(ebook) martial arts - essence of surprise attack - cobb.pdf

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This first section was written by Dr. Eric Cobb,A very experienced martial artist and

PERSONAL DEFENSE READINESS coach

for Blauer Tactical Systems

The Essence of a SURPRISE ATTACK

One that most martial artists struggle with especially because of the current

training paradigm that most people follow for whatever reason schooldogma, traditionalism, comfort factors, etc.

Let me state up-front that most of the concepts that I will share here arebased on the extensive research of Tony Blauer.

A concept, that we continually and dogmatically state is action is faster than

reaction, but we then structure almost all of our training around a

stimulus/response format. In other words, the current ruling class inmartial arts training says, Whenever he does this, you do that. In really

sophisticated arts there might be additional levels to the thinking that add

in Once youve hit him, his body is likely to respond like this, so you now dothis However, in the same breath, the lesson continues that action is

faster than reaction. Do you see the problem here? In essence, much

traditional training is setting up unconscious dissonance in trainees by tellingthem that:

A: If he moves first hes faster than you. Action is faster than reaction.And, B: Dont respond until he moves, intercept the attack after it has

reached maximum velocity with a fine motor skill and then respond via thesetechniques.

These concepts are impossible to reconcile, are tactically inappropriate, and

express a lack of understanding of the vast majority of real-world violence.

Consider if you will now a completely different viewpoint. At least 90% of thetime, the fight begins long before the actual physical confrontation occurs. It

begins the week before when you cut the guy off in your car. Or it begins, assoon as you walk into the theater and you get bad vibes/dissonance from a

couple of fellows that stare at you and your girlfriend. Or it begins when you

walk into the Quikmart and see the clerk looking pale and sweaty and a

couple of guys wearing coats in the middle of summer. Almost every time,there are pre-incident indicators that can clue us in to the real possibility ofviolence and allow us to implement our optimum survival strategy.


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are responsible for your safety and you must develop total confidence in yourtoolbox for real-life confrontations.

Of course, this is real-life were talking about so I could be wrong

Stay safe,

Dr. Cobb

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COMMENTS FROM TONY BLAUER:

Eric's post was a snippet from a thread on another forum and not a total

perspective. The entire essence of our simulation approach is based on'Adversity Recovery', 'Holy **** Moments' and 'Failure Drills' where

recovery, adaptation, character, tenacity and ultimately tactical audacity are

explored. In fact none of our training contains any 'then I do this to the bad-guy moments'.

Having said all that, since Eric was really regurgitating my philosophy, in thetruest sense there really is no 'surprise attack'. Lets explore this:

All victims [practically 100%] have always noted that they 'knew' something

was wrong. How most arrived at the physical attack is that they negated or

undermined the first attack, their initial survival systems warning. In fact

this is where most fail, most 'look' for the physical telegraph when in fact itsusually a blip on our behavioral warning system that forecasts a

confrontation.

The reason many police officers fail in this moment is mostly due toPRESUMED COMPLIANCE, where tactical tunnel vision is created because

there is an assumption that compliance is a given [have you read this

article/concept yet? s/b in the LEO pack you received], Another reason, too is

that many officers are forced to 'hurry' into a confrontation [which is asevere limitation] but in reality, how can the attack be a surprise when youare called to a potentially violent scene?

In my seminars, I remind officers of this reality:

1. Good cops look for bad people.

2. Bad people are always dangerous.

3. Dangerous people are found in dangerous places.


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4. If you are looking for dangerous people in dangerous places...then you arealways in danger.

"It is far better to evaluate [respond] to a hunch/feeling/intuition and

discover you were mistaken than to ignore or deny it and discover you werevery wrong.'

-TCMS Maxim

Both choices are FREE the moment you get the feeling, and both choices takejust about as long to address [Ignoring something is still a choice that

requires attention and, to a degree some level of concentration, so right orwrong, energy is spent addressing the hunch or debasing it].

Remember our ability to grasp new ideas is relative to the information we

already embrace. If part of that information does not permit us tounderstand the difference between a belief and a fact then growth or

evolution/modification/ and so on are stifled.

Awareness, leads us only so far. There are times where intention cannot be

read and suddenly the **** hits the fan. So leaving surprise attack counters

to the intuitive sciences is no different than putting all eggs in one basket orarguing that one style is better than all others. The practice and preparation

must be more complete.

One of the things that allow me total peace of mind as an educator is that mysystem is behaviorally based and inspired by what humans do - not by what

I want my students to do.

This is the foundation for the SPEAR SYSTEM. It primary rationale is based on

research that shows the unconscious survival signals innate ability to flinch atspeeds way faster than any cognitive neuro-muscular transmission. This iscrucial in putting the puzzle together.

Where conventional approaches rely on identifying the attack and thendownloading from our bio-computer, the counter, the SPEAR SYSTEM

launches counters far faster.

How often do forensic specialists refer to knife and bullet wounds to thehands as 'defensive wounds'? I believe most are 'flinch response' wounds,

where the hand was quicker than a speeding bullet, but there was notactical info to convert the flinch! [Youd need to see the 'Emotional

Climatization drills to understand this] but ponder the concept deeply.

That is the magic of the SPEAR SYSTEM in that there is almost always[again] a startle/ flinch moment prior to almost every ambush, our system

has developed the conversion process where we exploit the reactive brainslightning fast directive that sends the hands/arms to protect the command

center, our head.


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Our system methodically attaches combative drills and actions to variousflinches so that when awareness and decision making is by-passed by a good

sucker shot, there are empirical triggers and blueprints from training that

can kick in [operative word here is can, the warrior must still choose tofight back at this moment.]

There's a two-fold phase to developing the system:

The PROTECTIVE PHASE, where the re-action is created by the flinch

conversion, but triggered by the attack.

The TACTICAL PHASE where the telegraph is intercepted. But we do not wait

for a complex motor skill to be launched in our approach to extreme closequarters.

Over a period of 14 years this system has been evaluated and polished.Through an empirical process weve analyzed combative applications of the

various flinch positions and created muscle memory sequences to helpdevelop the tactic

Comments for Colleagues from email feedback. [Yes, its shameless

promotion, but all from real-world warriors!]

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Dear Tony,

I work for Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Department of Protective Services as a

security officer. On 14 August I was called to a fight in the parking lot of the

Children and Family Services Building. Innocent sounding name for agovernment building, but when you realize that it is the center for adoption,

placement, custody competency, sex crime investigation it can be a real hot

spot.

Back to the incident.

When answering the call by myself I rounded a van to see two peoplebeating on another against the car. As one reared back to punch again my

instinctual response was to intercept with a spear. I then turned and again(don't want this to sound repetitive) and speared instinctively between the

other assailant and his victim whom he was choking.

They separated and I instinctively fired off another spear (In much the samemanner as you describe using a pump action on a shotgun in your SPEAR

video) sending him out of the picture.

Not to get into all the details, but backup arrived and what could have been

an uglier situation was under control.


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After reviewing my actions the most astounding thing is that what you teachis effective because of its basis of truth. I have been in the martial arts for

over 25 years and instinct trained, accepted and flowed with (read Spear

principles) is what works and what will happen. Muscle memory did not kickin even though most of my training is along the lines of kickboxing. I feel so

much more secure trusting what God already has downloaded into my body

and getting in touch with it so that I can perform at an optimal level.

I hope that I can possibly attend the February PDR. But for now thank you

for your guidance.

P.S. Sorry if this is rambling or not very in depth, but I am grateful for your

teaching and have told others. Unfortunately not to many are interested inwhat works, but what looks like it came out of a Bruce Lee movie. No

disrespect for Mr. Lee.

One last statement. The beauty of what you are teaching is that it works and

is not something that will be lost if you cannot train 24/7. Or have a "willing"assailant to let you trap or grapple within the rules.

God Bless you and your family

Joe Skovira

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Sir:

The week of August 20th I was privileged to attend a class taught by ScottHuckabee of CAPCO on your SPEAR system. Yesterday I placed an order with

your company. I am sending you my e-mail address, as I would like to be

kept abreast of training classes in my area, especially instructor training. Iam a 30-year police officer, retired from New Mexico and starting again as an

officer in Texas. I am currently a Lieutenant with the Lake LBJ Municipal

Utility District Police. In my years of experience and training I have never

attended or learned of a defensive system that I believe is as valuable asSPEAR. Thank you very much for developing a system that I am sure over

the years will save many officers lives.

Glen French

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Tony,

Im utterly swamped lately, I am recruiting a/some Secret Service that Ihave worked with on Presidential Campaigns lately to your ground school inSt Pete.

Co-incidentally, a thought I had today about the SPEAR while doing my

morning 3 miles - during cool down plyometrics, 3 neighborhood workerswere walking with shovels toward my direction - I saw body language andglances that equated with LEO 6th sense. While I knew it was nothing, forpractice I climbed the mental, psychological ladder (physical one was kind of

toast for the moment) - starting with, 'Is that your boss'? To give me that

split moment to grab a nearby 2 x 4 and trounce the trifecta prior to their

imaginary assault with shovels for my Sony Walkman.

Point is - that in 15 years of Law Enforcement, 10 years of SWAT, absolutelynothing has become a part of my lifestyle more than the SPEAR. It is a way

of life - and by far has the most retention ability associated with adult

learning commensurate with law enforcement skills. It should be taught to all

basic recruits, especially due to the Millennium philosophy of diversity inhiring, using the desirable scales to make every officer have the edge needed

to do their job.

Sergeant J.A. Bennett

Tampa Police Department

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Thought I would let you know that I used some of the moves a few weeksago on a prisoner who decided that he wanted to kick my ass. This prisoner

was Code-4 throughout the entire booking process. I was escorting theprisoner with a behind the elbow hold and another officer in front of him,

when he jerked away, turned and was ready to throw a punch at me. I used

the SPEAR technique (it was not real pretty, but it worked) it sent him flying

into the wall and my partner who was in front of him. I followed up with apalm strike to the Brachial Plexus tie-in and then I went to a Hair takedown.The prisoner was still uncooperative even after that, so I used the Mandibularangle pressure point. He calmed down quickly after that. The prisoner was

then placed into the drunk tank where he had plenty of time to think abouthis stupidity.

This whole incident took me and my partner by surprise. I thought about theincident later and I realized that there was no time to think about what to do,I did not have to think about these moves, they were ALMOST natural.

Please pass this message on the other instructors.


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I hope you and your family is doing well. Stay strong and stay safe.

Your FriendTINY

-------------------OUR OFFICE CONTACTED Tiny for permission to use his email of this

incident, he replied:

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Please do send the message around, this system does work. The prisoner I

used this on was not expecting me to take the fight to him, he was totallyblown away.

Ron Malamphy " TINY"

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A lot of food for thought. Please weigh & consider before judging.

Watch your six. Expect the unexpected.

Stay safe,

Tony

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