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darrianation · 09-30-2007, 12:40 PM

Now let’s define the criminal we are trying to defeat. In our group we looked at traits, such as personality, temperament, psychological, body type, tactics, weaponry, training, etc.

I think a lot of people, teachers, schools, gyms, and etc; make a lot of assumptions about their potential opponents when we enter into any kind of “self-defense” training. I suppose that virtually any martial art or fighting system will do if your opponent is a complete retard the kind of guy that when retards see him walking down the street they say to themselves “Hey, that mother fucker is retarded.” But how does your training fare when you have to go up against the rare “Badass body building monster on steroids who is super strong and super mad” event…the perfect storm opponent situation?

Since you cannot control who you will run into or who is out looking for a tasty consumable human treat it maybe prudent to create a template for a worst case opponent and assume that is who you will have to face in a fight for your life?

This is the opponent we came up with in our training group:

This opponent is a former Division I college football linebacker who can bench press 400 lbs. He loves working out and spends many hours every day pumping iron, pounding out miles of roadwork, and spends his evenings dry firing his handgun, beating the crap out his spar-pro and heavy bag, beating tire piles with his sticks, or slashing/thrusting at them with his metal trainer. He lays awake at night reading up on survival techniques and thinking of nasty ways of hurting people. He goes to bed tired but satisfied because he knows he will cash in someday on the fateful day that he faces you in a fight.

This perfect storm opponent spends his weekends doing strenuous physical activities and competing in IPSC or IDPA matches. On weekends he isn’t competing he spends his time training at the BSR, the Rogers academy, or with Kelly McCann. He has no other interests and he is not really concerned with being a “paranoid freak” because he does not hang out with “normal” people, anyway…he prefers to hang out with people like himself.

Good luck trying any Jedi mind tricks on this guy… he studies NLP, evolutionary and performance psychology. He does not dress like some kind of thug either he knows how to dress to be inconspicuous and unseen not to bring attention to himself (strategic deception) to increases his window of opportunity to ambush his prey. Pay very close attention to his choice of boots, belt, and watch…they may be the only warnings that you get.

He knows that anonymity is the most important weapon in his formidable arsenal. He does not threaten, he does not warn, he does not talk shit or insult…those things take time and telegraph his intentions. He just acts!

This formidable opponent trains in the most effective fighting and survival techniques at his disposal. He only cares what techniques fit his framework of logic and ruthlessness….this is his religion. Oh…he may have a Black belt from Machado’s or one from the Gracie academy, he may have trained for many years in Muay Thai, been a Greco-Roman champion, a Kali expert, and he could also be an ardent student of “Combatives”.

Our Perfect storm opponent also spent time in prison where he joined a prison gang refining his predator skills and later he become the gang’s enforcer and shot caller. This guy has synthesized his approach into a combination of very destructive, attack-oriented techniques that he can perform with maximal effort without much fear of hurting himself in the process. He can strike, he can grapple, and he can shoot and stab, and most importantly he always does it first.

Fighting this badass monster in an unarmed fight is largely academic, because you will never, ever catch him unarmed. He carries a Colt 1911, OC spray, and a folder and a fixed-blade with him at all times. He also has his handgun with him every single day of his life whether he carries it legally or not. He doesn’t care to strike you with his hands, given the slightest provocation; his next likely move will be to draw his handgun. If you think you can disarm him or hit him he will most likely shoot you to slide lock. And who says this fight will be one on one…not only is he likely to be armed he just might have a friend or two with him upon your chance meeting and he most certainly will not fight you fair.

Guns aren’t the only things he trains to use…he also trains to use a knife to great effect. He may like the Pikal method (my personal favorite) and he may have an extensive video library of all the James Keating or Michael Janach works.

If provoked he just may run you over with his Dodge 4x4 truck, If you are more of a long range problem, he keeps an scoped M4 in a Pelican case in the trunk, next to his trauma-kit and bugout-ruck.

Don’t even think you can catch this guy unprepared in his home. His place is like a fortress, complete with a security system, multiple dead locks bolts, solid core doors, bars over the windows, peep holes, hedges trimmed away from the windows, sensor lights, a large barky dog, and shotguns placed strategically throughout his home.

Remember he likes to move first…his first move is to draw a weapon on you. He is not stupid…. He may have a master’s degree in engineering, a PhD in economics, or just a degree from the school of hard knocks but one thing is for sure he wants to win...period.

He could be a Middle Eastern terrorist; a former Republican Guardsman and after his army’s defeat in Iraq went to Pakistan and trained with Al Qaeda operatives in a terrorist training camp…along with a few friends and Jihadists they just happen to hijack the very public transit bus you happen to be on…what is your next move? What if they start executing people? What if they attempt to separate you or a family member from the rest of the group?

Even scarier he could be the recipient of millions of dollars of government sponsored training that was specifically spent to turn him into some kind of professional shadow warrior badass killing machine, like John Macejunas or Kelly McCann. Maybe he is all of the above…operator, martial artist, fighter, athlete and criminal.

This guy sounds like a nightmare doesn’t he? We cannot control whether or not we ever come across a guy like this but we can control how we prepare ourselves to meet him. We can become this Badass monster. You may have found some similarities between him and yourself. I think the idea is to imagine the worst-case ferocious and skilled badass opponent that you could face…then try to become that person…within reason of course.

The goal should be to become the "worst-case scenario" for someone else to have to deal with.

The way I look at my training is I want to train to beat that psychotic social path “special-operator jedi mother fucker” who fears nothing, not death, and especially not the law. I don’t know if I am there yet but this is what I am trying to do. This really changes the dimensions and assumptions of most training regimes. We find that our training may be lacking in several areas. We must be able to recognize this guy even though he is incognito, and any subtle hints in his movements and patterns to recognize him as a threat and “ACT” First” and act “Decisively, Aggressively, and Absolutely”.

The things I look for to implement into my training are:

1. Preflight management strategies- Observations skills, filtering and analysis, and threat recognition.

2. Combat initiative.

3. A template based on a worst case opponent.

4. The pursuit and study of combat, evolutionary, and performance psychology.

5. A synthesized multidisciplinary approach that is smoothly integrated, destructive and attack-oriented that can be performed with maximal effort while limiting the risks of the user.

6. Proactive and reactive fighting platforms.

7. Range specific modalities.

8. Techniques tailored to the practitioner’s abilities and limitations geared towards
the modern battle field.

9. To never ever be unarmed, good concealment practice, drawstroke, and retention drawstroke.

10. Bring to the fight the best body as possible.

11. Presurized force on force fighting scenarios.

You do not have to pick this exact same opponent to train for but who you pick should be a worse-case scenario opponent.

You may never reach that level of knowledge and skill to defeat the guy I described above but you will go further in you training, possessing greater capabilities to defeat him than if you didn’t.

09-30-2007, 12:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
darrianation Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,061	Now let’s define the criminal we are trying to defeat. In our group we looked at traits, such as personality, temperament, psychological, body type, tactics, weaponry, training, etc. I think a lot of people, teachers, schools, gyms, and etc; make a lot of assumptions about their potential opponents when we enter into any kind of “self-defense” training. I suppose that virtually any martial art or fighting system will do if your opponent is a complete retard the kind of guy that when retards see him walking down the street they say to themselves “Hey, that mother fucker is retarded.” But how does your training fare when you have to go up against the rare “Badass body building monster on steroids who is super strong and super mad” event…the perfect storm opponent situation? Since you cannot control who you will run into or who is out looking for a tasty consumable human treat it maybe prudent to create a template for a worst case opponent and assume that is who you will have to face in a fight for your life? This is the opponent we came up with in our training group: This opponent is a former Division I college football linebacker who can bench press 400 lbs. He loves working out and spends many hours every day pumping iron, pounding out miles of roadwork, and spends his evenings dry firing his handgun, beating the crap out his spar-pro and heavy bag, beating tire piles with his sticks, or slashing/thrusting at them with his metal trainer. He lays awake at night reading up on survival techniques and thinking of nasty ways of hurting people. He goes to bed tired but satisfied because he knows he will cash in someday on the fateful day that he faces you in a fight. This perfect storm opponent spends his weekends doing strenuous physical activities and competing in IPSC or IDPA matches. On weekends he isn’t competing he spends his time training at the BSR, the Rogers academy, or with Kelly McCann. He has no other interests and he is not really concerned with being a “paranoid freak” because he does not hang out with “normal” people, anyway…he prefers to hang out with people like himself. Good luck trying any Jedi mind tricks on this guy… he studies NLP, evolutionary and performance psychology. He does not dress like some kind of thug either he knows how to dress to be inconspicuous and unseen not to bring attention to himself (strategic deception) to increases his window of opportunity to ambush his prey. Pay very close attention to his choice of boots, belt, and watch…they may be the only warnings that you get. He knows that anonymity is the most important weapon in his formidable arsenal. He does not threaten, he does not warn, he does not talk shit or insult…those things take time and telegraph his intentions. He just acts! This formidable opponent trains in the most effective fighting and survival techniques at his disposal. He only cares what techniques fit his framework of logic and ruthlessness….this is his religion. Oh…he may have a Black belt from Machado’s or one from the Gracie academy, he may have trained for many years in Muay Thai, been a Greco-Roman champion, a Kali expert, and he could also be an ardent student of “Combatives”. Our Perfect storm opponent also spent time in prison where he joined a prison gang refining his predator skills and later he become the gang’s enforcer and shot caller. This guy has synthesized his approach into a combination of very destructive, attack-oriented techniques that he can perform with maximal effort without much fear of hurting himself in the process. He can strike, he can grapple, and he can shoot and stab, and most importantly he always does it first. Fighting this badass monster in an unarmed fight is largely academic, because you will never, ever catch him unarmed. He carries a Colt 1911, OC spray, and a folder and a fixed-blade with him at all times. He also has his handgun with him every single day of his life whether he carries it legally or not. He doesn’t care to strike you with his hands, given the slightest provocation; his next likely move will be to draw his handgun. If you think you can disarm him or hit him he will most likely shoot you to slide lock. And who says this fight will be one on one…not only is he likely to be armed he just might have a friend or two with him upon your chance meeting and he most certainly will not fight you fair. Guns aren’t the only things he trains to use…he also trains to use a knife to great effect. He may like the Pikal method (my personal favorite) and he may have an extensive video library of all the James Keating or Michael Janach works. If provoked he just may run you over with his Dodge 4x4 truck, If you are more of a long range problem, he keeps an scoped M4 in a Pelican case in the trunk, next to his trauma-kit and bugout-ruck. Don’t even think you can catch this guy unprepared in his home. His place is like a fortress, complete with a security system, multiple dead locks bolts, solid core doors, bars over the windows, peep holes, hedges trimmed away from the windows, sensor lights, a large barky dog, and shotguns placed strategically throughout his home. Remember he likes to move first…his first move is to draw a weapon on you. He is not stupid…. He may have a master’s degree in engineering, a PhD in economics, or just a degree from the school of hard knocks but one thing is for sure he wants to win...period. He could be a Middle Eastern terrorist; a former Republican Guardsman and after his army’s defeat in Iraq went to Pakistan and trained with Al Qaeda operatives in a terrorist training camp…along with a few friends and Jihadists they just happen to hijack the very public transit bus you happen to be on…what is your next move? What if they start executing people? What if they attempt to separate you or a family member from the rest of the group? Even scarier he could be the recipient of millions of dollars of government sponsored training that was specifically spent to turn him into some kind of professional shadow warrior badass killing machine, like John Macejunas or Kelly McCann. Maybe he is all of the above…operator, martial artist, fighter, athlete and criminal. This guy sounds like a nightmare doesn’t he? We cannot control whether or not we ever come across a guy like this but we can control how we prepare ourselves to meet him. We can become this Badass monster. You may have found some similarities between him and yourself. I think the idea is to imagine the worst-case ferocious and skilled badass opponent that you could face…then try to become that person…within reason of course. The goal should be to become the "worst-case scenario" for someone else to have to deal with. The way I look at my training is I want to train to beat that psychotic social path “special-operator jedi mother fucker” who fears nothing, not death, and especially not the law. I don’t know if I am there yet but this is what I am trying to do. This really changes the dimensions and assumptions of most training regimes. We find that our training may be lacking in several areas. We must be able to recognize this guy even though he is incognito, and any subtle hints in his movements and patterns to recognize him as a threat and “ACT” First” and act “Decisively, Aggressively, and Absolutely”. The things I look for to implement into my training are: 1. Preflight management strategies- Observations skills, filtering and analysis, and threat recognition. 2. Combat initiative. 3. A template based on a worst case opponent. 4. The pursuit and study of combat, evolutionary, and performance psychology. 5. A synthesized multidisciplinary approach that is smoothly integrated, destructive and attack-oriented that can be performed with maximal effort while limiting the risks of the user. 6. Proactive and reactive fighting platforms. 7. Range specific modalities. 8. Techniques tailored to the practitioner’s abilities and limitations geared towards the modern battle field. 9. To never ever be unarmed, good concealment practice, drawstroke, and retention drawstroke. 10. Bring to the fight the best body as possible. 11. Presurized force on force fighting scenarios. You do not have to pick this exact same opponent to train for but who you pick should be a worse-case scenario opponent. You may never reach that level of knowledge and skill to defeat the guy I described above but you will go further in you training, possessing greater capabilities to defeat him than if you didn’t. __________________ A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -G. Gordon Liddy A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw NOBAMA!