"less is best" Being simple and direct.

When dealing with close quarters combat, especially when it could mean your life or worse...What technique works best?

With every style of martial arts, there is a solution to these problems. Each bares it's own trade mark or style of action. Some rely on ground fighting, grappling, submitting, punch, kick, throw....etc. However, from these styles its success stories all share common ground. Simplicity.

Things that will help you survive in dangerous circumstances.

1. Stay calm. Don't burn energy needlessly, you may need it.

2. Stay focused. As long as you are focused you remain in control of you actions. Decisions are much more informed.

3. Evaluate. Give yourself options, go with the quickest and most practical approach to the treat. Fight or flight rule applies here.

This is a pre - fight situation. Now consider that "fight" is your option and it was a lethal force you faced. Assume you are not much longer than your arms length away from them. Let's now freeze at the point you see a threat show his weapon, blade, gun, etc... You have no more than half a second to respond? What do you do?

Well that's easy to answer, hard to always do but, firstly, we must move our feet. Only revealing our hand/foot real intentions when in range. Be deceptive, but at the same time, efficient. Minimise movements and it takes less time to pull off! So in half a second there are many right things to do. You cant be hit, stabbed or shot if you move out of its path. At the same time focus on removing the threat appropriately. Simultaneous attack and defense techniques are difficult to learn but yield firepower when in a battle. You halve all your problems quickly. Shaolin Chaugia is a great example of this.

So the movement should either intecept, deflect, sweep, trip, or accelerate the opponents attack/body. No wasted movements are possible in a situation like this. When we step, we engage our foe and immediately begin to attack and remove the threat. Chaugia teaches you that a simple step will put some one on their butt! You need to learn to be direct and hard to beat!

Detailed simple no-nonsence techniques will be posted over an ongoing basis. Any comments are welcome. If you have been in a bad situation or think your daily travels put you at risk, then post your comments or questions and I will help in some way.

Chausifu
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