East Texas Krav Maga: Self Defense in Tyler Texas
Proven Self Defense for the Real World
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You know where the X is. It is under your feet, and you know you are supposed to leave it. Two questions left, and the last article answered neither one. Which way, and which foot. That is all this article is. One rule covers every direction you will ever move, and one of those directions … Read more
Somebody is coming at you. Your body already has an answer. It wants to turn around and go the other way, and it wants that before you have decided anything at all. That answer feels correct. That is the whole problem with it. It feels correct at the exact moment it costs you the most. … Read more
Take everything from the last article and cover one hand. Your eyes are still on the middle of his chest. Your feet are still underneath you. Your weight is still off your heels. The position looks fine. And you are fighting blind. Not blind in the sense of not seeing him. Blind in the sense … Read more
Something scary happens, and before you decide anything at all, your brain asks one question. Where is it coming from. Your pupils open up to take in everything they can get. Your head snaps toward it. Your nose ends up pointed right at it, and that part is worth naming, because pointing your nose at … Read more
A man is upset with you and nobody has done anything yet. You have probably handled that two ways. You went along with him and hoped it would burn itself out. Or you met him where he was and held your ground. Both of those hand the outcome to him. There is a third way, … Read more
You’ve been told to avoid conflict. You’ve also been told not to be a victim. Nobody ever told you which one is running right now. So you carry both of them around, and they cancel each other out at the exact moment you need one of them to be louder. That gap is where people … Read more
You’ve been told to stay aware of your surroundings. Probably a few hundred times by now. Nobody ever finished the sentence. Aware of what. And then what. So most people do the only thing you can do with an unfinished instruction. They get a little more nervous in parking lots and call it awareness. That … Read more
A bat, a pipe, a hammer. The damage lives in the swing, so you are very out or very in, and you respect both ends.
You may be cut, because you are in a fight with a knife. Control the limb that runs the blade, and keep working.
A rifle looks like the worst version of the problem. Its length hands you more to fight with than any other weapon.