches of penetration is better than 20 slashes with a
knife

- Never square off with the other guy - strike when he
isn't aware or doesn't expect it

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