Fast Self-Defense: Saving Or Protecting A Life.

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Many of my readers at The Taking Command Blog have expressed more than a passing interest in simple but powerful self-defense. Aside from building a leader's or commander's self confidence, it may just save your life or the life of someone about whom you care. I've dedicated an entire new page on the blog to FAST SELF-DEFENSE. Please read on:

Not only can these simple, reflexive techniques be easily learned, but they carry with them some valuable additional benefits:

1) They can save your life if you are being bullied or attacked;

2) They can be utilized to save the life of someone about whom you care;

3) They will build your feelings of self-confidence and courage as a leader, commander or executive.

This is why I have created a new page on the site specifically addressed to those of you who are interested in pursing this topic in greater depth. But wait! There's more!
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There are times where you either have to defend yourself, or intervene to save the life of a loved one. If these circumstances are extreme, and there is a clear and imminent danger to life and limb, these are simple but incredibly powerful moves to get out a dangerous physical situation safely.

These techniques are all time-tested and are used by Special Ops commandos, the Secret Service, bodyguards and members of many law enforcement agencies. These are people who do not have the luxury of working toward attaining a black belt (sensei or sifu) in any organized, recognized martial arts system. These moves can be mastered instantly, with minimal practice, and rely on simple "muscle memory" to become memorable and accessible.

This feed is brought to us through FightFast.org, and is co-sponsored by The Taking Command Blog, Global Edge Technologies Group LLC, The Daily Burst Of Brilliance Blog and by my Headmaster and instructor, U.S. Martial Arts Hall Of Fame Inductee, Soke Joseph Droual. You can lean more about Soke Joseph by viewing his website at New York Martial Arts. I was blessed to have been trained by him. Joseph is now heading a program titled "NO MORE VICTIMS" which will soon make its appearance on the CrowdFunding Incubator website.

These techniques were all designed to be used in self defense against would-be attackers and physically menacing bullies. Never use them for any other purpose.

Douglas E. Castle

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CREATE OR DESTROY?

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Dear Friends:

The ultimate powers that can be wielded by an individual can be distilled down to only two: the power to create and the power to destroy.

In the legendary underworld of the Colombian drug cartels, the proverbial "offer that you cannot refuse" is stated plainly... plata o plomo...literally "silver or lead." Either be paid well to do something, or be shot for failing to comply. The stark difference between the outcomes, depending upon the choice made by the sweating offerree, makes the significance and urgency of the offer more graphically clear.

Many times it means the choice between doing something morally reprehensible and being well paid for your demoralizing compromise of ethics held dear, or receiving a bullet in the brain. A critical factor in making this motivating choice effective is the offeree's perception of the offeror's ability and willingness to absolutely carry through on the implicit threat. At best, this is slightly better than a Hobson's choice; at worst, it has propelled more than a few ardent moralists to suicide. But then, most offerees do not have either the moral conviction or the steely courage required to terminate their lives (as miserable as they may be) in the interest of moral integrity.

Without moralizing, and viewing these two opposite powers simply as tools for persuasion and accomplishment, it is optimal to have both in the Commander's arsenal. If given a choice of only one power, most people, thinking the worst of themselves and of the entire species, would prefer to have the power to destroy. This is not a sad commentary on human nature, so much as a choice influenced by simple, rational and economic thought. IT IS CHEAPER, FASTER AND EASIER TO WIELD A WRECKING BALL THAN IT IS TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A BUILDING. Also, it requires far less in the way of talent or training.

Generalizing further, it is much easier to be a prosecutor or a critic than an entrepreneur or an artist. It is far more challenging to revive a dying person than it is to simply destroy a living one. The power to destroy invariably trumps the power to create, and the threat of destruction is always more potent as an inducement to behavior than the promise or possibility of creation.

Every bully on the beach knows that it is much easier to step on someone's sand castle than it is to spend hours in the hot sun building one. And bouncers at bars are not generally 5' 7" martial arts experts (think of the movie "ROAD HOUSE," starring Patrick Swayze) who may have to actually prove themselves in a rough-and-tumble fight -- they are usually big, surly-looking fellows who pose a sufficient perceptual manace that they will probably not be tested by some inebriated patron with a need to assert himself.

As long as the default setting on most human beings is cowardice, a threat will always be a more potent motivator than an opportunity.

If you don't believe this, just observe government and international politics. Many negotiations are actually thinly-veiled threats of destruction or terrorism.

Bear this in mind when assessing your options in any negotiation, and in sizing up any potential adversary.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle