NOTICE TO READERS FROM GERALD CELENTE:
When a fight breaks out in the real world, it’s not like what you see in the movies or on TV.
The following article by Bradley J. Steiner is a close combat lesson on how to fight for your life if ever you find yourself in a dangerous situation facing an attacker. Please note the following article contains strong graphic content.
Some may find it not their cup of tea, and they may not want to read it.
For those who want to read on, it is a true close combat lesson in survival.
A QUICK LESSON IN UNARMED DEFENSE
by Bradley J. Steiner
If, God forbid, the worst happens and you cannot avoid a close encounter with some savage who intends to harm you, and you don’t have a serious background in close combat, what can you do?
Obviously, in a brief article, I cannot teach you how to be fully prepared to meet any attacker under any conditions and be competent in skills that will almost certainly insure your victory over him.
What I can and will do here is give you, in a nutshell, some basic knowledge of how to stand a fighting chance if you come up against a violent offender and you have no choice but to do something – or suffer horrific consequences.
I won’t beat about the bush. Let me get right to it:
You want to remember, and cultivate, the ability to attack and destroy three primary targets on your attacker: his EYES, his THROAT, and his KNEES. (Don’t be surprised the testicles are not listed here. Every man – especially every man who is acclimated to violence – instinctively protects this target, and, of the vital targets of a man’s body, the testicles can be one of the most difficult to access and damage adequately.)
Always attack by surprise. Give no indication facially or physically that you can attack or intend to resist. Attack without warning and use 100 percent of your strength, determination, willpower, and speed.
And keep on attacking until you can get away. You can get away when your assailant has been crippled to the point of being unable and unwilling to endanger you further; when you can safely escape the scene without being pursued; or when your assailant flees. That’s it. Until or unless one of these openings occurs, keep on attacking like a wild animal!
Eyes
Attack the eyes by simply extending (not stiffening, just extending) your fingers and ramming them directly into the attacker’s eyes. Drive that thrust hard! You will not get a second chance to prevail and get away.
Ladies: In a forcible rape predicament when you are overpowered, feign compliance and a willingness to cooperate. With your open hands gently embrace the attacker’s face. Smile. Then suddenly drive your thumbs into his eyes and gouge hard! Dig your thumbs into the inside corners of his eyes – straight in, hard – and gouge outward, with the intent to tear his eyes from their sockets and blind him as well, causing him to collapse. Jabbing a key into the attacker’s eye, the tip of an umbrella, or a pen or pencil is also an excellent tactic. Squeamishness has no place in self-defense. It only helps your attacker.
Throat
Attack the throat by simply opening your hand and extending your fingers straight, with your thumb upright. Whip the little finger edge of your hand sharply into the attacker’s throat. Form this hand weapon in flight. Do not let your attacker see you readying yourself to hit. Hit fast and hard! The edge of a book is also a great improvised weapon with which to strike an attacker in the throat. So is the end of a stick or umbrella. Hold the stick with a hand at either end suddenly ram the center of the stick into the assailant’s throat.
You can always get your hands close to an attacker’s eyes or throat by bringing them up in an “I don’t want any trouble!” pleading position: i.e. palms open and upraised with a scared look on your face. Then suddenly attack!
Knees
To attack an assailant’s knees, see the “Lesson #5, The Side Kick” video on my YouTube channel “American Combato.” In this video, my top Black Belt colleague, Mark Bryans, demonstrates how to do this simple, almost foolproof basic kick. Use it to attack the assailant’s knee. It is easy to break a man’s knee.
Eighty pounds counter to the joint will do it, and even a twelve-year-old girl is quite capable of generating well in excess of 150 pounds of force if she does this kick correctly. Break his leg and he’ll fall, unable to pursue you, and in a degree of pain that will keep him more than occupied with thoughts other than yourself.
When you attack, growl and yell like you’ve gone insane with a murderous rage and have a determination to absolutely destroy your tormentor.
It’s always a good idea to carry a handful of aquarium gravel in your outer pocket. Thrown in the face, it distracts and opens up the attacker for having the side kick delivered before he knows what’s happened.
Two final tips: The ears are very vulnerable. Smash your hands into them, seize them in a hard grip, and rip them by making a violent, powerful movement as though you were shooting a bow and arrow.
Also, biting is always effective. Grabbing an attacker and sinking your teeth into his face or neck and then biting a chunk of his flesh off and spitting it out tends to dishearten even the meanest scumbag who is bent upon harming you.
Unpleasant? Of course. But not as unpleasant as what will happen to you if you hesitate and your attacker wins.
Here’s hoping violence never comes to you. But, if it should, here’s hoping you offer your attacker more violence preemptively than he can handle… and that you escape the situation.
