Asocial Violence vs. Anti-Social Behavior
(and other questions)
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'The smart ones ask when they don't know,
and sometimes when they do'
-Malcolm Forbes
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I'm going to answer a few questions in this issue. Let's start
with Tony's:
(Q) Dear TFT group,
Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't the techniques of martial
arts the principles their creators made to defend one's self?
Since everybody is different, everyone will find it difficult to
perfect a principle that would work perfectly for the
grandmaster. This is evident to a number of testimonials you have
posted. But principles that work because everyone can pick them
up are because they are based on scientific laws, not one's
individual form. It figures why there is hundreds of martial arts
each work best for their grandmaster at that time. There was one
martial art that was based on scientific principles, and it is
known as Wing Chun, Bruce Lee's first martial art he learnt from
grandmaster Yip Mann. What you learn in it isn't technique, but
countering, which is easy to learn but hard to master. I would
like you to comment on this, if you can, on your next newsletter,
this may make things clear for customers like my self on how your
products work to everyday people.
'kick arse...take names'
Tony T
(A) Tony what you are describing is the number of 'legacy systems'
out in the market. A 'legacy system' is one that was developed
with certain moves and applications that require you to mimic the
way the instructor performs the moves. Your success or failure in
such 'legacy systems' has a good deal to do with your genetic
make up.
If you are genetically predisposed to be a good kicker, grappler
or puncher you tend to drift to those arts that instruct that
approach. These arts tend to place a good deal of emphasis on the
physical dynamics portion of training (basically, how well you
can mimic the moves) rather than the results (did that last move
create an injury in the other guy?).
A principal-based fighting system like TFT is concerned with one
thing and one thing only... results. Understanding the fact that
all humans possess a central nervous system and that it is
extremely vulnerable to trauma places the focus on causing injury
to the body that interrupts the central nervous system. This
simple focus allows you to use this information regardless of
your physical limitations.
We have successfully instructed thousands of clients in TFT with
all sorts of genetic limitations (most recently we instructed a
blind client). When the goal is based on verifiable results, your
ability to successfully use violence as a survival tool becomes
infinitely easier. I cover this subject in depth in my 'Nuclear
Weapon' DVD's which I'd highly recommend to truly see what I'm
talking about (http://www.targetfocusweapons.com).
(Q) Dino asks me to clarify my newsletter on the young Marine in
Fallujah who shot the 'wounded' insurgent:
What about raping and torturing the people on the other side, do
you support that as a means towards destroying the enemy? I
believe this is what they call PsyOps? This would destroy the
moral of the opponent. What if their children are tortured to
death and raped on camera as well, this could really break the
enemy's will to fight back. What is your expert opinion?
Dino
(A) I got a couple of emails like Dino's about my newsletter 'Why
We All Can't Just Get Along'. I basically said that we as a nation
still had a long way to go in understanding the facts... that the
way you win a war is by killing the enemy. Dino has now gone on a
tangent about rape, torture etc, which was not what I was
advocating in my newsletter.
But my answer to Dino's question is I don't advocate such
measures. One of my last jobs in the military was in a 'human
intelligence unit' of which one of the 'specialties' of the unit
was interrogation. What I learned during my tenure there was
that, beyond the moral objections, the cold hard facts are that
such measures (as you described) proved to be counterproductive
in the long run. Any short gains in advantage from such methods
are usually vastly outweighed by the numerous disadvantages.
Even the recent ridiculous actions by some US military prison
guards at the camps, although relatively juvenile, were very
counter-productive. But in that case, I rarely heard anyone ask
the question just who those 'poor prisoners' were in the pictures
and what actions might they have taken on the Iraqi/Afgan people
prior to their capture.
The reason I bring this point up is because these same issues
come up when I prepare clients for asocial violence. Most confuse
asocial with anti-social behavior. For clarification, asocial
violence is unavoidable -- the dirtbag is going to jump you and
do violence without ANY provocation. Anti-social behavior is the
obnoxious drunk who harasses you at a baseball game and instead
of you leaving or getting security to handle the situation, you
opt to take matters into your own hands.
Asocial does not give you an option to use violence. Either you
use it... or violence will be done to you. Anti-social behavior
gives YOU the choice to disengage -- which is ALWAYS the smart
move. Unfortunately people often confuse the two, treating
asocial as anti-social and vice versa.
Our forces are not out 'arresting' burglars or recidivist
criminals; they are destroying an enemy that would use any means
necessary to do the same or worse to them. Luckily the guys in
the field seem to have that approach to the war.
You should train to deal with the asocial violence of the
sociopath... and KNOW the difference... so you don't participate
in the avoidable anti-social behavior of others.
(Q) JF Writes:
Hello Tim:
There are no secrets. True, authentic traditional Chinese Martial
Arts were created for and serve only one purpose. Namely, they
destroy the human form. Period. All the 'artsy fartsy' fortune
cookie bullshit psychobabble in the world cannot obscure this
straightforward fact. If people are looking for general health
conditioning ... they would be well advised to ride a bike, run
or power walk, and swim for about 20 minutes each and 3 times per
week. There, it's just that simple. REAL martial arts put the
emphasis where it properly belongs, on the very first word ...
MARTIAL. It is first and foremost War conducted in an artful
(skillful) way and NOT artistic expression in a martial medium.
To earn dangerous hands a person MUST engage in dangerous
practice.
Cordially,
JF
(A) Gee JF, howd'ya really feel?
I'm not sure which newsletter JF was referring to but I wanted to
comment on this one because I don't think it is correct to
compare one martial art or fighting system to another to see
which is better. The purpose of this newsletter is to discuss the
use of violence as a survival tool so the question should be how
does (insert martial art or combat sport training here) compare
to real violence?
That IS the standard we use for TFT. I don't teach people to
'TFT' someone. I teach them to use violence -- which ANYONE can
use with ZERO training right now. Our prison population is full
of SUCCESSFUL users of violence with little or NO formal training
in any martial art or combat sport.
Other than that, I like the email JF.
(Q) Hi, just wanted to say I received the 'nuclear' DVDs yesterday.
They are awesome! Everything is amazingly clear and practical,
and really well presented. Your service and response times re the
order have also been excellent, so I've now ordered the 'Joint
Breaking' DVDs. Keep up the good work, and please let me know if
you intend to come to England.
Regards
Peter
(A) Thanks Peter. I am fortunate to have a very dedicated staff
that offers great customer service. I'm glad you liked the Weapons
package. We have received incredible response on that product.
The Joint Breaking DVDs are fast becoming the hot item for all
martial artists and combat sport practitioners. It really answers
the question of joint locks and leverages once and for all. We
show it from soup to nuts and give you the complete range of
information. MMA fighters have been getting these like crazy as
soon as word spread so I'd order soon since the first 2 DVD runs
have already sold out (http://www.tftjointbreaking.com).
As for another UK training... we usually make it there once or
twice a year. So any of my European clients who
would like to attend a session, please email us at the
address below and we'll let you know once we finalize dates. By
the way... we are also looking at possibly offering a session in
Rome.
Well, that's it for this newsletter.
Until next time,
Tim Larkin
Master Close-Combat Instructor,
Creator of Target-Focus(TM) Training
http://www.targetfocustraining.com
PS. My 'Nuclear' Weapons video series clearly defines
all Target-Focus Training system principles. Read more
about it at: http://www.targetfocusweapons.com
