If My 10-Year-Old Can See James Bond
Using TFT... You Can Too!

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'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but
not simpler'

- Albert Einstein
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'Hey Dad, James Bond has that bad guy's shoulder in a
Base 4 Leverage' spouted my 10-year-old son, standing
there in the family room outfitted from head to toe in
his Tony Hawk apparel.

And you know what?

Ya could've knocked me over with a feather. I'll be
damned if he wasn't spot on!

See, we were watching a Bond movie during one of those
weekend TV movie marathons the cable channels do and I
really hadn't been paying attention. Basically this
was the gazillionth time I'd seen this movie and I was
kinda zoned out.

Earlier in the day I had reviewed the TFT Base
Leverage principles lectures we'll include in the new
live seminar product we're releasing next month. I
THOUGHT my son was busy playing Spiderman 2 on his new
Nintendo DS, but obviously those little ears and eyes
were elsewhere.

'So how do you know that's a Base 4 Leverage?' I
asked.

The little guy then stands up and uses his hand to
describe the 3 ways a joint works and the resulting 6
leverages that are the basis for any joint break,
lock, or submission hold.

He then mimics the way the shoulder was in the movie
scene and goes back to his 'hand jibe' to show me how
it was a Base 4 Leverage.

About then, a couple explosions go off on screen and
he's fully involved in the movie again.

Me? I still had that dumfounded look on my face you
get when your kid totally surprises you with their
ability to quickly apply knowledge.

It was all the more amazing to me because I don't
train my son in TFT. Even at 10, he's far too young
for the information.

I finally just smiled and realized that we had
achieved what I always had as a goal with TFT. Namely,
to reduce the chaos of violence by giving you easy-to-
understand and apply Principles that always work.

All in a format so simple... even a fourth grader can
get it!

Most people would have seen a 'technique' and wondered
how to apply it. My son saw a principle and knew not
only what was going on IN the joint but WHY it worked.
He wasn't the least bit interested in the technique...
just the result!

Having knowledge and knowing how to apply it is one of
the most important things in any endeavor. In the
criminal's realm of asocial violence... it's critical.

Clear, concise principles that anyone can understand
and apply under any circumstance together with an
absolute focus on results is the proven way to deal
with these violent situations.

So I learned two things this weekend:

1) TFT communicates the effective use of the tool of
violence so well EVEN a 4th grader can understand
it.
2) I need to make damn sure I'm careful what I
'review' around my little toe-headed 'receiving
beacon'!

Until next time,

Tim Larkin
Creator of Target-Focus(TM) Training
http://www.targetfocustraining.com

PS. To have the notoriously complex subject of
Leverage literally handed to you as a set of simple,
highly effective principles of action, head on over
now to: http://www.tftjointbreaking.com.

PS. My 'Nuclear' Weapons video series clearly defines
all Target-Focus Training system principles. Read more
about it at: http://www.targetfocusweapons.com