25 Combative Street Fight

Principles Free Report

1. Context Defined
Context-defined (context defines objectives, which define strategy which define
tactics and techniques)

context>objectives>strategy>
tactics>techniques
when checking a technique/ system/ sequence for validity ask: “Has the context
been defined or is it assumed? Do I understand all the aspects of assumed
context? Does altering my understanding of the context affect my perception of
usefulness of the technique?”
When developing your own training: “How can I do more to define this context?
Who,what, where, why is this situation taking place? What are the objectives of
those involved? What is their mind set, their emotional and physical state?”

Context first, context last. Define the context of every technical sequence. Where is
this happening? To whom? What is the nature of the attack?

2. Objectives Focussed
When checking: “Have the objectives been defined? Are they being adhered to
throughout or is something else creeping in here?”

Seldom are objectives defined when martial arts techniques are shown, but we
must accept to some degree that most situations unfold along a sliding scale of
force.

I use a crude “3 types” model of :

1. Low 2. Medium 3. High Threat

Low being restraining a drunk and not wanting to hurt them, medium being
someone throwing blows at you in a ego based brawl, high being the (extremely
rare) targeted attack where serious violent intent is present and you are in a
“desperate struggle for survival”.
When these objectives are not defined we see practitioners tending towards
preferred tactical solutions, certain sequences of techniques being thrown in time
and again as a matter of (unconscious) course.

Be careful.

What you do a lot of you will get good at.

And what you do a lot of you will tend to DO.

For the “high threat” scenarios streetfightsecrets.com usually focusses on we have
a simple reliable “Core Game Plan” we teach as part of the
Neuro Combative Conditioning Course™ (click here to learn more about NCCC)

The Core Game Plan has 4 Combative Priorities:

1. Unconsciousness :knock him out, nobody is dangerous when they are asleep
2. Injury :if you cant knock him out, break something
3. Fear/Panic : if you cant cause an injury, cause pain and keep him under pressure
4. Control : if you cant do any of the above, fight for a better position or escape.

3. Realistic Attack
When checking a system out ask : “Is this attack realistic? What's missing? If the
student keeps training against this kind of attack over time is he getting closer to his
objectives or further away?”

When developing your own training: “How can I make these attacks more
accurately reflect reality? What sources can I go to to see attacks? Personal
experience? Anecdotal evidence? CCTV? What elements can I add that put the
student under MORE realistic pressure, MORE safely? Where is the emotional/
verbal/ psychological element? Is this happening in a very practitioner friendly
environment? (dry, bright, flat surface, one clear enemy, good footing etc) How can I
make this more stressful and ambiguous?”

Guiding Principle:
stressful + ambiguous = realistic

It must also Penetrate and Displace the target.

Realistic attacks don’t dab at targets or attack “near to” the target. A good test is to
make sure that if you don’t move you WILL be injured or knocked off your feet. If
not, its not a realistic attack.

4. Explosive
The opposite of explosive is “stable” and “gradual” - so think of the physical
application of techniques as being a sudden, violent outburst in which a huge
amount of energy is released in a tightly packed space over a very short period of
time and you've got a principle that can be devastating to an attacker.

Inducing shock and awe through surprise and delivering a multiplicity of good shots
to a number of targets creating pain, panic and injury before the opponent can get
his bearings.

Exactly what we want.

"There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to

change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum
amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the
minimum amount of time."

General George S. Patton, Jr.

When checking a style or technique just ask “Are any of the moves delivered
explosively? Are these practitioners conditioned to delivering explosive
movements?”

When developing your own training ask: “How can I make this application more
explosive? How can I deliver more shock and violence to the opponent in a shorter
period of time?”

Consider what the immediate effect of an explosion is. It induces an automatic flinch
response to cover the vulnerable targets, arch the spine, lower the head and protect
the internal organs.

Consider ways in which you can pack more movements into a shorter space of
time. Start simply: can you go from 5 moves over 5 seconds, to 5 moves in under 2
seconds? Probably not without losing some of the effect of the individual
movements. But in trying you are becoming MORE explosive.

5. Deceptive
Every single element of what we do is Asymmetric and so therefore should involve
deception.

Unless you're watching a Ninjitsu demonstration its unlikely you will see any of the
principle of “deception” being applied in any traditional martial arts display.

Good street fight training encourages practitioners to verbally engage and use body
language to disarm or distract an assailant before delivering a pre-emptive strike.

You could feign injury, feign fear, use verbal or misguiding body language. You can
use other people or objects, or the environment itself.
Your only limits are you imagination and cunning, push a little harder and you will
always find some way you can be more deceptive.

Just keep well out of the macho, fair fight, match play, gentlemanly conduct,
duelling paradigm.
Start considering the all the different ways you could put deception back into your
training and your tactics.

6. pre-emptive
This one is a killer when you’re analysing and assessing your own training, another
system, instructor or technique.

Because, in truth, 99% of the training that you will find out there totally LACKS the
principle of pre-emption.

Being prepared for real world violence means training with pre-emption is an
absolute MUST.

Ask good questions like :

“Is the practitioner/defender/good guy waiting for the attack and THEN responding
or is he moving pre-emptively as soon as he perceives the attack coming or even
before the attack has begun? Is there any element AT ALL of pre-emptive strategy
or movement evident in what is being shown?”

So many systems rely on the “wait politely for the attacker to make his outlandishly
stylised attack and then respond to it” way of approaching violence.

This is the “tit for tat” model most (not all) martial arts systems and combat sports
styles are based on.

It has NO PLACE in those training for real world violence. Any street level,
“fighting art” must have written into the source code the deep and complete
understanding of the reality that “street violence” is : one person(s) delivering
violence and the other person(s) receiving it.

It moves ONE WAY.

Either you are delivering or receiving.

7. Effect-focussed
When developing your own training: “What is the effect? What do I need to do to the
specific targets to get that effect directly and efficiently?”

Next time you are training you could try this easy, but eye-opening experiment:

Once you have defined context and objectives with specificity;

Once you have defined a realistic attack (a likely attack delivered with intent that
penetrates and displaces the target) to work against safely;

Once you know exactly what your objectives are and exactly what the effect you
want is then...
If all conditions above are fulfilled, your physical “options
of response” in any given situation will have shrunk to
maybe just two or three.
Consider the implications: at any “freeze frame” moment in a fight you probably
have just TWO high percentage, reliable, multiple levels of redundancy, ergonomic,
pre-emptive, primal/savage, simple, target and effect specific responses that fit to
your objectives and will generate the desired effect with high reliability under
SNAFU conditions (diminished light, space, time etc) and with your opponent
applying the “TF /Resistance” principle : covering/moving vulnerable targets and/ or
fighting back, squirming and generally being the opposite of a nice polite compliant
training partner and making life as difficult for you as he possibly can. In a situation
of high threat, one it has gone physical you aren’t the only person desperately
struggling for survival.

And of those two responses, I will bet good money that depending on the size/
weight of your different partners you will significantly favour one response over
the other.

So therefore: If you are truly under pressure, at any given moment in a

fight you probably have just one option of response that fulfils your
objectives.

There just isn't that many ways the human body can move, especially when placed
under pressure.

Puts a lot of that neurotic, ADHD inspired, technique-collector fetish frame we can
all fall prey to into perspective doesn’t it?

Having chosen the specific effect, let every fibre of your being focus on it and make
it happen.

Aggressively, with violent intent and tenacious resolve.

8. SNAFU
An American Army term (Situation Normal All Fracked Up) adhering to the SNAFU
principle means being prepared for the worst rather than expecting everything to go
our way.

5 factors we will face:

1.no lighting,
2.no footing,
3.no space,
4.no time,
5.multiples,

Now we don’t want to be silly with our training and start trying to prepare for every
single threat all at once, but training must occasionally reflect an implicit
understanding that fights wont take place with unambiguous targets in well lit
training halls with padded floors with warmed up tracksuit wearing friendly
practitioners.

If you suspect your training is getting too fancy and fluffy, simply start adding the
SNAFU factors and see what you are left with.

Add bad lighting, no room and multiples and straight away you will find in drills that
you will be lucky to just stay on your feet!
Plus your options of response will drop very quickly.

As combative pressure increases options decrease.

9. Reliable
Some people call these movements “high percentage”. This is a fancier way of
saying “reliable”. It means the movements if analysed will work more often than
not across a multiplicity of scenarios and contexts.
They have a “higher percentage” chance of working and having an effect than other
movements.
They also have multiple levels of redundancy, so if something goes wrong you still
get a desired result or at least don’t injure yourself and it does NOT require all other
factors to be perfect.

You can NOT consider fair-weather tactics to be truly “reliable”. Just remember
when applying them that they work IF all other factors are favourable.

So when looking at training simply ask: “how reliable is this? Would it work with a
larger opponent? On a wet floor?”

In your own training look at your primary tactics are they truly “Reliable”? What
could be done to make them more “Reliable” or do they need removing altogether?

10. Asymmetry
When checking another system: “Is the practitioner directing ALL his force against
the opponents weakest points? Is he using deception to set up the strike? Is he
delivering violence one way and bulldozing the opponent into the floor? Is he
responding to a single attack with 5 or more devastating counter-attacks of his
own?”

In the broadest sense Asymmetric tactics in the context of self protection and
unarmed combatives are anything that is the opposite of a “fair fight” or square go.
This is the opposite of sportive combat.
Asymmetric tactics could be said to be at the heart of what we do.

Because a criminal predator has chosen to target you despite your best efforts to
behave lawfully and avoid violence, and because the level of threat is so high you
now are permitted to survive the context via “any means necessary”. Use deception
as your platform and deliver a devastating barrage of violence one way until the
threat is neutralised.

In your own training weed out any element of “square go” that might creep in:

“Has this become a battle of skills to see who is the most skilful? Is this turning into
a boxing match? Am I allowing for the fact that this conflict is being forced upon me
against my will and despite my best efforts to exhaust every other option? Does this
training reflect my position of being genuinely endangered?”

“Asymmetric warfare is war between belligerents whose relative

military power differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differ
significantly.
"Asymmetric warfare" can describe a conflict in which the resources of
two belligerents differ in essence and in the struggle, interact and
attempt to exploit each other's characteristic weaknesses.
Such struggles often involve strategies and tactics of unconventional
warfare, the "weaker" combatants attempting to use strategy to
offset deficiencies in quantity or quality. Such strategies may not
necessarily be militarized. This is in contrast to symmetric warfare,
where two powers have similar military power and resources and rely
on tactics that are similar overall, differing only in details and execution.”

Wikipedia.

11. Savage/ Primal

Not everything should be delivered in a snarling, spitting frenzy of animalistic rage,
its often exhausting and will make your responses less intelligent, but you should be
comfortable going there if needed.

Think in terms of delivering as much violence as possible – self protection means

ALL OTHER OPTIONS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED and now your very survival is at
stake.

If not, then its ego protection not self protection

IN A TRUE SELF PROTECTION CONTEXT: If you can't

knock him out straight away, follow your initial shot with a barrage of assault
that will keep him in a state of “shock and awe” - if he is trained the last thing
you want to do is let him come to his senses and gather a response.
Keep pressuring him, keep him on the back foot, covering up and bent over and/or
turning away to protect his face/throat/jaw/eyes.
Use any foul or unsportsmanlike tactics you like ; he probably hasn't trained for
them and they are “fouls” for a reason (they can induce injury even on trained
fighters even by untrained joes).
Keep it simple and above all keep it very, very aggressive. If you are not sure focus
attacks into his eyes, throat, and face. This will psychologically overwhelm most
people, even if they are “trained” its unlikely they will have trained for this kind of
savagery.

12. Ergonomically Efficient

“Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned

with
the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of
a
system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and
methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall
system performance”

The International Ergonomics Association

When looking at an application of technique ask: “is that a natural movement? Does
that movement waste the practitioners energy/ not generate the intended effect/ put
undue stress on the practitioners body/ not represent the “best” (most naturally
efficient) way to move in that circumstance / only shown to reflect “style”?”

When checking your own training: “is this the most natural, energy efficient way of
moving to generate the desired effect? Am I strongest in this position or is there
another way of doing this that generates more power, more flow, more speed and
more effect on the target?”

13. destructive
“Don't do your best move, do your opponents worst move”
Chess Maxim, quoted by Coach Tony Blauer

When checking out a piece of training or a system: “Is this the fastest way to take
the opponent out? Is the practitioner just doing what he is GOOD at or is he actually
targetting his opponents weakest points?”
In your own training (and even in actual application) : “What is the last thing he
wants me to do? How could I really ruin his day/ put him into a panic/ stress him/
injure him/ F**K him up? What is the WORST thing I could do to him? How can I get
inside his head, his perspective and give him a response that is just a straight out
NIGHTMARE for him to deal with?”
Get subjective, put yourself in his shoes.
These powerful questions create a different, more efficient and more predatory way
of looking at the situation. Imagine if you trained yourself to quickly spot and exploit
an attackers weak spots from moment to moment. Imagine if in the training hall over
time you and your training partners consistently asked instead of “how can I get my
right cross/favourite flying knee in here?” rather “what is the WORST thing (for
my opponent) that I can do to you from this position?”
or “If I had a gun pointed at my head and I HAD to find a way to have you rolling
around on the floor in agony, unable to fight within two moves, what would they
be?”.

14. Intelligent
Intelligent (no square pegs in round holes/ use of every option/use of environment/
response appropriate to threat)

When looking at the validity of a technique, ask: “Given the context is this an
intelligent response? Is this response fitting to the context or are they trying to
forward engineer their style/unique skillset into the context (square peg in
round hole syndrome)? Are they exhausting every option? Are they using the
environment intelligently? Is the response appropriate to the threat?”

Questions are the answer.

An entire book could be written on making your self protection training more
“intelligent” and that effectively is what the
Neuro Combative Conditioning Course ™ project is all about. (click here to learn more about
NCCC)

“Intelligent” can mean many things: being flexible, adaptable, aware, competent and
takes self protection from just a rough handful of skills to a total way of life.

Intelligent self protection solutions should be what we are aspiring to develop.

15. Simple
Keep it simple, keep trimming the fat and the fluff.

Only that which is absolutely necessary stays in.

16. State Based

When/If a person experiences real world violence for the first time one of the first
things they will notice is that it is a very emotional experience.

You will be in an altered “state” of mind and emotion when violence occurs, our
training must reflect that fact. Work with altered states in every element of training
you do.
The “Violent Intent Training Drills” which form the foundation of the
Neuro Combative Conditioning Course ™ teach you how to do exactly that.
17. Violent Intent
This is simply the extent of your willingness to do harm to another human being. It
must be cultivated and developed if you are going to protect yourself.

Remember:

With a load of violent intent but not much technical skill a LOT can be
done.

With zero violent intent and the best skillset and attributes in the world
NOTHING can be done.

Don't just read that and skip on, let that idea really sink in.

Ask:
“Is this training state based? Can I see any violent intent being shown? What state
are these practitioners in? Are they training themselves for the emotional shit storm
a fight can cause?

And then: “How can I make every element of my training have a psychological
edge? What can I do
with my students to alter their emotional state?!”

18. Precision
The precise and accurate application of the proper tools to the precise and accurate
targets with specific intent of effect.
That is what is required, so that is what you must train for.

If angry “flap slapping” someone in the face and skull (generic targeting as opposed
to precise targeting) is going to stop them they never really had the intent to do you
harm in the first place.

Someone with such low intent could have been deterred by you simply conveying
yourself as being a “harder target” and/or shoving them hard and explicitly and
loudly stating the consequences that would be visited upon them if they didn’t alter
their behaviour.

If it's real world violence and genuine self protection we are talking about and not
schoolyard or pub brawls then you need...

Accuracy. Precision.

No excuses.

19. Aggressive/Forward Pressing

Eat up the psychological and physical space. Never give your opponent any quarter
to regather themselves.
Having taken the advantage, press, press, press.

“Is the movement shown aggressive? Have the practitioners cultivated aggression?
Do they know how to channel it effectively? Once they begin to move are they
displacing and crowding the target? Are they attacking the attacker?”

20. Reverse Engineered

DO NOT : take your pre existing martial arts skillset and shoe horn them into reality.

DO : take a long analytical look at the reality, define your objectives and develop
tactics and skills appropriate to the reality of the context as it presents itself and
your objectives.

21. Natural Movement

This is “natural movement” from BOTH parties, the practitioner AND the attacker.

Natural or “likely” attacks or responses which faithfully represent what

human beings do when engaged in a physical conflict. And most importantly
which does not require magical thinking or massive assumptions in order to be
functional.

When checking ask: “Is this how people actually attack? Is the attackers response
to the practitioners moves likely or is it based on stacked levels of false logic?”

Simple rules: No stylised movements, No magical thinking.

Magical thinking is the identification of causal relationships between actions and

events where scientific consensus says that there are none. (wikipedia).

Use your common sense. If you aren’t sure if something would work if an attack is
realistic, test it for yourself using the protocols and drills given in the
“Street Fight Manual” which you get in Module 1 of the

Neuro Combative Conditioning Course ™

22. the two part Resistance Principle (T.F.)

part 1: He will cover the targets you are trying to hit and generally avoid being
injured.
Part 2: He will Hit you back.

T.F. Stands for “tricky f***er”.

Any human being, regardless of training will turn into a T.F. when in a fight.
EXPECT AND TRAIN FOR RESISTANCE.

If you NEVER train with resistance, then you are NEVER training for a
key element of the reality you will face in real world violence.

23. Commitment/Violence of Action

Instructor Rory Miller quotes a colleague of his in his book “Meditations on

Violence” as saying:

“Violence of Action Trumps Technique.”

Instructor James Neidlinger of “5 Rings Fitness” Gym paraphrases a friend of his as

saying:

“Any technique done with enough violence and speed will work.”

You need to psychologically COMMIT to your action and you must make it work.

At the physical level your commitment to movements with be manifest as dropping

your bodyweight lower and making sure every move DISPLACES and
PENTRATES the target.

24. WYDALO
“Whatever You Do A Lot Of … that is what you are getting good at.”

This is my counterpoint to the oft-quoted phrase:

“The way you train is the way you will react”.

Which I’ve seen too many times simply not play out in reality.

Some people train beautifully but react awfully when it goes off; in their frantic
desperation to put the other person down they may do things like fall over their own
feet, miss their shots, opt to go to the ground when they should be staying upright
and son on.
A panicky demeanour can really screw up the best training protocols.

I’ve seen guys who are great in the gym/dojo do this too many times to just blindly
repeat the phrase.
They are clearly NOT reacting the way they train, at all.

So I think its more true and more useful to say that whatever you are doing a lot of,
that’s what you will get good at.

WYDALO.

So in your training right now: what are you getting good at?

25. The Secret of Kung Fu.

Many people think of “kung fu” as being a conglomerate of highly stylised Chinese
martial art styles. But actually “kung fu” doesnt translate as martial art at all.

“Wu Shu” is the Mandarin for “martial art” (literally war arts).

“Kung fu” has a meaning more subtle and far more combatively relevant.

Kung fu actually can mean hard work, skill developed over time, attributes,
concentration, development and perfection of the individual IN ANY FIELD OF
ENDEAVOUR.

A Chef can be said to have good Kung Fu in the way he prepares meals, runs a
kitchen, manages his staff; the way he does the job he is trained for.

It could be translated as “the achievement of a person”.

It implies skills and attributes attained at the expenditure of great effort over time,
energy and personal sacrifice.

Everyone wants to “pick up” a few deadly “quick kill moves” but ultimately what
makes the difference will be the attributes and skills you have “developed”, not the
techniques you “know”.

Kung Fu is developed through “hard work”.

Hard work develops character, will and clarity of intent.

A powerful character with a strong will and a crystal clear intent would make a
formidable enemy indeed.

Now what we need to be sure of is that we are putting in work intelligently over time
and aiming our efforts at the right specific targets, because of the WYDALO
principles, we don’t want to get good at things that are not relevant.

Nor do we want to work in a way that is boring or dangerous. We need to be able to

put in work in a way that is effective and enjoyable. If you aren’t enjoying the
process, you probably will just put the training aside, that’s basic human
psychology. I always make enjoyment/satisfaction and progress top priorities for my
clients, it keeps them motivated and willing to keep training diligently.
A student who is inspired, motivated and happy is going to get a lot further than a
student who feels bullied into doing something they don’t see the point of doing.

So, let me ask you one final question:

Do you train? Do you know what to train in? After all there are so many choices
available now.

If you do train, does your current training encourage you to focus on pursuing skill
and attribute development, as opposed to mere “technique acquisition” and to work
hard to develop yourself physically and psychologically?

If you don't train, start with now with the 16 week NCCC it will save you years of
time, effort and money and will have you developing combatively relevant skills
within hours.

If you do train, start integrating the Neuro Combative Conditioning ™ Protocols and
drills and watch your confidence and skill sky-rocket within a few short working
hours.

I hope you enjoyed this free report, to learn more about integrating these principles
into your training and to get access to the full 16 week
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richard grannon www.streetfightsecrets.com