What is happening in our cities has millions of decent citizens in a state of disbelief and confusion. The absolute insanity of the mess that is being allowed to transpire by those whose responsibility it is to safeguard the interests of America borders on unbelievable. Nevertheless, it is happening, and those who simply observe it and remain unable to take effective action will suffer immeasurably as time goes on.
One of the most frightening and foreign aspects of urban survival is the prospect of needing to act in physical self-defense. When police services are cut to a minimum and lunatic rioting looters and crackpots are permitted to run amok with impunity, there is (and will be an increasing) likelihood of the need to defend oneself against the savages.
Are you prepared for this?
Probably not. And I say this even if you have taken a couple of years of classical or competitive martial arts training. Not that such training has no value… but it does not have actual, anything-goes combat value. When some troublemaker, mugger, gangster, or other manifestation of human debris decides to knock you unconscious, beat your head in, or kill you because his subhuman impulse drives him, you had better be mentally and physically ready to stop him and protect yourself.
Foremost in preparing is establishing proper mindset. Easy to describe. It is readiness for WAR. It is an attitude that says: “You will not prevail; you will not touch me with impunity; you will never victimize me without paying dearly for your action. If necessary, I will die killing YOU!
Violent scum has no desire to confront an aggressive, prepared adversary. The garbage wants a victim. So, an important part of your readiness is to be able, if necessary, to become an enraged, aggressive, murderous, violent enemy! No one touches you or endangers your loved ones without tripping a wire that brings HELL and DESTRUCTION down on his empty head! You want to react like a wild animal to violence that is thrust upon you; terrify the bastard! Show the mercy you would show to a rabid rat. Go to war!
Remember: you want to capitalize on the element of surprise. Don’t worry about what the scum intends to do to you. Explode without warning and go after his EYES, his THROAT, or, after learning how to employ the side kick correctly, BREAK HIS KNEE with a kick. If you can escape thereafter, safely, do so. But if you are trapped, do not stop attacking and do not be hesitant or merciful. Render the enemy helpless. He would do worse to you.
(Note: Our top Black Belt, Prof. Mark Bryans, demonstrates the side kick and other valuable basic actions you can use in self-defense on my YouTube channel, “American Combato.” You’ll see instructional briefs as well as talks by myself I trust you will find helpful.)
I realize no decent person wants to engage in any form of violence. However, times like these will likely see the urban environment becoming more and more dangerous, with a strong possibility of you or yours being targeted for victimization.
The best view of self-defense preparation – the realistic view – is that to be effective, it is necessary to have the option of unarmed and armed self-defense. You will want to practice security measures, such as not attracting attention (“gray man” strategy), and avoiding conflicts with others, no matter how trivial. Home security measures such as alarms and perhaps dogs are wise.
You can survive in urban America – even today. But you cannot do so by living with the attitude and behaviors that befitted life in the 1950s.
I will be discussion more of what you can and should do in coming Trends Journal issues.
Be prepared. These are unpredictably dangerous times.
by Bradley J. Steiner
