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How To Defeat Extreme Violence

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword ......................................................................................... 8

Chapter One: Facing Your Own Fears ........................................... 11

Why You Might Not Like This Book .......................................... 13

War Is Hell ................................................................................. 14

Chapter Two: Defeating Violence ................................................. 15

Violence Doesn’t Discriminate .................................................. 15

Is It Necessary To Get Violent Yourself? ................................... 16

Why Did Standard Self Defense Fail? ........................................ 18

Chapter Three: What Are Criminals Really Thinking When They

Attack? .......................................................................................... 23

An Inside Perspective ................................................................ 24

Why Are the Criminals Winning? .............................................. 25

Get Ready for a Fight ................................................................. 27

Chapter Four: Don’t Confuse Antisocial with Asocial ................... 28

Why there are Different Responses? ......................................... 29

Antisocial Violence.................................................................... 30

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Asocial Violence ........................................................................ 30

Confusing the Two .................................................................... 31

Chapter Five: Knowing When to Engage ....................................... 34

When it’s Okay to Act ................................................................ 35

Chapter Six: Competition or Destruction? .................................... 37

The Bully vs. the Nerd ............................................................... 37

The Schoolyard Shooter ............................................................ 38

Violence Isn’t a Competition ..................................................... 39

Killers Don’t Quit ...................................................................... 45

The Terror of Competition; the Pleasure of Predation ............. 45

Chapter Seven: Why You Can’t ..................................................... 46

Fear and Courage ....................................................................... 49

Filthy Lies .................................................................................. 49

Chapter Eight: Spiritual Enlightenment, Competition and One-

Way Street Violence ...................................................................... 52

Martial Arts: An Empty Bottle of Violence with a Childproof Cap

................................................................................................... 53

Combat Sports: Violence Made Palatable .................................. 55

Violence: Not Just “Anything Goes” but “Do Your Worst” ........ 56

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Chapter Nine: The Reasons behind Violence ................................ 59

Chapter Ten: Everyone’s a Badass ................................................. 65

Violence in the Antisocial Realm .............................................. 68

To Injure or Not to Injure .......................................................... 71

Manipulating Social Conventions ............................................. 77

Chapter Eleven: The Absence of Choice ........................................ 79

When No Choice Matters ........................................................... 81

Part Two: The Principles of Violence ............................................ 82

Chapter One: Fight or Flight ......................................................... 82

Facing Fear ................................................................................ 85

Chapter Two: It’s all About the Injury .......................................... 87

The Injury Manifesto ................................................................. 88

What is Injury? .......................................................................... 93

Chapter Three: Why You Must Learn to Kill ................................. 94

Your Body Weight ..................................................................... 95

Your Willingness to Do the Deed .............................................. 95

Remembering That He’s a KILLER ............................................ 96

Lethal Force ............................................................................... 97

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Chapter Four: Overcoming the Stigma of Violence ....................... 99

How Much Is Too Much? ......................................................... 100

Chapter Five: Violence is the Ultimate Survival Tool ................. 102

A Tool for Survival .................................................................. 104

The Golden Rule of Violence: Injure Him Now! ...................... 105

Chapter Six: Violence Isn’t Hard; the Kill Is Simple .................... 107

Showmanship Doesn’t Get the Job Done ................................. 109

Chapter Seven: Access the Meat .................................................. 111

Chapter Eight: The Hardest Lesson ............................................. 117

Stop flinching … Stop Looking Away … Learn ........................ 118

Part Three: Putting the Principles of Violence into Action ........ 120

Chapter One: Roadblocks, Plateaus, & Epiphanies ..................... 120

Chapter Two: Training for Life ................................................... 125

Three Common Training Mistakes .......................................... 126

The Principles of the Patriot Self Defense Program ................ 129

Chapter Three: Is It Time to Fight or Work Out? ....................... 133

Fighting Is Fighting: It’s Not a Workout ................................. 134

Worry About What Matters ..................................................... 135

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Chapter Four: A Dead Guy offers No Value ................................. 137

Chapter Five: MURDER ............................................................ 139

Chapter Six: It’s Not About Being Good or Evil ........................... 143

What’s at Stake? ...................................................................... 147

Good Training Looks like This: ............................................... 149

Chapter Seven: It’s Time to look at the Truth ............................. 151

What Does Intent Mean? As Hard As You Can ........................ 155

Building a Better Monster ....................................................... 157

Chapter Eight: Scenario Based Training or The Hard Knot? ....... 160

Chapter Nine: Kill the Unknown ................................................. 163

Part IV: Finding Peace ................................................................. 166

Chapter One: Prevention ............................................................. 166

Use Common Sense .................................................................. 168

Chapter Two: Take Back Your Control ........................................ 169

Stupid Is As Stupid Does .......................................................... 170

A Final Word on Antisocial Violence ...................................... 172

Chapter Three: How to Treat People ........................................... 174

Chapter Four: Finding Peace ....................................................... 177

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Leaving Fear Behind ................................................................ 179

Afterword: The PSD Difference ............................................... 180

We Are a Team ........................................................................ 182

We Have Nothing to Prove ...................................................... 183

Because We Care… .................................................................. 184

You Are a Real Person to Us .................................................... 185

We Offer Principles That You Can Use .................................... 185

It’s all About the Facts ............................................................. 187

That’s why We Adapt to Change ............................................. 189

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Foreword

Three women die every day at the hands of a boyfriend or

husband …. More than 15,000 people are murdered annually in

the United States alone …. Rape affects more than a third of

the female population … and savage school shootings are

becoming a common tag on the nightly news.... These are only

some of the statistics that should have you shaking in your

boots. Violence is becoming a part of everyday life in

mainstream America. It does not matter whether you live in

the center of a big city or the outskirts of a small town,

violence is creeping into every neighborhood. No one is safe

anymore. That is why it is time to learn how to fight back.

If you are looking for a book filled with standard self defense

techniques, which are aimed at warding off a common thug or

thief, then this is not the book for you. This book packs a

bigger punch (pardon the pun). It is a book designed to level

the playing field. Within these pages, you will learn how a

killer thinks and what he does. Plus, you will learn how to use

his ideas against him.

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This book will turn you from prey into predator. By learning

the principles of violence, you can turn even the most

dangerous encounter in your favor and walk away with your

life.

Violence is cruel and violence is messy. As much as we might

all prefer to deal with it in a more tasteful and civilized

manner, the reality is that few people survive real violence,

unless they are willing to return violence with violence.

It would be nice if a few martial arts moves or fancy self

defense tricks were enough to thwart a deadly attack. But those

who study violence –real violence — know that the self defense

methods so many people train with and rely on are not enough

to stop a sociopath. The only thing that can prepare you for the

worst kind of attacks is to use the principles of violence itself.

This book does not promise to make you feel good about your

training. You won’t leave thinking “yea, I’m ready to kill

someone.” As a matter of fact, it will probably make you

struggle more than a little. That’s good. Until you can force

yourself to face your worst fears and address the realities of

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violence, you don’t stand a chance of walking away from such

an encounter. When faced with a real world killer the only

thing to do in order to survive is to take him down and thus

render him helpless against your own violent counterattack.

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Chapter One: Facing Your Own Fears

It is difficult to comprehend the depravity and savagery of a

sociopath. What most of us deem unthinkable is all the

craziest people among us think about… dream about … and

plan for.

Our lack of understanding leaves us vulnerable. When faced

with real violence, too many of its victims just don’t know

what to do. They aren’t cowards; they are just too shocked to

react – and this costs them their lives.

By picking up this book, you have taken the first step to

remaining victim free. The moment you acknowledge that you

wouldn’t know what to do in a life or death situation, you

become more powerful.

I have trained a lot of people how to survive the most brutal

attacks, but none have been as welcoming as the people I

reached in Asia. No matter where I travelled along the

continent – Singapore, Jakarta, Manila or Hong Kong – the

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people understood my message: violence is the only way to

combat violence.

Were my Asian clients more cold hearted than my American

ones? Absolutely not! But they were more understanding.

Why? Because in this region of the world, the kind of violence I

train for is real. The threats of political assassination,

terrorism, kidnapping, and more are imminent. Everyone is at

risk and everyone knows it. Even the most average amongst

the population feels a keen need to learn what to do, should

they find themselves a target of extreme violence.

Americans do not understand violence so well. Sure, we may

see horrific things on the news, yet most of us prefer to keep a

safe distance from the realities of the danger that surrounds

us, convincing ourselves that what is happening all around will

not happen to them, until they are faced with the cruel

realities of the world. We can no longer leave the problem of

violence for someone else to fix or even figure out. We each

must take responsibility for our own safety and learn how to

combat violence with violence.

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Why You Might Not Like This Book

Not everyone is going to like what I have to say in these pages.

There are those who believe that violence can never be

justified and there are those who think violence should always

be used to even up a fight. Neither of these people is right.

What I want both people to understand is that violence is bad

– very, very bad and I know that (maybe better than most

people). It should be avoided at all costs. It is not the answer to

anything but the absolute worst of circumstances. While

violence is an effective way to save yourself from a life and

death situation, it should be reserved for only the worst

encounters. Still, it should be used when needed.

If you hate violence and don’t think anyone should use it

(ever); or if you think violence is fine and you deserve to use it

whenever you feel threatened, then you aren’t going to like

what the rest of this book has to say. Still, I hope you keep

reading because I have some important things to share.

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War Is Hell

War is a perfect example to illustrate my point here. You can’t

win by arresting the enemy, when he has his sights on your

destruction. He must be overpowered and taken down.

A soldier does not enjoy the kill, but he wants to survive and

does what is necessary to do so. The same is true for anyone

who faces a deadly enemy – whether on the battlefield or your

neighborhood. When encountering real world violence, it is

vital to take down your attacker, before he can inflict any real

damage on you.

Violence can save you when the need arises. It shouldn’t be

used to respond to any antisocial behavior. It should be

reserved for those rare times, when not to use it could mean

your life.

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Chapter Two: Defeating Violence

All it takes is five seconds - five seconds to live and five

seconds to die. Research shows that in a serious altercation

with a violent attacker the victim has about five short seconds

to react in order to even stand a chance at surviving.

With so little time to think, it is vital that you have trained

your body to react without hesitation and with complete

confidence.

Violence Doesn’t Discriminate

Why do I advocate the use of violence when faced with a

dangerous (and by that I mean deadly) conflict? The reason is

simple: violence works. Criminals know that; this is why they

are so effective. Now you can use the violators own secret

weapon against them.

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Violence works on anyone. It doesn’t matter how big you are;

how strong you are; or even how smart you are. Violence

doesn’t discriminate. Everyone is vulnerable to it – even the

one doing the attacking. Learn how to turn the tables on the

attacker and you can turn from victim into victor.

Is It Necessary To Get Violent Yourself?

If using the same kind of violence against your attacker is

leaving a bad taste in your mouth, consider these scenarios:

John was a veteran police officer with more than a decade’s

worth of self defense training. That training did him no good

the evening he stopped a drunken driver during his shift.

Angry and out of control, the driver lunged at John, slamming

him against the pavement. Despite using the standard self

defense methods he had been taught, this large (and strong)

police officer was overpowered, beaten until he was left with

lifelong injuries to his head and spine.

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While reviewing the footage from his cruiser cam, it was

determined that officer John followed his self defense protocol

perfectly – yet it failed to save him from debilitating injuries …

Jamie took her self defense training very seriously. A single

woman who lived alone in the city and often worked late into

the night, she knew the importance of being prepared. Jamie

took several self defense classes, where she was taught a

myriad of techniques for real-world situations. Yet, nothing

prepared her for the way her rapist would respond to her

attempts to convince him to stop. He broke her jaw; beat her to

the point of needing reconstructive surgery and left her for

dead…

Both John and Jamie survived their attackers, but their lives

will never be the same. Both tried to handle the situation

without stooping to their predator’s level. Both wished they

had returned violence for violence – maybe then they would

have escaped.

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Why Did Standard Self Defense Fail?

When most people think about self defense, they imagine

learning “techniques” to help them “survive” an attack. At

Patriotic Self Defense Program (PSD), we go a step further,” we

teach you how “to win.”

To win you must learn more than techniques; you must learn

to become comfortable with using violence when faced with

mortal danger.

There are a lot of different kinds of self defense programs out

there: martial arts, aggressive combat sports; and even hard

core hand to hand combat, so how do you choose what will

work?

Before you decide, you have to understand the most common

mistakes people make when choosing a self defense system:

1. Choosing a system that takes years to master. Karate and

martial arts offer some wonderful skills and can be a

wonderful port to enjoy, but if you rely on your martial

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arts training to save you in the years it takes to become a

master, you could be gambling with your life.

2. Choosing a system you have to practice – a lot. Don’t bet

your life on a self defense system that requires practice.

Life gets busy and you need a system that can work next

week … next month … and three years from now whether

you practice it regularly or not.

3. Choosing a system that looks cool. Every time I watch an

action movie, where the hero pulls out his arsenal of self

defense moves, I cringe. It looks great to watch him (or

her) fly through the sky; tumble across the floor; or

otherwise stun the audience with their cool moves. Then I

remember what real violence looks like. It isn’t fancy and

it isn’t cool. What it actually is simply brutal. Criminals

don’t care how their attacks look – they care about

getting the results they are after. Make sure you pick a

self defense program that strives more for results than

looks; otherwise you may end up disappointed – and

dead.

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4. Choosing a competitive course. Everyone loves a good

competition. The problem is competition thrives on

fairness and rules. Criminals do not care about fairness

and they throw the rules out the window every time. If

you are training for a fair competition, you are putting

yourself at a serious disadvantage –and you are going to

lose.

5. Choosing a system that doesn’t fit at all. Are you in top

physical shape right now? If not, do you think a criminal

will wait until you are? No way! If anything he is going to

consider your lack of physical prowess a benefit to him

and he’ll strike even faster. If you check out a program

and notice that the instructor and students all look a

certain way, you can be sure that the program is geared

toward their size, shape and physical aptitude and the

program isn’t going to work well for you. Instead, you

should try and find a self defense program that is a “one

size fits all” course that the average person can use

successfully.

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6. Choosing what’s popular. All-too-often people choose a

self defense program, based on its popularity. This can be

dangerous. Fads come and go, but you need to learn a

solid strategy to combat violence, if you want to survive

an attack.

7. Choosing a system that doesn’t follow real life violence. If

the violence training that you are taking doesn’t look like

the violence seen on the news or in a police officer’s

security footage, then it’s not going to work in real life

situations.

8. Choosing a program that doesn’t train you for multiple

attackers. Statistics show that most violent encounters

contain more than one attacker. Choose a system that can

help you to deal with this type of gang approach.

9. Choosing a program that doesn’t consider weapons. Too

many self defense courses rely on hand to hand combat

only. They seem to forget that most criminals bring along

a knife, gun, or even a stick or bat to the attack. Be sure

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that you are trained to combat with the use of weapons

during a violent encounter.

Being prepared means not making these common mistakes,

when choosing a self defense program.

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Chapter Three: What Are Criminals

Really Thinking When They Attack?

Now you know how not to train for your self defense. So, what

is the best way to train? Like a criminal!

Sane, civilized people like you and me strive to play by the

rules. We know what society requires of us and we try to

comply. Unfortunately, criminals don’t think the way we do.

Their brains work differently. That means they don’t behave in

the way most of us expect.

Sociopaths have a complete lack of awareness about morality

or social behavior. They don’t follow the rules nor do they play

fair. They rely on dirty tricks, while justifying their most

deviant actions. Approach violence (and violent attackers) like

this and you will find yourself a step behind. Be willing to forgo

your morals and go after your attackers or risk becoming a

dead victim.

Intent is the most important thing for surviving a deadly

attack. Training will help, but unless you are intent on hurting

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your attacker, everything else you learn will be useless.

Criminals don’t waste their time training for violence – they

rely on intent alone.

Isn’t it time that you learned how to think and act like a

criminal? It just may be the most important thing you will

need to protect yourself.

An Inside Perspective

Some people think of violence in social terms. They think you

can resolve problems without anyone getting hurt, and without

anyone stooping to the criminals’ level. One of the biggest

mistake victims make, while dealing with a sociopath, is

believing that violence progresses, ending in murder only if

pushed too far. The reality is a sociopath doesn’t rev up his

actions. Sometimes he begins with a punch and sometimes it

starts with the slash of a knife.

The key to your survival when faced with this kind of mad man

is understanding that you can work the same way – jumping

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straight into violence with no warning or warm up. Yes, you

can strike as soon as the encounter warrants it. There is no

reason to wait!

Why Are the Criminals Winning?

A single look at a newspaper and you will notice that the

criminals seem to be overtaking society. Not a day goes by

when there aren’t reports about some murder, rape,

kidnapping or vicious attack. So why are the thugs getting all

of the headlines? Because they hold the power. That doesn’t

mean they are stronger … or even smarter than the rest of us.

They just know what they want and how to get it – through

violence.

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The facts are simple:

• If an attacker pulls a knife the victim gets scared …

• If an attacker pulls a gun, a victim will freeze …

• If an attacker threatens to kill the victim, he’ll get

whatever he wants…

Criminals understand that violence will get them everything

they want and they aren’t afraid to use it.

By now you are probably thinking that I want to turn you into a

criminal. Nothing could be further from the truth. My goal

could not be further from the truth. My goal is not to turn you

into a ruthless killer, but to alter the balance of power.

If you are threatened by a violent stranger, I want you to have

the knowledge you will need to avoid serious injury. I want to

save you from unnecessary pain, loss, or even death.

Doubt prevents people from taking action in violent

encounters. Patriotic self defense program is designed to

replace any doubts, you may have, into confidence. Once you

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know how to predict the results of an injury, you will know

exactly what to do to survive.

Get Ready for a Fight

When it comes to violent conflict, there are no rules. The first

person to cause serious injury wins. When you use violence as

a survival tool, you become the one giving the hurt instead of

getting hurt.

Criminals know how to use violence to their advantage. Until

you stop trying to get out of harm’s way and face your attacker

head on, you will fail to get away.

Yes, there are plenty of self defense techniques being taught

on how to struggle to stay alive during an attack. But only one

thing will ensure your survival: taking down your attacker

before he grabs the opportunity to do the same to you.

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Chapter Four: Don’t Confuse

Antisocial with Asocial

If you have ever encountered violence, you were probably

either an unwilling victim or you were someone who

participated in social aggression (and liked it).

If you were unlucky enough to fall victim to violence, you

likely are uncomfortable talking about it. And may even try to

forget it ever happened. But, if you willingly participated in

some sort of social aggression (like a street fight), then you

probably revel in replaying the incident and like recalling how

you “kicked their ass”. If so, you may always be ready for a

fight.

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Why there are Different Responses?

Those who find themselves unwilling victims do so reluctantly.

They are faced with life and death violence and fight because

they have to – not because they want to. They do not enjoy it

and certainly do not want to relive their encounter.

Those who willingly engage in social aggression take a non life

threatening encounter and respond in violence. They could

handle the situation differently (and more calmly) but choose

not to. This group enjoys the power and control that violence

gives them. It’s an ego boost to hurt someone and they like

that feeling.

I don’t wish raw violence on anyone. The reason I teach its use

and methodology is because you need to understand it in order

to overcome it. And quite frankly, the more competent you are

in the matter, the less likely you will choose violence unless

absolutely necessary.

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Antisocial Violence

Antisocial behavior is loud and boisterous. You recognize it

right away – and it can be avoided if you choose to do so. Even

so, most of the antisocial behaviors can be dealt with using

normal social tactics like negotiation, calming actions, and

even surrender if necessary. Antisocial violence rarely results

in death, unless it is by accident.

Asocial Violence

This is not so when it comes to asocial violence. This kind of

violence cannot be handled with normal social tools, and it

almost always ends in severe injury or death. You cannot

negotiate with a killer or surrender to save your life. The

asocial sociopath is out for blood and he won’t stop until he

gets it.

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Confusing the Two

Once you know the difference between antisocial and asocial

violence, you can spot each without hesitation. Antisocial

violence is about posturing and ego (the aggressor wants

attention and he uses power to get it); while asocial violence is

about survival.

The problem is we often confuse the two. Why? Because it is

hard to comprehend that some people are simply out to

destroy. They aren’t looking to pick a fight or even right a

wrong. They simply want blood.

A bar fight is the most common form of antisocial violence. It

is loud. It is meant for everyone to watch and enjoy. Rarely

does either party want to kill each other; they simply want to

put on a good show and come out the victor.

Asocial violence is very different. It is dark and quiet. It seems

to come out of nowhere, leaving its victim shocked in horror.

There is no warning and there is no posturing. The attacker is

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simply out to destroy; whether it is seen or not doesn’t matter.

The result that matters is death and injury.

To make it easier to tell the difference between antisocial and

asocial violence, look at these characteristics of each:

Antisocial violence:

• is avoidable

• is survivable

• is solvable with the right social skills

Asocial Violence:

• is lethal

• is unaffected by social skills (you can’t negotiate your way

out of it)

• requires decide determination and direct actions

Once you really understand the characteristics of each, the two

aren’t usually confused. Still, some people may think an

antisocial event is really an asocial encounter simply because

the threat is imminent and it is real. After all, if he’s holding a

knife to your throat you may doubt, if you can talk your way

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out of the encounter. However, if the attacker is asking you for

your valuables, while holding the knife, the odds are good that

he is exhibiting antisocial behavior. If you give him what he

wants he may hurt you, but he won’t set out to kill you.

In an asocial encounter, the perpetrator doesn’t bother to tell

you he wants your valuables; he will slice your throat and take

them.

Once a situation escalates to physical violence, dialogue is no

longer an option. Once the knife cuts or the gun is hot, what

may have begun as antisocial behavior becomes asocial

behavior and you must react in kind.

Deciding between the two is relatively easy, if you think of it

like this: if the situation allows you to decide how to respond

you are dealing with antisocial behavior and should try and

avoid violence. But, if the situation demands an immediate

reaction, then you are dealing with asocial behavior and must

use violence to protect yourself.

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Chapter Five: Knowing When to Engage

Life is about choices. When faced with a dangerous altercation,

you can choose to do your best to walk away or you can choose

to engage. If you choose to engage, you can do so verbally or

physically … or in a deadly manner. I may teach people how to

do deadly harm to another, but I firmly believe that if you can

get out of the situation in any other way, then you must opt for

that other way, even if it makes you look like a coward. It is

better for people to think of you as a live coward, then a dead

idiot.

The strategies taught in Patriotic self defense (PSD) program

are meant to stop another human being from permanently

injuring or killing you. They are not meant to prove that you

are stronger or that you can inflict harm. That’s dangerous and

it is stupid. The techniques outlined here are meant solely as a

survival tool, only to be brought out when there is no other

way to ensure your survival.

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One of the biggest questions people ask me when starting their

training is “how will I know when I should use what you are

teaching?” My response is always something like, “when you

don’t cringe at the thought of gouging out a man’s eye.”

That may sound horrific (and it is), but when that is the only

answer you will know it – and then you will know that it is the

right time to use your PSD training.

When it’s Okay to Act

No one wants to hurt another person, especially in the grisly

way I just described above. Of course I hope that you will never

have to use the kind of violence that I train for. But if you face

a life and death situation, at least you can feel confident that

you are ready.

Violence is always the last resort. Your first choice should

always be to either walk away from the situation or try and talk

your way out of it. If your aggressor yells, screams and makes

verbal threats, then the odds are good they are exhibiting

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antisocial behavior and can be thwarted without force.

Sometimes though, they could be psyching themselves out for

the violence to come. Be on the alert to act, just in case this is

the situation.

If you feel as if normal social tactics are not going to calm the

situation, remain quiet. Say nothing. Make no eye contact.

Talking and contacting only makes it more difficult to

disengage and act. When violence is the only answer, you want

to be sure you are ready. And remember, once you strike your

first blow; don’t stop until the job is done. Finish on your own

terms.

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Chapter Six: Competition or

Destruction?

We all know what violence looks like. We hate to see

someone get hurt. Or do we? Take these two schoolyard

instances:

The Bully vs. the Nerd

A bully confronts the nerdy kid. A fight ensues. A crowd

gathers and cheers erupt. Who will win? Everyone wants to

know who will prevail – the bully or the underdog. This is a

test of wills, strength, and fortitude. In other words, it’s a

competition.

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The Schoolyard Shooter

Then, there is the schoolyard shooter. He enters the

schoolyard with a gun and a goal: to kill everyone in his

path. No crowd gathers and no one cheers. This is not a fight

of wills or of strength. It is mayhem and misery. There is no

interest – only terror.

This is the divide between social aggression and asocial

violence. One is a competition while the other is pure

destruction. Confusing the two can be deadly.

The goal of surviving a violent attack like a shooting is to be

the first one to inflict debilitating harm. Notice I didn’t say

the first one to inflict harm here. Sadly, your aggressor may

succeed at hurting you first. Your goal is to incapacitate him

before he can do the same to you.

Destruction is the key. Training for competition may show

you how to hurt someone, but does it teach you how to

incapacitate them? Competition is about bettering your

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athletic scores and gaining ranks. It is about becoming the

best.

Surviving asocial violence requires more. It isn’t about

gaining points or one-upping your competitor. It’s about

shutting down another human being. To be effective you

have to know the weakest part of the body to strike and then

destroy that target area. It’s not fun and it’s not fair; but it is

necessary. This is why some highly athletic and skilled

people have been killed by much weaker aggressors. They

didn’t know what skills should save their life, but their

attacker knew exactly where to strike to do the most harm.

Violence Isn’t a Competition

Watch a competitive sporting match (or fight) and you will

notice sparring; a back and forth of movement and skill.

Violence doesn’t work that way. It doesn’t give the other guy

a chance to return volley for volley (or punch for punch). It

is about knowing the other guy and then stomping on him.

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Competitors play by the rules; violent sociopaths do not.

Cheap shots are the name of the game and in a violent

encounter you have to be willing to use them. Criminals

don’t want to par and they don’t want to win – they want to

destroy. And that is why untrained criminals can _- and do –

take out highly skilled black belts. The black belt was ready

for a competitive fight and the criminal broke every rule to

get what he wanted, i.e., blood.

Rules keep competitors safe. Sucker punches are not

allowed. In the real world, the other guy will produce a knife

and use it without warning. Using destruction in a

competition will get you disqualified. On the other hand,

bringing competitive kills (and rules) to a destruction-based

environment will get you maimed or killed.

If you want to destroy during a life and death encounter be

sure that your training:

• looks like what you see on the news (in other words,

real violence)

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• works when the rules are left by the wayside (if your

training relies on everyone following the rules of play

then it will be useless in a violent encounter)

• includes all of the low bows and cheap shots you can

handle

Going against the rules is the only way to survive an asocial

violent encounter. That is why I have taken the Ultimate

Fighting Championship Fouls and turned them into the

Basics for Operational Success in Violence.

Use these fouls to bolster your violence training and know

what to do, if you ever face real violence. When faced with a

violent offender, be sure to use as many of these strategies

as possible:

• Eye gouging: the eyes are one of the most sensitive

targets that can do the most damage to your attacker.

Don’t be timid here. Gouge with all of your weight and

strength.

• Knee the head of a grounded opponent and then pull

the hair as hard as you can.

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• Attack the groin – use all of your weight and strength.

• Placing a finer in any open orifice or into a cut in the

skin and pulling.

• Breaking fingers

• Strike the spine or back of the head and neck: this goes

straight to the central nervous system and can result in

a serious, life threatening disability, or even death.

• Strike downward with the point of the elbow. By taking

out the muscle aspect of the move, you turn it from a

punch into a body weighted strike. If you can use this

move in a way that lines it up with the spine or neck of

a grounded attacker, you can end the fight with a single

blow.

• Throat strikes of any kind. Grabbing the trachea can do

serious damage.

• Clawing, pinching, or twisting the flesh. Alone this

isn’t enough to stop a killer, but used in conjunction

with a more serious move and you can throw him off

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guard, giving you the chance to strike in a more deadly

manner.

• Grab the clavicle and then use it as a handle while you

push the victim’s head into the ground.

• Kick the head of a downed opponent

• Stomp a grounded opponent.

• Kick the kidney with the heel of your foot. This can

rupture the kidney

• Throw your attacker into something (a fence, a wall, a

parked car, etc.)

• Hold your opponents shorts or glove to keep him in

place and then throw a punch or two

• Engage in any type of unsportsmanlike conduct.

Remember, anything goes when it comes to survival.

• Stomp or kick a downed opponent.

• Abandon all social restraints. Attack at will.

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Although the following things are often used by victims,

they really aren’t a good idea:

• head butting: this can hurt you more than it hurts him

• biting (it can result in giving you a blood borne

pathogen)

• spitting: it doesn’t do any harm but can really anger an

attacker

• being timid: this makes you appear as an even bigger

victim

• using abusive language: you aren’t going to intimidate

your attacker with your words, so don’t bother.

• Quitting: if you quit you are dead. Period.

Real violence isn’t a game. There are no rules. It isn’t a fair

fight, so be sure to fight hard and do whatever is necessary

to win.

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Killers Don’t Quit

In martial arts, one competitor always quits, thus ending the

competition. Once a competitor hits his limit, he stops the

assault. Killers don’t do that. They don’t stop because they

are in pain or fear losing. They stop because they can’t

continue. You have left them unable to get back up.

The Terror of Competition; the Pleasure of

Predation

Competing can be terrifying. When you compete in any

sports activity, you have to worry whether you are skilled

enough; conditioned enough; knowledgeable enough. Not

so when it comes to surviving a violent attack. When

competition is taken out of the scenario you go straight to

the win condition. It doesn’t matter if the other guy is

bigger, stronger or more athletic. All that matters is that you

know how to strike him where it will hurt the most.

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Violence is absent of competition. It offers no performance

anxiety. There is no fear. When you are fighting for your life,

you strike with what you know. Train properly and you will

be ready. It doesn’t matter what the other guy can do – it’s

all about YOU! The pressure to win is off. All you have to do

is become the predator going after his prey.

Chapter Seven: Why You Can’t

Committing violence is easy. Anyone can do it. Yet, most of

us choose not to engage in such barbaric acts. Why? The

answer is simple: we are afraid. Yet, most of us won’t admit

it. We don’t want to look like cowards. That is why we lie to

ourselves, convincing ourselves that we aren’t afraid. There

are other reasons why we steer clear of violence. Here are

some of the most common lies people tell themselves about

their lack of want, when it comes to becoming violent

themselves (and the truth behind them):

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1. I need more training. It sure would be nice to stop a

violent criminal by simply saying, “I need more

training before I can fight you.” We’d all have the out

we need to stop violence in it tracks. The sad truth is, if

you encounter violence, you are going to have to react,

with or without training, so why not be sure you know

what to do.

2. I’m not coordinated enough to take on a violent offender.

You don’t have to move like a trainer to survive an

attack. Why, you can even look like a fool. Who cares?

It doesn’t matter how uncoordinated you are, returning

violence with violence can be done by anyone.

3. I’m too weak. It doesn’t matter how small, weak, or

even disabled you are; you should be trained to protect

yourself. Everyone can find susceptible targets on their

attacker to focus on. There are no physical limitations

to protect your life. When thrust in this situation, use

what you have. Sure you may have some challenges,

but that doesn’t mean you can’t get the job done.

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4. I’m not cut out for violence. Too bad. None of us are. But,

if an attacker decides to jump you with a knife, you

should better have some knowledge on how to

counterattack, or you may die. That guy coming at you

probably isn’t scary under normal circumstances. What

makes him scary is what he is doing. Use the same

intent on him. Intend to scare him and you just might.

5. I don’t have it in me to hurt (or kill) someone. The fact is

that when faced with asocial violence, something bad is

about to happen to you. The only way to keep that bad

thing from happening is to strike hard and fast first.

Remember, these aren’t normal circumstances we’re

talking about. These tactics are only used when your

life is in danger. When that happens you will be faced

with doing what you never thought possible.

Understand that this isn’t you reacting – it is your

training taking over. No, you aren’t a ruthless killer.

But you are a victim, who is turning the tide and doing

what is necessary to survive.

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Fear and Courage

Fear is normal. Nothing is going to stop your heart from

thumping and sweat from pouring from your skin during a

violent encounter. You are going to be afraid and that’s

okay. Heck, it’s normal. That doesn’t mean you cannot

muster the courage to do what is necessary, despite your

fear.

There are no excuses during this time of danger. I’m sure

you don’t want to hurt your predator, but you have to. If you

train to the best of your abilities (and with an open mind),

then you can prevail. But first, you have to learn what to do.

Filthy Lies

There are three lies that I hear people spewing about

training for violence. They each anger me tremendously.

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Here they are:

1. You have to understand the material to make it work.

Violence isn’t intellectual. It is a gut response.

Criminals don’t study the psychological or intellectual

makings of violence – they just do it. Violence operates

where intellect stops. To prepare yourself for violence,

practice violence.

2. Once the technique is automatic, it will be enough. Not at

all. Doing a technique is just the beginning; not the

end result. Knowing how to set up a specific joint break

is not the same as actually breaking the knee or the

ankle. The technique is the placement, but there is still

the work to do. Look at it this way: technique is like

trying to inflict a gunshot wound by obsessively

polishing an empty gun. You’ve gotten the gun ready

but you haven’t actually used it.

3. I’m not ready. Being ready doesn’t guarantee success.

But giving yourself permission to accomplish the deed

will. Once you have the intent to inflict harm you can

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do it; whether you have had one day or one month of

training. Once you give yourself permission to inflict

pain and injury on your attacker, you will unleash your

full force and effort and that will enable you to do what

you intend to do to take your attacker down. Nobody is

ever truly ready for violence. Nobody wants to go there.

But if you do face it, know that you have what it takes

to handle the situation.

Don’t let these (or any other) lies make you doubt your

ability to take down your attacker. PSD will teach you what

you need to know to survive an attack. All you have to do is

let yourself use this knowledge to actually do what is

needed.

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Chapter Eight: Spiritual

Enlightenment, Competition and One-

Way Street Violence

A certain degree of violence has always been necessary. Since

the world began, people used violence to establish dominance

as well as to protect themselves from an uncertain death.

Eventually though, people began to group together, forming

societies that lived, worked, and played together. To keep

everyone under control, these societies began to establish

rules. Over time, the violent tendencies of people took a more

civilized course, as people created organized sports and martial

arts to satisfy their need to overpower one another, without

actually killing them.

If you are one of the people, who thinks that PSD is just

another civilized form of violence, then think again. PSD is not

another form of modernized violence. On the contrary, it is a

return to the root of violence. Instead of trying to teach you

some new way to protect yourself, I’m trying to get you to set

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all of those modern notions of violence aside and get back to

your basic instincts.

Violence is raw and brutal. When faced with it, you must be

able to react in kind; and that will require going back to the

primary instinct to survive.

Martial Arts: An Empty Bottle of Violence

with a Childproof Cap

You might think that I am against martial arts. I am not. What

I am against is teaching people that it is the best and most

useful way to stave off a violent predator. Martial arts were

originally developed to help train elite Asian forces to handle

hand to hand combat. But, as the years went by, warfare

changed. Instead of relying on strength and physical prowess

to win, armies began to use weapons to kill their opponents.

This made typical martial arts techniques obsolete, when it

came to fighting for your life.

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To help preserve the majesty of martial arts, schools began to

sprout up teaching the average person some of the moves,

without the warfare. Add to that a splash of religion and

philosophy and you have a diluted form of martial arts that is

taught today. Instead of teaching warfare, modern day martial

arts teach people how to deal with social belligerents.

Martial arts are great at helping people defuse an antisocial

bomb. They teach how to use verbal warnings and prepared

distances to ward off an attacker. If still attacked, the

techniques practiced can do wonders at blocking standard hits,

kicks, and punches. Yes, martial arts work in an antisocial

environment. The problem is they do not do much, when faced

with an asocial killer.

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Combat Sports: Violence Made Palatable

The human instinct craves some amount of violence. The

problem is most of us simply cannot stomach real violence. To

help combat these two conflicts, society has tried to find ways

to make the violence, we instinctively crave, more palatable.

The result: combat sports. By putting rules to it, violence

suddenly became a contest based on strength, skill, and

mastery – without the killing, of course.

Combat sports allow spectators to enjoy the excitement and

sensation of the school yard tussle, without the brutality of the

schoolyard shooting. Wrestling is a perfect example of this. We

can kid ourselves into thinking we are watching real violence,

but if someone accidentally gets hurt, we are appalled. Real

violence just doesn’t work that way.

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Violence: Not Just “Anything Goes” but “Do

Your Worst”

Don’t get confused here: PSD is not simply beefed up martial

arts or even combat sports, without the rules. PSD is pure,

simple, and basic violence. It isn’t meant to make you feel

good or give you the promise of being able to walk alone at

night, without any worries. PSD is about violence and violence

isn’t a matter of “anything goes.” What it is all about is “Do

your worst.” The distinction is chilling.

Anything goes means exactly that – do whatever you may

choose to do. This means that civilized people will try to get

away with doing less; and that could cost them their life, when

dealing with a sociopath.

Violence, on the other hand, is “do your worst.” This requires

picking the most horrible means to taking down your

opponent. There are no techniques in violence – only action –

horrible, awful action. When choosing violence, you don’t start

small and work yourself up to the worst, if needed (like in

other self defense programs), but start with the worst possible

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injury you can imagine and then continue to do more. This is

the difference between angering your attacker and

incapacitating him.

In violence, the goal is not to beat the other guy, it is about

inflicting harm first (and worst) and not stopping out of pity or

horror. It is about survival.

The mistake many people make is trying to make violence look

pretty and become acceptable. It isn’t pretty and it should

never be acceptable. Violence doesn’t care about novelty,

culture, gimmicky, or psychological distance. There are no

costumes, rituals, philosophy, and civility. All there is hurt and

pain.

We like to think that we can control violence – real violence –

without sacrificing our high moral, human standards. It is

impossible to deal with asocial violence by trying to distance

yourself from the psychological impact of hurting another

person. You can’t talk your way out of an asocial encounter

and you can’t reason with a killer. You can’t be the good guy

and survive. If you aren’t willing to cross the line society has

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drawn regarding acceptable and unacceptable violence, the

odds of your survival are slim.

Instead of playing roles or choosing sides, accept the reality of

the situation. There are no good guys and bad guys: there are

just two human beings working really hard to injure one

another. The person to get it right first typically survives.

It doesn’t take any grand gestures or feelings of superiority to

win at violence. All you really need is intelligently guided

practice to be able to cause injury from a purely bio-

mechanical point of view. You need force and a target and

that’s it. Everything else is extra baggage or junk that will just

hinder your progress.

PSD has no philosophical line. It is up to each individual to

develop their own approach. Philosophy and violence are

incompatible and should never be forced together. Philosophy

is a social construct, while violence is asocial. There is no good

and evil in violence; only success or failure.

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Chapter Nine: The Reasons behind

Violence

Violence is insane and it is committed by insane people. To

admit that you are willing to use it to even save your life

somehow feels like a betrayal to society; as if you are willing

to join “their” club.

It is human nature to try and avoid violence. This includes

trying to reason your way out of it. Most of us believe that, if

we simply can stay out of bad parts of town, be nice to

people, and avoid the insane people among us, we can stay

safe. Unfortunately these tactics don’t always work. This

leaves us with only one choice: how to best survive an

attack, if it comes.

When you think of real violence – the brutal, nasty,

disgusting kind I’m talking about – what pops into your

mind? Savagery? Brutality? What kind of person commits

these acts? The first word that comes to our mind is

“monster.”

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Now, think about using real hardcore violence yourself. Do

you consider yourself a monster? Hopefully not. A true

monster is someone who uses this kind of violence for no

reason. You are being trained to use it for the sole purpose

of saving your life.

A sane, well socialized person trained to use violence as a

survival tool is no more likely to use it inappropriately than

before they were trained. In other words, training for

violence will not turn you into a violent predator. It is not

going to turn on some monstrous switch that suddenly turns

a mild-mannered person into a gruesome sociopath.

On its own violence is not right or wrong. It is where and

how you use it that makes it so. When used as a tool it is

good. After all, it can be used to save you and someone you

love.

Here’s another misconception about violence: that it is an

irrational act, which is only committed by an irrational

person with an irrational state of mind. The truth is that a

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sociopath kills with dispassion. Sane people understand that

violence should not be used as an outlet for their anger and

control those urges.

Violence does not equal insanity either. If you were sane

before training for and understanding violence, you

suddenly are not going to go crazy.

Violence has no rhyme or reasons. The true killer simply

kills to kill. You, on the other hand are training to use

violence as a tool to stop the killer.

Let’s be clear here: there is nothing sexy about beating a

man to death with a tire iron. No matter what spin you try

and put on violence; how you try to explain it away; or make

it look pretty; the fact remains, it is still about maiming,

crippling and killing another human being. There is no nice

way to present that.

Violence is surrounded by euphemisms, all designed to try

and distance the well-socialized from the ugly, brutal reality

of crippling injury. No one likes the idea of inflicting this

kind of violence. It means to stop thinking of the other guy

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as a human and not stopping even when he begs you to. And

no one wants to think they are capable of such misery.

The reason I stress this way of looking at violence is so that

people can see it for what it is. Otherwise, they will be

unable to do what is necessary when faced with a brutal (and

insane) killer.

People like to believe that if we all play by the same rules,

everything will simply “work out for the best.” Until, that is,

they come face to face with someone who doesn’t; care

about the rules. Then you must face yourself and decide

whether you are willing to kill in order to avoid being killed.

It’s not comfortable to consider doing the same things to

your attacker that he is planning to do to you. Most of us

don’t see a difference between saying “I am able and

prepared to kill someone if necessary,” and “I am psychotic

killer ready and willing to kill anyone at any time.” Until you

can see the difference, you are going to find it difficult (if

not impossible) to put your training to the test.

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What does violence mean to you? Here are some of the most

common terms used to describe violence. Look and see

which ones match your own personal mindset:

Martial Arts

Generally speaking, those with a Black Belt hold a certain

amount of respect and social standing among the public.

Somehow, the knowledge of how to fight in a fair contest

seems to outweigh the ability to protect yourself against

pure evil. Although, martial art skills are useful in some

settings, when pitted against a sociopath they simply prove

to be useless.

Self Defense

Learning self defense seems logical: someone attacks you

and you defend yourself. The problem in this scenario

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requires you to remain a victim who is trying to defend

yourself. This puts you at a serious disadvantage.

Self defense teaches people how to slow down your attacker

long enough to get away. But that’s rarely enough. Don’t be

fooled into thinking that self defense and survival is the

same thing, because they aren’t.

Fighting

There are a lot of different ways to fight someone. Some

ways are more brutal than others, but one thing remains the

same: fights usually follow some sort of rulebook and may

even have referees standing on the sidelines. Murders do

not.

Hand-to-Hand Combat

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It would seem like this type of extreme defense would do the

trick when facing mortal danger. Still it lacks in some areas.

Here is the problem: hand to hand implies a back and forth,

give and take, and tit for tat scenario. Think about it, do the

people who engage in the worst violence in our society

(criminals, sociopaths, etc.) engage in this type of hand to

hand combat? No way! They don’t give their victims a

chance to fight back, fair and square. No, they go for it and

so should you.

Chapter Ten: Everyone’s a Badass

The bad guy has suddenly become the one to root for in our

books, movies, and television. Why, even the badass in

sports gets all of the attention these days. Become a wife

beater and you suddenly get more airtime than the guy who

won his sports championship.

People are fascinated with strength and power. We suddenly

look at the anti-hero and celebrate his dangerous streak.

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The bad boy is dangerous and compelling, all at the same

time. In short, we look in awe at the exact kind of character

that would terrify us should we meet up in an alley or

parking lot.

Why are we so enamored by the badass these days? One

reason may be the simple fact that they terrify us. It is this

terror that gains them respect. No one wants to face them,

so they get what they want. Deep down, we each want to be

the one intimidating others. After all, if we can become the

one to be feared, everyone will leave us alone, right?

Unfortunately the answer is no. Being a badass doesn’t make

you immune to violence. All it does is endure that you are

going to fall prey to a bigger badass in the antisocial scene.

It won’t protect you from an asocial killer.

Trying to intimidate people just isn’t a good strategy to

staying safe. It’s a dangerous game, which can quickly

backfire. If you are not prepared to escalate the situation,

your opponent may call your bluff and respond with a bigger

threat. And guess what, that can get you killed in some

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circles. Sane people will back away when dealing with a

badass; criminals, murderers, and sociopaths will not.

Now, let’s flip the scenario around. You are the one being

intimidated and scared. How do you respond? Maybe you

punch him in the face. Maybe you shoot him or worse,

maybe you brutally attack him, rendering him bloody and

lifeless.

You never know how a person will respond to intimidation.

Some act instantaneously, while others simmer for weeks,

months, or even years before unleashing their fury. Either

way, you are in trouble.

So what’s the answer? How do you look scary without

looking for trouble? The answer is to stop looking like a

victim. Look like you know what you’re doing and what’s

going on, while assuming a comfortable unconcerned air. Be

socially remote, not a jerk. Essentially put a no soliciting

sign on your back, one that says you don’t want to be

engaged.

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It’s a hard skill to master but anyone can project confidence,

an “I know how to handle myself” attitude without coming

off as threatening. It is much safer and a lot less harrowing

than running around trying to intimidate and scare everyone

off. Plus it works much better.

When in a social arena, use social skills to treat everyone

like a person. You don’t have to agree with them or become

their doormat. Simply avoid stirring the pot or adding fuel to

the fire.

But, when in an asocial environment, treat everyone like

meat. And don’t confuse the two.

Violence in the Antisocial Realm

There are always consequences of using violence. You are

stuck with physical and emotional trauma, and if you can’t

justify why you used extreme violence to protect yourself,

you could deal with legal ramifications too. That is why I am

so adamant about not using violence in an antisocial

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situation. It is the wrong tool for the job. It’s always better

to disengage and get out of there than to use violence as an

answer.

But what if you can’t escape? What if that antisocial

environment turns ugly and your predator won’t give you an

out? What if you face a situation that could turn dangerous

(and deadly) whether intended or not? You have to decide

whether or not the situation requires quick and efficient

action. Then treat it like an asocial encounter, but

remember these important ideas:

• Don’t pull any punches. The situation may start out as

an antisocial encounter, but once you are forced to

resort to violence, you have to strike hard. You can’t go

easy on your predator; you have to make the targets

nonfunctional.

• Go in at 100%. If you go into the fight hoping not to

hurt your opponent then you won’t; but you could end

up hurt. Go in with the intent to harm and get the

results you need. You can’t afford to screw around.

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Once this guy starts it, you have to finish it. Otherwise,

he could accidently hurt you more than he intended.

Yes, some street fights end with one of the other laying

paralyzed on the ground or even dead. Sure, it may

have been ‘an accident’ but that doesn’t help the

injured guy. If you are forced to engage, be sure to do it

right. Take control of the situation and get it done as

quickly as possible. None of this back and forth

business. Break some bones. They will heal. If you

allow the situation to escalate, someone could get hurt

to the point of no return.

• Aim for non lethal targets. Never start with a fist to the

throat or a knife to the stomach. As a general rule, you

can usually end an antisocial encounter without

attacking lethal targets.

• Understand that once you get physical, your

opponent’s intent may change. What starts out as

teaching you a lesson may suddenly make the other guy

fear for his life, and that change can alter the way he

handles the situation. You don’t want things to get

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serious, which will force him to come at you with

everything he’s got. Once a fight goes physical,

anything can happen. The other guy could pull a

weapon or his friends may enter the mix. Or, you could

use a tactic that is too strong and maim or kill him.

That’s why it is always best to avoid the fight at all. My

recommendation is to always be smart, think things

through, and always exhaust all options if you can. If

only then violence is the only answer, then engage.

To Injure or Not to Injure

When someone comes at you physically, the process is

simple – get in there, cause an injury, and repeat until

finished. Now, what do you do if no physical line has yet

been crossed? What if a gunman orders you to take a seat on

the floor of the bank, or someone blocks your exit from the

doorway? They have yet to actually touch you, yet the threat

is there.

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These are the times when you will have to make a judgment

call. Maybe the jerk at the party can be cajoled to move. The

guy at the bank may be willing to take his money and run,

requiring no interaction with you (or anyone). A terrorist or

a serial killer are other matters altogether.

If your gut tells you that it is time to get physical. Then dive

in full force and start injuring right away. Taking time to

mull it over only gives the attacker more time to gain

control of the situation. The longer a situation is allowed to

go, the harder it is to change its course. However, if you

ascertain it’s a bad situation from the start and you take him

down, he never gets the chance to inflict harm on you or

anyone else.

For any type of hostage-taker situation, the most critical

time is immediately after he comes in contact with hostages.

It is in these first few seconds that he learns if people will

comply or if someone will come after him. It’s your job to

shut him down right away.

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For most people, violence comes out of the blue. One

moment they are walking across the parking lot and the next

moment they are lying on the ground from a whack to the

back of the head or they are grabbed and drug toward a car.

The attack comes when you least expect it.

Victims are usually tired, sick, encumbered, or otherwise

distracted. This gives the attacker a chance to get in there

without being noticed. When you walk around with your

head held high and you look as if you can handle yourself,

you send an unconscious signal to stay away or else.

I remember hearing the story of one client who was in her

early 30’s. She recounted how at the tender age of 20, she

worked in a bad part of town until about 2 in the morning.

She was new to town and really had no idea how dangerous

the streets she walked really were. To make matters worse,

as a waitress she walked home every night with her pockets

brimming with cash tips. She should have been scared. Yet

she told me how she was too stupid to be scared and walked

home bravely every night with never an incident.

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Flash forward 10 years and she found herself in a similar

neighborhood late one night. Smarter now, she was scared

to death. Of course she found herself mugged for her wallet

and jewelry. Why? She assumed it was because she was

smart enough to know to be scared later in life and that fear

made her stand out amongst the criminal crowd.

I agree. When she was younger (and stupider), she walked

with an air of confidence. Being small statured, I assume

that criminals back then figured she knew how to take them

down, otherwise she would have been the prefect prey. It

was her attitude that saved her. Older and wiser in later

years, she was easy to spot and easy to accost.

The lesson here: don’t present yourself like a victim and

don’t act like a badass. The scariest people are the calm and

quiet ones. Predators don’t know how to read that. Are you

too stupid to be scared or do you know or have something

that they don’t know about? Not willing to take the chance,

they move onto an easier victim.

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So what happens when you do find yourself facing a

situation? Maybe that guy at the party won’t let you pass

and you feel physically threatened. Do you try and block his

every move? No. Pick a target and go for it. There’s no

messing around here. Once the threat is imminent, it is your

job to stop it.

Remember, waiting, looking, and blocking are all a sucker’s

game. With every two hits that you block one is bound to get

through. This type of self defense is exhausting and

pointless. Use your energy to accomplish something. Don’t

give him a chance to strike. Take him down the right away.

Outlined below are some of the tactical considerations to

use, when you are executing an initial strike against a

predator. But remember, while they are useful, they are

secondary to just getting it done and causing that initial

injury:

• Strike when he’s not looking. Pick a target and wreck it.

But you already knew that.

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• Strike when he is looking. Let’s say that your attacker is

looking you square in the eye. He has created a blind

spot found at a 45 degree angle of the cheekbones. This

will allow you to strike with surprise. For instance, if

he’s staring at you and you stare back while mentally

preparing to kick him in the groin, he won’t ever see

your boot move. Just be sure not to look down at the

groin before kicking – this will tip him off.

Another limitation of your attacker has to do with the

specific receptors in the eyes that detect motion across a

static background; they gage the rate of travel and predict

where the motion is going. Every human being is hardwired

to see a big roundhouse motion that breaks silhouette and

travels across a static background; which gives them the

chance to intercept a move.

So, don’t break the silhouette. Use straight moves to hit

your target from inside the outline. Do something like step

in and drive your fist into his solar plexus, with your elbow

in nice and tight at your hip.

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You can even manipulate both limitations at the same time.

Claw at your predators eyes by coming up from underneath

his vision, while staying within your silhouette.

Manipulating Social Conventions

Manipulation and violence often go hand in hand.

Sociopaths commonly misuse social tools to make their

victims feel at ease, taking away their power of perception

and offense. Mass murderer Ted Bundy was a perfect

example of this. He often used crutches and casts to lure his

victims into range.

Faking surrender is the most basic form of social

manipulation. Once you convince the other guy that you are

ready to give up, you can strike while his defenses are lower.

This catches him by surprise and gives you the upper hand.

A more insidious way to manipulate social conventions is to

use your social tools to befriend him. Get him close enough

to shake hands and then break him.

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These tricks are easy to use and easy to succumb to. So how

do you make sure you aren’t the one succumbing to them?

Listen to your gut. Instinct is a marvelous tool. Your

subconscious is great at detecting trouble.

Almost every victim of violence reports later that they had

“a feeling” that something wasn’t right, but they ignored it.

Trust your gut and act on it. Strike and strike hard.

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Chapter Eleven: The Absence of

Choice

Violence starts where choice ends. When it comes to antisocial

interactions, you get to choose whether you want to be

involved or not. In the asocial realm, there is no choice. You

are forced into it and once there you cannot get out of it. That

is why it is so important to choose your reaction wisely. Once

you cross the line to violence, there is no going back. You

cannot turn the violent situation around and you cannot close

a broken knee, leg, or wrist. So, always make the choice you

can live with.

Once you know how to take a grown man down, the better

choice is not to do it. I can’t tell you how many times I could

have legitimately knocked down someone in his place, using

the violence I know so well. But it wasn’t worth the aftermath,

and it wasn’t needed to save my life, so I chose to walk away.

You should too when possible.

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When violence means your life, then use it. Otherwise, find

another way. Basically, this means that you have no choice. It

is either kill or be killed. The choice is easy. Violence is your

only option.

Asocial violence comes at you quickly. One moment you are

standing in the parking lot looking for your keys and the next

moment you feel the knife penetrating your skin. Your only

option is to continue to get stabbed or to begin wrecking

targets.

For some people, knowing the difference between antisocial

and asocial interaction is blurred. They are so afraid that they

take every sideways glance and challenge a fight. But, that is

only going to get you into trouble. Thankfully, you shouldn’t

have that problem, if you remember these important facts:

• You don’t have to worry about your pride: You know you

can beat the other guy. Heck, you know how to actually

kill him, so pride isn’t an issue when it comes to walking

away from a fight.

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• Antisocial interactions can seem asocial, and they can

become asocial: If there is any chance of walking away,

then you are dealing with an antisocial event. You can

defuse the anger and make sure no one gets hurt. Or, you

can turn it into an asocial event by making the other guy

feel threatened. When you find yourself asking if you

should react with violence, the answer is almost always

no.

When No Choice Matters

Once you enter the asocial realm, you have no choice but to

react with violence. That’s when you turn to injury to save you.

Injury takes away choice. Violence is the absence of choice.

Once you cross over that line you both are just along for the

ride.

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Part Two: The Principles of Violence

Chapter One: Fight or Flight

Who hasn’t heard of the fight or flight response? It is when the

body is put on high alert against some danger. When

threatened by physical attack, your body’s natural response is

to prepare itself for the attack. But did you know that there are

actually four different kinds of responses? Well, here are:

Response # 1: Fight

When faced with danger, you assess the challenge and the

target and decide to fight back.

Response # 2: Flight

The challenge is assessed and deemed too dangerous, so the

target tries to evade the threat by running.

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Response # 3: Posture

The challenge is assessed and the target decides to feign

posture aggressively (act like a badass), with the hope of

scaring off the perpetrator and being able to avoid the attack,

without either fighting or fleeing.

Response # 4: Capitulate

Unable to fight or flee, the target decides to freeze, lie down, or

otherwise submit, hoping that if he/she appeases, the

aggressor will stop the attack (or at least lack its intensity).

Since most of us are very familiar with the general fight and

flight (responses # 1 & 2), let’s take time to discuss the other

two: posturing and capitulating.

Posturing usually takes place when the target decides that if he

spouts verbal warnings or threats, and looks tough, the

aggressor will back down. The trouble is, the aggressor usually

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just responds in kind; with the two sparring back and forth

until the situation escalates into violence.

Posturing is meant to scare the other person off, but it can be

dangerous, since it delays the flight option and wastes valuable

opportunities to flee.

Capitulate response can be just as dangerous to the victim, but

for other reasons. By literally submitting to the aggressor, the

victim hopes to end the encounter. For instance, if the woman

gives in to the rape, she is hoping that he’ll get what he wants

and will spare her life. This can work in some situations, but

when dealing with an asocial sociopath, submission rarely

works.

If used correctly, however, the capitulate response can be a

good way to put your aggressor in a vulnerable position before

attacking yourself.

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Facing Fear

Fear is a powerful emotion. It can control us, making us

incapable of moving or even trying to fight off a predator. Or,

it can be used to empower yourself and level the playing field.

Criminals use fear to get what they want. You can too. How?

By following these simple rules:

• Taking action. Fear doesn’t have to rob you of your ability

to think or maneuver in the face of danger. Allow yourself

to feel your fear. Feel your heart thumping and your

adrenaline flowing. This is your body’s way of getting you

ready for the job ahead. Use it to focus on completely

destroying the enemy or getting the hell out of there.

With your PSD training, you will be able to use fear and

its physical response to react, rather than freeze. Your

training will tell you what to do next – and you will do it.

• Use violence – it’s for everyone. Every person can be a

predator. The human brain is programmed for violence;

all you have to do is tap into that guttural instinct. You

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were made for survival, so don’t give up the chance to use

your internal power to free yourself from a violent attack.

• Become the attacker. Remember that the one who does

the injuring will prevail.

• Victims get hurt. Defense wounds are found on corpses.

Enough said!

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Chapter Two: It’s all About the

Injury

You cannot successfully defend yourself against a violent

attack, without hurting the other person. It’s that simple. Until

you come to grips with this fact, you will be unable to strike

when needed.

You never know how a predator will act when you strike. Some

will get scared and turn away. Others will get so mad that they

will be ready to kill you. That is why you have to be merciless.

Break his arm, but don’t stop there. Then use that injured arm

to throw him to the ground and then stomp on his head or

neck. Just because he is down doesn’t mean you should stop.

You shouldn’t. Not until he can’t come after you. Going easy

on someone who is out to hurt or kill you isn’t going to help

you in any way. It could even get you killed.

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In violence, every technique and target needs to be exploited

to its fullest. Nothing is out of bounds; one hesitation and you

will become the victim.

The Injury Manifesto

Every use of violence has a single key: injury. Knowing how to

cause injury and the results of those injuries gives you a

distinct advantage. That’s why you need to know and

understand these basic facts about violence and injury:

Violence begins and ends with injury

Injury is the only thing that means anything in violence. It’s

the goal; the end result. It defines the violent act and finishes

it. Violence literally begins and ends with injury.

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To be effective, violence is comprised of a series of injuries:

• the initial injury

• taking advantage of one injury to cause another

• continuing to inflict further injury until the perpetrator is

brought down

Injury puts everything in your favor

Injury gives you options. When you take the lead and inflict

injury you suddenly step away from the role of victim and can

make some choices on how to continue.

Injury is objective

Anyone can see when a leg is broken or an eye has been gouged

out.

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Injury decrements body function

By inflicting injury you stop some part of the body from

working correctly

Injury is permanent

Until the person gets medical help, that injury is going to keep

him down.

Injury is physics and physiology meeting badly

Injury equals excessive force plus vulnerable anatomical

target. Pain and mental states just don’t matter here. Everyone

has a different threshold for pain, so you can’t use that to

gauge your success. What drops one person will barely make

another flinch. That is why you have to do more than inflict

pain; you have to inflict injury.

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Injury doesn’t needs techniques

You don’t need to know any fancy techniques to hurt someone.

All you need is force and a target.

All injuries are equal

It doesn’t really matter whether you go after the eyes, neck,

legs. or knees. Every injury can do the job, if you take

advantage of it.

Injured people move in predictable ways

The body responds to injury (any injury) through specific pre-

programmed movements. There is no conscious choice

involved here. A boot to the groin is going to result in the same

exact movements in every man, regardless of how he wants to

react. This is good news for the person who studies these

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movements. This means you can predict what your assailant

will do immediately after you inflict injury. This can help you

prepare your next assault.

Injured people are helpless

Once you get your assailant down, he will be unable to respond

until the reflex is over. That gives you the advantage to strike

again … and again … and again.

Injury trumps speed, strength, and resolve

An injured person can’t outrun you. It doesn’t matter how

strong or fast he starts out, once injured, the target is

incapacitated.

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Violence begins and ends with injury

In a violent situation, any action that does not result in injury

is worthless. Each and every touch must break something

inside of him. Injure now. Injure again. And don’t stop until he

is non-functional.

What is Injury?

Injury may be the end to all the violence, but what is injury? It

is harm, detriment, and loss to the point, where you cannot

keep going. The kind of injury I’m talking about here doesn’t

just slow down an assailant, it takes them down. In short,

injury is breaking things inside of a person to the point, where

they don’t work anymore … now that’s injury. That’s violence.

This is the way the sociopath approaches the problem, and you

should too.

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Chapter Three: Why You Must Learn

to Kill

Being unprepared for violence can lead to dire circumstances.

That’s why I don’t sugar coat things or try and make violence

seem palpable. I believe it is better to be uncomfortable and

ready than to feel comfortable and be surprised at what real

violence looks like.

If there is one thing I want you to learn from your training, it is

that you must go into every violent situation with the intent to

cause serious injury, and if necessary, even kill. You must be as

brutal and effective as the most heinous thug. That is the only

way to walk away alive. Unfortunately, this is a truth that isn’t

very easy to accept.

Blocking a killer’s advance isn’t going to be enough to get away

with your life. The only way to make him stop is to inflict

serious injury on him. The first step is to have the intent to

harm. The second is doing it. So what steps lie between our

intent and the actual injury?

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Your Body Weight

Once you have the intent to do harm, then you must act fast.

Don’t hesitate. Don’t wait to see what he’ll do next – act and

act swiftly! Use all of your body weight in motion to inflict the

first injury.

Your Willingness to Do the Deed

“But I don’t want to be the bad guy!” I can’t tell you how often

I hear this statement. People recoil at the harsh realities of

violence. They just can’t imagine stooping to that level. Yet,

until you are willing to hit him in the side of the head with a

rock, you aren’t going to be safe.

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Remembering That He’s a KILLER

There’s a big difference between a fighter and a killer. The

fighter wants to one-up his opponent, but the killer wants to

end the other person. The fighter seeks to force submission;

the killer seeks to shut down the other man’s body. The fighter

“kicks ass”; the killer sets out to cause debilitating injury. The

fighter relies on strength, speed, and skill; the killer relies on

stealth and action. The fighter’s skills work best in a controlled

environment; the killer’s skills are effective anywhere.

So what’s my point? Frankly, the fighter doesn’t stand a

chance against a killer. A competitive MMA fighter or martial

arts expert just does not have the skills needed to escape a

murderer. Adopting a killer attitude is the only thing that is

going to help you do that.

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Lethal Force

There is no moral stance that should keep you from doing what

is necessary to protect yourself from a lunatic. Lethal force

may be necessary, so why not train for it? If you find yourself

in life or death situation, killing is definitely in order – but

only when the situation requires it. If it is him or you kind of

encounter, then be ready to use lethal force to stop the

encounter.

This is the time to trust your gut. These instincts are what are

going to tell you to move and move quickly. If you don’t have a

gut reaction to the situation, then the odds are good it doesn’t

require lethal action.

It is important not to train for any exact scenarios; the options

are too wide. You may find yourself locked in the trunk of a

car; taken hostage; face a killer in your apartment or any

number of other scenarios. What’s important is not training

for specific incidences, but to train to handle any circumstance

that may come along.

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Once you engage in violence, be prepared to keep going until

he is completely incapacitated. It doesn’t matter if he begs for

you to stop or lies on the floor bleeding. If he’s still moving,

you have to keep going. Otherwise, he may be able to get back

up and kill you.

When should you stop your counterattack? When you have left

your attacker:

Incapacitated: This can mean anything from a broken knee,

broken collarbone, or a bruised spleen. Whatever can get him

down and keep him from coming back at you is considered

incapacitated.

Unconscious: Once your attacker is knocked cold, you can

usually walk away.

Dead: reserved for the most extreme situations, killing another

human being isn’t easy, but is sometimes necessary. Just be

sure that you don’t do this far unless you feel as if you or

others will die at his hand or if you feel as if only the most

extreme measures will stop him.

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Chapter Four: Overcoming the Stigma

of Violence

Violence should never be used frivolously. It should always be

your last resort. Still, when needed, you should be ready to act.

People don’t like to think about the dangers that lurk in the

world. They like thinking about facing them even less. Still,

violence is there and if you ever fall prey to it, you need the

tools to survive. That includes the ability to act (or react) in the

same deadly manner as your attacker. You can’t be afraid of

violence or to use violence.

Remember, violence isn’t good or bad in and of itself. It is how

people use it that makes it good or bad. For instance,

bludgeoning someone to death with a kitchen knife can be

outright murder (bad), or it can be justified homicide (good).

Still, no matter what you call it, the act remains the same and

the victim remains just as dead.

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Knowing how to use violence doesn’t make you a bad person.

Using that knowledge to protect yourself and your family is

good, but using it to gain control and hurt people is what is

bad.

How Much Is Too Much?

Knowing how to kill is a skill that could someday save your life.

Still, it isn’t a skill you necessarily want to brag about. People

may look at you in a funny way or even keep their distance. No

one wants to think that their neighbor or friend is a lethal

killer. Yet, if faced with a madman, wouldn’t they want you by

their side?

Violence is the art of excess, so if you think you can hold back

in a lethal encounter, think again. You can’t control the way

you injure a target. You can’t hold back, offering just enough

force to take him down, but not really hurt him. If you are

going to use violence, then go for it. Otherwise, he may get

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away just long enough to come back at you angrier and more

focused than ever.

You have to figure out what is going to cause an injury and

then optimize the circumstances to get the results you need.

This requires using all of your body mass to create more force.

Penetrate and rotate through the target. This does the most

damage. When you use optimal force, you will get the injury

you want every time. Only extremely bad luck or unusual

circumstances will prevent it.

Some people may say this is overdoing it. That’s the point. The

body only breaks when it is subjected to forces that exceed its

own elasticity. You can’t injure your opponent if you don’t use

violence to excess.

Sufficient violence isn’t enough. You need to be methodical,

brutal, and thorough. Nothing else will work.

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Chapter Five: Violence is the Ultimate

Survival Tool

Violence should never be used to fight someone. It should only

ever be used as a survival tool. No matter how many times I say

this, I still have people come up to me and say things like…

“But what you teach isn’t fighting; it’s hurting and killing …”

“You just don’t teach anyone how to fight fair …”

“You don’t teach self defense; you teach cruelty and violence …”

My reply: Yes, you are right. That is exactly what I teach.

Sociopaths don’t fight fair and they don’t give up. The only

way to beat them is, well to beat them. A fair fight isn’t about

survival; it’s about proving that you are stronger, quicker, and

even smarter. The methods I teach in PSD are about survival.

And, nothing more, simple survival!

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Here’s another thing people don’t understand about PSD. It

doesn’t teach techniques to pull out when a specific thing

happens. Violence is random and you can’t rely on techniques

that work under certain circumstances to save you. The only

thing that is going to save you is a violent response.

The sad thing is that children are taught to control their

violent impulses. That’s good if you are dealing with the daily

frustrations of someone cutting you off in traffic or grabbing

the parking spot you have been so patiently waiting for. It’s

not so good if you come face to face with a sociopath, who

doesn’t play by society’s rules.

In the face of violence, most of us respond socially. We try to

communicate with our attacker in the hopes of avoiding the

confrontation altogether. We may even threaten them with a

tool, but deep down we have no intention of using it with

complete force. These tactics don’t (and won’t) work.

This is why my first order of business in any new PSD class is

to teach clients how easy it is to break those assumed

constraints, when the threat warrants it. Most situations do

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not warrant the use of violence. But, when it does, it is the only

answer. Once you understand that you can stop thinking the

way society has been telling you to think, you can free yourself

from the constraints that keep telling you that violence is only

for the bad guys. Violence is not the best way to survive an

asocial violent encounter, but it is the only way.

A Tool for Survival

Let’s get one thing clear here: you never win a violent conflict,

rather you survive it. Hurting or killing someone doesn’t make

you a winner; it makes you a survivor. The survivor gets to

walk away, while the other guy remains on the ground.

You can only become that survivor, if you are the one inflicting

the most pain. Injuring your attacker isn’t just a good idea, but

it is a necessity. Combine instinct with intellect and you may

stand a chance.

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When faced with a psychotic madman the only thing that

matters is survival and the best way to survive is to use

violence.

Until you know how to use violence as a survival tool, you are

nothing more than an underdog. Once you learn it, train for it,

and are willing to use it, you can level the playing field. You

won’t be just another victim. You will be responsible for

yourself in a way few others are. You have two choices, either

you can be afraid and avoid violence or you can be resolved

and do what’s necessary to survive any attack, no matter how

brutal it is.

The Golden Rule of Violence: Injure Him Now!

Do unto others before they do unto you! If you want to survive

a violent conflict, you have to be willing to jump in with all of

your force and injure him, before he has the chance to do the

same to you. Be the first to inflict injury and you will be a step

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ahead of your perpetrator. That gives you control and control

is key to walking away.

While most of us live our days by restraining ourselves, there

are times when these normal constraints must be forgotten.

When that happens, you have to break free from society’s

shackles and unleash the killer within.

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Chapter Six: Violence Isn’t Hard; the

Kill Is Simple

You might think that without years of self defense training and

loads of experience at hand to hand combat, you simply cannot

take on a murderous psychopath. Nonsense! Untrained people

can beat out even the most trained among us. Why? Because

violence isn’t hard. Anyone can hurt or kill someone, if they

have the intent. There is no skill required. All that you need is

to understand the tool of violence.

Accepting the simplicity of violence can be really hard for

some people. Why? Because no one wants to face the harsh

reality that no one is immune to violence and that anyone can

use it, even the untrained. That is the bad news. But, it is also

the good news. If anyone can use violence against you, then

you can use it against them to get out of a dangerous situation.

And, if even the most untrained person can prevail, then

someone like you, who has at least some knowledge, can feel

confident that they can prevail.

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Most serial killers don’t take PSD training to learn how to kill.

That means you have more training than the average serial

killer, if you are willing to use your training in the right way.

Remember, that killer has the intent to do you harm. If you

don’t react with similar intent, he will overpower you. But, if

you go into your counterattack with the same focus and intent

to injure as he has, you will prevail. Why? Because you have

more knowledge and training than he has.

What does all of this mean? The fact is that there really isn’t

much for you to master in order to protect yourself, all you

have to do is understand the facts:

• violence is simple

• going after your targets with all your force is effective

• violence is simple

• anyone can take down a killer

• violence is simple

• you don’t need years of training to prevail

• violence is simple

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Everything else, including learning different combinations and

configurations to use your body as a human wrecking ball, with

or without tools, is extra credit. Violence is only

communicated in your mind. Once you free your mind from

societal restraints and allow yourself to engage in an injury-

making encounter, you can survive.

Showmanship Doesn’t Get the Job Done

Showmanship may look good on the mat, but no amount of

yells, grunts, glares, or even flips are going to stop a killer.

Inflicting injury is your only hope. You may wish that good

sportsmanship and looking good using a myriad of self defense

techniques would work, but the sad truth is that nine times out

of ten they simply do not. Causing injury to the other guy

works and that’s why I teach it.

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There is no competition, when it comes to fighting for your

life. Your entire focus must be on survival. You should be

willing to do more damage than he does. It’s simpler than you

think because it has nothing to do with thinking … or kill … or

technique. Violence is all about doing.

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Chapter Seven: Access the Meat

Sociopaths look at everyone the same way: as meat to be

butchered. They don’t care if you have a great personality or a

winning smile. They also don’t care if you are a skilled athlete

or a talented artist. All only they care about is the kill.

You might consider sociopaths to be among the world’s most

insane. Don’t be fooled. These people aren’t insane. Most are

very sane indeed. They know exactly what they are doing; they

simply don’t care. That is what makes them so brutal. You can

try to convince them not to kill you. You can even try to appeal

to their sensitive side, but the fact remains that no matter

what you say, they will kill you because that’s what they do –

kill. Don’t believe me? Listen to these words by one of the

world’s most notorious sociopaths, Ted Bundy: “I’m the most

coldblooded son-of-a-bitch you’ll ever meet. I just liked to kill;

I wanted to kill.” He knew what he was doing and just didn’t

care.

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Sociopaths don’t care if they torture you. They could care less

if you are humiliated or in extreme pain. They may actually get

a thrill from seeing you like this. Pleading with a sociopath

won’t get him to let you free. It may actually entice him to

torture you more. Sociopaths pride themselves on being cold

blooded. Murder is their hobby and they enjoy it.

These disgusting human beings look at every victim the same:

as an animal to be slaughtered. They don’t worry about getting

caught. They are a predator out to find some prey.

Consequences are damned.

Want to survive at the clutches of one of these deranged

killers? You have to look at him the same way he looks at you:

as an animal to be slaughtered. You can’t reason with him or

appeal to his sensibilities (he has none). Here are four ways

you can deal with a sociopath:

1. You can try and treat him like a person: Most people

believe that they can change even the worst behavior.

This is a deadly assumption! You can’t talk down a serial

killer and trying will only get you killed.

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2. You can try and overpower him: If you try and overpower

a sociopath, you will lose. This isn’t a competition and he

won’t play fair. He’ll use every dirty trick he can. If you

aren’t willing to do the same, he will beat you every time.

3. You can try and outrun or overpower him: Animals light

like this - trying to overpower one another. If well

matched, the only thing they can do is to keep going until

one gets tired and falters. Meanwhile, the fight is bloody,

brutish, and uncivilized. Taking this tactic could result in

you becoming exhausted first and being overpowered or

even killed.

4. You think of him as a piece of meat: This requires looking

at your opponent as just a physical object and not a

human being. You can’t think about how big, strong, or

skilled he may be. Concentrate on his evilness, if it helps

you to disassociate yourself with the person. This will

allow you to damage him in a way that will render him

useless.

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There are reasons why some people prefer using one of these

methods over another when dealing with others. Interfacing

can be done at a safe distance and concentrating on skills can

also be done from a distance. Although, dealing with physical

abilities must be done on a skin to skin level, those who

consider themselves stronger will feel they are at an advantage

(even though they may not be). Finally, dealing with an

aggressor as a piece of meat allows you to be destructive,

without ever really considering the harm you are doing to a

“person.”

Most people can easily move to an antisocial realm where they

are willing to fight. Getting them to jump the hurdle to asocial

behavior is another matter. Some people are considered

socialists. These are the ones who prefer to deal with conflict

from a distance. They ask a lot of questions and want strict

guidelines for dealing with a predator. They have yet to realize

that the kind of violence they are training for cannot be

avoided. They can’t really plan for it. They can only train their

instincts to react so they don’t have to think about it.

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The duelists are people that are usually trained in martial arts

and seem to rely more on skill and technique than on a gut

response. They prefer to lay out individual scenarios so they

can think through what to do. Concerned with keeping the

attack on a social level, the duelist is often caught off guard

and unprepared when faced with real life violence.

If there is one thing I want you to realize, it is that violence has

little, if anything to do with physical prowess. A 5 foot 110

pound woman is just as capable of gouging out a man’s eye or

stomping on his neck as a 300 pound 6 foot 5 inch man is. Size

doesn’t matter when it comes to violence, intent does.

Strength doesn’t guarantee success, injury does. The first one

to inflict injury walks away.

Normal people don’t want to injure anyone; that’s for the

sociopaths, until sometime an encounter progresses to the

point where violence must be considered. What’s important

then is to figure out where you lie in the spectrum of the

characteristics discussed above. Be honest with yourself. Until

you can face your real thoughts and hang ups about violence it

will be useless to you.

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Studying real life encounters can be beneficial in two ways:

1. It can help you understand your own feelings about

violence

2. It can show you what sociopaths use to render their

victims incapacitated and this knowledge can help you

turn the tables on them.

Understanding violence is reassuring. It is also comforting.

Once you understand it, you can use it to protect yourself –

and that can take away any fear you may have of the world and

help you navigate the big bad world with the confidence that

you can survive anything it throws at you.

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Chapter Eight: The Hardest Lesson

It’s a hard lesson to swallow - if only madmen are allowed to

use violence, then only madmen will have access to the tool.

It’s relatively easy to handle a madman and stop him. You have

to knock him down or kill him yourself. It’s the psychological

element that trips up most of us. We simply cannot fathom

overcoming the terror and chaos playing out in our heads,

when faced with a madman with a gun. Paralyzing fear stops

most people from doing what needs to be done, that is, taking

down the madman. Even the police often hesitate before

shooting a perpetrator. They don’t want to kill him, even when

they know it is their only choice.

Why are we so afraid of responding to violence with violence? I

have no idea! There is one thing I do know: until we all learn

what violence is and how it works the only person with access

to the weapon is going to be the murderous sociopath – and

that’s not good.

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Stop flinching … Stop Looking Away … Learn

I have said it again and again: the one doing the violence

prevails. But what does that mean for you? It means that you

have to be more dangerous than the killer. Anything shy of

that and you become his victim.

Therefore, your goal in training or even reading this book

should be to become the most dangerous person in the room.

It’s that simple. You have to always be the one who is the most

dangerous, the most brutal, and the most in control. This

doesn’t mean you have to go around terrorizing people. You

simply have to know how to cause injury and be willing to do

so. You have to be willing to hurt someone if needed. Pages

ago I said the quiet and calm person is usually the most

dangerous? You have to become that quiet, calm, controlled,

and dangerous person.

Becoming the person who exhibits unflinching intent to get

everyone to run from you rather than go after you and deliver

multiple injuries until your victim drops unable to move is a

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hard thing to consider. But it’s necessary. The lesson is a hard

one: you have to mentally prepare yourself to become the

perpetrator in order to avoid becoming the prey. Violence is a

powerful tool, but only if you are willing to use it. Are you?

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Part Three: Putting the Principles of

Violence into Action

Chapter One: Roadblocks, Plateaus, &

Epiphanies

I have changed the way I look at violence several times over

the course of my lifetime and career. As I learned and

experienced more, my focus grew and my training practices

changed. Now, as I look back, I can see five distinct phases in

the evolution of my thinking and my training focus for using

the tools of violence. This has helped me to streamline my

training, thus making it even easier for the average person to

learn and implement.

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Phase I: Looking at the fantasy of violence

Like most other people, I came to violence, thinking it looked

in real life like it does in the moves. I had been trained in the

martial arts, so my first take at PSD was to make it martial arts

to the max. I wanted an all in one approach that could use my

martial arts skills like I saw in the movies. A few good moves

and bam! My assailant was down. I didn’t want to resort to

brutal violence like a mad man. Instead I wanted to

outmaneuver and outsmart my foe. This was a fantasy.

Real life violence isn’t anything like what you see on TV or in

the movies. I needed to get past this way of thinking and so do

you.

Phase II: A More Realistic View... but not quite

By this point I was beginning to see past the fantasy of movie

violence and was beginning to see the real brutality and

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nastiness of violence. Still, I continued to try and prepare for

every scenario. If the guy does this, then I will do that. This

required learning more and more techniques. The job seemed

endless and it was. I was beginning to feel as if I could never

learn enough. There was always going to be a bigger badder

guy out there who could take me down. I was reverting right

back into victim mode.

Seeing violence in a more realistic view can be empowering,

but it can also scare you to death. You suddenly realize the

danger you may come up against and the old and scary

brutality the world has to offer.

Phase III: Realizing he’s not so tough – but I am

One of the biggest breakthroughs I’ve had in my violence

training is realizing that the bad guy isn’t my problem – I’m

his problem. This is much easier said than done. Still once you

can come to grips with the idea that you can take him down

(and can begin focusing on causing injury to your opponent),

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you are getting closer to truly understanding violence and

learning with it.

Accepting violence isn’t easy. It goes against our sanity and

our societal rules. But once you get used to the truth, you can

wrap your head around the fact that it’s okay to match violence

with violence, if it means your life. Encounter violence as an

idea before you face it and you will be much better equipped to

move through the shock and fear, get over it, and be fully

prepared to take it head on should the need arise.

Phase IV: Arriving at the singularity of violence

Eureka! Everything has come together. All of the elements of

violence suddenly fit together like a puzzle, allowing you to see

the bigger picture. Every strike, every blow, and every break

leads to the same ending: injury. When you can see this, you

have moved from fighting to injuring. There is freedom in this

change. No longer must you worry about everything that could

go wrong or prepare for all of the ‘what if’ scenarios. All of that

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is out of your control. What is within your control is breaking

the other guy. That is all you need to succeed.

While taking down the bad guy with flair and grace looks good

in the movies, real life dictates a much messier approach.

Phase V: The Sociopathic Angle

The final phase in my training has been to approach violence

from the sociopath’s angle. I am not advocating becoming a

sociopath; simply looking at violence in the same way he does.

This will level the playing field. This simple mindset will allow

you to stop trying to analyze him and his actions and simply

let you move forward and break him.

It took me almost a dozen years and five distinct phases to

figure out this simple training philosophy. You’re lucky; you

don’t have to figure it all out. I’ve laid it out for you. All you

have to do is take what I have learned and use it to your

benefit.

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Chapter Two: Training for Life

Violence isn’t something that you can avoid. If you are unlucky

enough to come face to face with it, you have to follow it

through; and that may mean getting hurt. Every violent

encounter results in being kicked, punched, scratched, or

otherwise injured. That’s just the way it is. The goal is to give

more debilitating injuries than you take. Realistically survivors

rarely walk away, they limp.

Accepting this reality will save your life. It will keep you from

thinking you have lost the fight before you even get started

and from quitting when things get precarious. For instance,

let’s say you have been trained in knife fighting and you get

stabbed. You may think that you screwed up. Too busy

thinking about what you did wrong to allow yourself to get

stabbed, you’ll fail to do what you need to do to get out of the

situation altogether.

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The best way to survive is to ignore what the other guy is up to

and concentrate all of your effort (and power) on causing him

injury. This requires training for violence in the real world; not

the kind of fantasy violence we think we will encounter.

Three Common Training Mistakes

Now that you know what you need to do, you may be

wondering how in the world to train for real-life asocial and

deadly violence. Before you can learn what to do, you have to

learn what not to do. That’s why I have compiled this simple

list of the three biggest mistakes most self defense and martial

arts experts make when training for violence:

Mistake # 1: Training for One-on-One Combat

You do what you train. Whatever you practice is the way you

will handle yourself, when facing an attack. If you have only

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trained to deal with a single attacker, then you will be thrown

off guard when you face two, three, or more combatants. Since

most people tend to attack in groups, it is imperative that you

train for a multiple attacker scenario. In PSD, we train our

clients to become a 360 degree fighter who can keep up with

what’s going on around them during a fight. This means

hunting for your next victim, while fighting off the first one.

Mistake #2: Wasting time conditioning your body

Some self defense courses and martial arts plans require the

body to be in peak physical condition before it can be

successfully used. This is ridiculous. For one thing not

everyone can (or will) get in top condition in time to save

themselves from a brutal attack. Does that mean they should

die? For another, violence is unpredictable, and you never

know what parts of the body will be targeted. What if you work

for months to strengthen your upper body and it is your legs

that your attacker targets? There are more than 70 anatomical

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areas of the human body that provide 200-plus specific targets

that cannot be conditioned. This makes it very easy to cause an

injury, even to the most conditioned athlete.

The simple fact is that it is impossible to condition the body

for violence. Yes, you can train the body to handle trauma to a

specific area under controlled conditions, but when you take

away the controls, chaos ensues. Stop wasting time trying to

control the uncontrollable. Instead, put your energy towards

something useful: learning the 200 areas of the body where

you can inflict injury.

Mistake # 3: Relying on Training Tools

Training tools such as punching bags to offer some help in

building strength, but they simply aren’t a substitute for a real

person. They are useless for violence training. They don’t

move, when they are hit and offer a different kind of timing

than a real-life encounter.

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The Principles of the Patriot Self Defense

Program

To better understand how PSD works, take a few minutes to

look over this basic breakdown of the program’s principles:

Violence Basics

The basics of violence are as follows:

• To succeed, think and act like a sociopath, when faced

with a mortal attack. Be willing to maim, cripple, or even

kill your attacker if necessary.

• Remove the boundaries of rules from your consciousness.

Remember, there are no rules in violence.

• Your only weapon is your brain. Everything else is a tool

• Stop concentrating on the other guys’ tools. Instead focus

on taking out his weapon (his brain). Even if you manage

to wrestle that gun out of his hands, if his weapon (his

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brain) is still functioning, he can figure out a way to kill

you.

• Violence should never be a give and take or back and forth

endeavor. Make it one-sided.

Doing Violence

When involved in a violent attack, be sure to become a doer

and not a taker. Here are a few guidelines:

• be the one doing the violence

• aim small, miss small

• focus on targets and then strike

• never block, always strike

• never hesitate

• use your entire body mass and power to strike

• never quit, keep attacking until the other guy is

nonfunctional

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• always assume there is more than one attacker

• stop concentrating on what is being done to you, instead

concentrate on what is available to you.

Social vs. Asocial Violence

Two very distinct types of violence, here are some guidelines

while dealing with both:

• Never use violence to solve a social situation

• Never posture with violence

• Never use violence to teach someone a lesson

• Walk away from ego-based confrontations

• Use social skills to get out of a bad situation (if you can)

• If the encounter turns asocial, don’t hesitate to use

violence to get away

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Training for Violence

When training for violence, remember these two basic rules:

• Be brilliant with the basics

• Be sure to train for real world violence

This is a great primer for violent conflict. Use it as your

blueprint to better understand violence as well as the PSD

program.

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Chapter Three: Is It Time to Fight or

Work Out?

Many self defense programs are just an illusion. They teach

you set patterns to memorize in response to various attacks

(all staged). The problem is those who learn these moves are

left blindsided, when an attack doesn’t go as planned.

Left to their own devices, most of these students freeze. Why?

Because they have been taught to respond to certain

choreography – they haven’t been taught to fight!

Some may argue that fight training does the same thing. After

all, you learn some moves to help you “fight” the other guy

and then you practice on that. It sounds similar, but there are

some big differences. Instead of relying on specific moves, a

well-trained fighter knows how to react by:

• finding targets and

• striking those targets

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It doesn’t matter, whether he is assaulted in a parking lot or

his own home; whether the assailant uses a gun, knife, or his

hands; and it doesn’t matter how big the other guy is. A well

trained fighter knows how to react and he does exactly that.

There is no hesitation as he looks through his arsenal of moves

stored in his brain. He fights because that is what he has been

trained to do. If you understand this concept, you will be ready

for the fight – whenever and wherever it comes.

Fighting Is Fighting: It’s Not a Workout

You will never hear a well-trained fighter say that he is going

to work out. Why? Because he’s not! He’s fighting. There is a

difference – a big difference.

Using violence as a survival tool and staying in shape have

nothing to do with one another. The fattest, most out of shape

guy can still inflict real damage when using violence as his

tool. Sure, being in good physical shape may give you more

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stamina and even strength, but they are not a requirement for

effectively using violence.

Intent and effective targeting is what matter most in violence.

This allows you to inflict injury despite the fact that you are

overweight; have weak knees and can barely breathe from

asthma. Even if your attacker is in great physical shape, you

can render him incapacitated, if you know what (and how) to

target his body for damage.

Violence is something anyone can use – with or without

physical prowess or even training. Although PSD will help you

learn how to use violence more effectively, you don’t have to

know PSD in order to protect yourself.

Worry About What Matters

Prisons are full of untrained murderers who were very

effective. Violence was just a way for them to get what they

wanted. We could all learn a lot from them in this regard.

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Despite their physical abilities (or lack of such), these

murderers learned to target their victims. You can do the same.

One of the main aspects of PSD is teaching people how to

target specific parts of the body. I often give my clients

homework, telling them to practice locating targets in the

street, mall, grocery store, and office throughout the day.

Practice makes perfect and concentrating on certain

anatomical targets during non-stressful times will help your

brain and body respond faster, when you are under stress.

At the beginning of violence training, most people need work

(loads of work) on their targeting. Until you can do this right,

your fighting skills will be lacking. Once you can hit your

target, you can work on improving the physical dynamics of

increasing the traumas you deliver to those targets. Targets

come first and force comes second. That’s what matters most.

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Chapter Four: A Dead Guy offers No

Value

Violence sickens us. No one wants to be the brunt of a violent

encounter. While antisocial violence may make us cheer for

the underdog, real world violence makes us feel more deeply.

Most people have a natural tendency to identify with the

victim of an assault. Why? The main reason is because we all

know that the victim could have been us. By happenstance it

wasn’t, but next time …

Are there lessons to be learned from victims and how they

handled themselves during an attack? Not really. No two

incidences are alike, so even if you see the mistakes a victim

makes and vow not to make them yourself if put in the same

situation, the fact remains: you will never find yourself in that

exact same situation. That means your response will be

different – it has to be.

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So how do you learn from an attack? Study the perpetrator, not

the victim. The perpetrator is the one who succeeded. He got it

right. This is a scary thought for most people. No one wants to

empathize with the murderer or take their cues from him.

That’s not the point. The point is to learn something and there

is a lot to learn from the person doing the victimizing.

Why do I suggest this method of training? Simply because it

works! If you are going to bet your life on something, shouldn’t

it be a proven method? The person inflicting the pain and

injury is the one using the facts to their advantage. Pay

attention to that. The only thing you can learn from the victim

is how to be a victim. On the other hand, you can learn how to

inflict injury from the one doing it – and that knowledge will

save your life!

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Chapter Five: MURDER

If there’s one thing I have to convince people the first time I

meet them is that I am not a sociopath and I am not trying to

turn them into one either. I understand people’s hesitancy

toward violence and their penchant for wanting to stay as far

away from it as possible. But, it is exhausting to explain to

every group I meet that violence is sometimes necessary, and

when it is, you would better be ready.

It can be hard to fathom why you need to learn to hurt

someone. It can be harder to digest the fact that you need to

know how to kill someone (just in case). Why do I teach

violence? Because I firmly believe that it is what you need to

do if someone is out to kill you. When it comes to murder, it’s

pretty clear cut: violence is your only way out and you had

better know how to use it!

Why is it so hard to wrap our brains around the need for

violence? We’ve been taught that it’s bad, and worse yet, we

have been taught that competition can be used to stop it. To

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you, violence is about dominance and submission. That is what

you have been taught. And that is why I like to start every

violence conversation with one guy shooting another guy.

When you see one person shoot and kill another, you know

exactly what it’s about: killing. The mechanics use the kinetic

energy of the bullet delivered through the anatomy of the

body, wrecking it.

Now, use that same ideology, but instead of using a gun, use

your fist, boot, a pipe, or whatever you have available, as long

as it is doing the work of the bullet – wrecking the anatomy. It

doesn’t matter what does the killing: a gun, knife, head

trauma, or even getting hit by a car; the end result is the same:

death.

This is where many people get hung up. They know a gun can

kill them, but they think they can dodge the car; survive the

knife attack, and ward off a deadly punch or kick. It’s a

mistake. It is time to face the facts: people get stabbed to death

and die from punches to the skull and kicks to the stomach.

Just because your attacker is wielding a gun doesn’t mean he

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can’t kill you – and vice versa. You don’t need a weapon to

take down a predator; you have one: your brain.

I’m going to teach you how to kill murderers. Everything that

fits that narrow model will benefit you; the rest won’t. Murder

is the final word! Fighting and self defense are worthless.

You’re not going to fight for your life. You are going to kill a

murderer.

Now that you are looking at murder in a whole new way, you

likely have some questions. Here, I will discuss the answers.

1. Why would I ever need to know how to kill someone?

Knowing how to kill a murderer is a safeguard, much like

learning to swim is. You learn to swim with the hope you

will never have to use those skills to avoid a drowning;

the same is true for leaning to kill another human being.

2. Won’t I get into trouble if I use this knowledge? It

depends on the situation. If you are attacked in your

home by an intruder or face a gunman on campus, the

odds are no, you won’t get into any trouble. If you kill a

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guy during a backyard brawl or bar fight, then yes, indeed,

you’re in big trouble.

3. But what if he has X and he’s coming at me? Gun or no

gun; knife or no knife, you had better be sure your

attacker is aiming for murder and not just a fight before

you counterattack with deadly force.

4. Does PSD work for someone who knows what you’re

teaching? Injured is injured and dead is dead, regardless

of talent or training. It doesn’t matter what the other guy

knows if you can find and strike your target first.

5. What if he’s bigger, faster and stronger? It doesn’t matter.

Your attacker knows it doesn’t matter and so should you.

Stick with what truly matters (injury) and work with that.

The simple fact is that you don’t try to talk to, beat, or even

fight with murderers. Kill them before they have the chance to

kill you first.

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Chapter Six: It’s Not About Being Good

or Evil

This book is about what works when it comes to survival.

Nothing more and nothing less. I one read a book about self

defense, where the author explained how the reader could pick

and choose the level of seriousness they wanted to use when it

came to learning, practicing, and using the self defense

techniques outlined in its pages. The thought that you can

choose the level of violence that will be used on you (and that

you can use in response) is ludicrous. Worse than that, it’s

dangerous.

To follow this writer’s lead means that you can – and should –

react to a situation with a certain degree of strength and

intensity. Let’s say the event warrants 30% power, and then

you limit your response to 30%. A more serious altercation

may require 50% or 80%. If your life depends on it you would

choose to give your response all your energy and power.

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The problem with this tactic is that what if you think the other

guy is only giving 60% of his power and you react in kind. Only

his 60% actually kills you? You wanted a good chance to stop

the incidence and instead wound up dead.

There are a lot of ways to hold back, and one of them will get

you killed. If you wait to see what the other guy is going to do

first, you could take away your chance to end the altercation

altogether. If you make certain targets like the eyes, throat, or

head off limits because wrecking them could cause your

attacker permanent damage, you give him the opportunity to

do worse to you, and if you go easy on him you prolong the

attack, giving him more of an opportunity to beat you down.

Anytime you don’t give it your all, you reduce your

effectiveness, and this can be dangerous.

It may be impossible of you to commit to taking out a guy’s

eyes or smashing him in the skull for fear of the result. But

what if those are the only two targets you can get to? What if

that is the only way to stop this killer from succeeding?

Delivering light trauma may be worse than delivering no

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trauma. When you play at injuring an attacker all you manage

to do is anger him further, and make his resolve to hurt you

stronger. It’s a dangerous game; the one you should never

play.

On the surface it may seem like PSD only trains for worst case

scenarios, but the way I look at it is that if we train for the

worst, we’ve trained for everything. By getting your attacker on

the ground and keeping him there, you have eliminated every

other scenario and the need to train for it. The attack stops.

End of story!

Let’s say that you start by breaking his jaw at the Temporal

Mandibular Joint. Somehow the guy stays on his feet. He’s

hurt, but not disabled. Next you come back with a swift kick to

the groin ad he goes down, curled in a fatal position. In a few

seconds, he may be back up so you take this opportunity to

break a few ribs and then strike the side of his neck. He is now

unconscious. Now you are safe and can stop.

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You may have noticed that I didn’t mention any techniques or

specialty moves here. They don’t matter. Injuries matter and

you caused several injuries.

Now, in another case the jaw break may have been enough. He

may have swung around before falling to the ground. Or maybe

you could tell that the groin kick and jaw break were enough to

do him in, so you stopped. Those are judgment calls. Just be

sure that he is not capable of coming back at you before you

stop.

The fact is that just because you know how to kill him, doesn’t

mean you will – or have to. I am not advocating killing every

predator. In reality that usually isn’t necessary. What I do

advocate is using as much violence as you need to get the

perpetrator to stop.

What does this all mean to you? First, it means that you

understand that violence is serious. This isn’t a game we’re

playing and it isn’t a competition. Violence isn’t something to

use to overpower someone and make yourself feel superior and

it isn’t a way to show off. This means you don’t allow yourself

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to get sucked into an antisocial event. You know the

repercussions of violence and you do your best to steer clear of

them.

Violence is a weapon and should be used as such. After all, you

wouldn’t pull a gun out and shoot your neighbor because he

took the parking space, that took you three hours to doing out

during a blizzard, would you? Then you shouldn’t use violence

in that circumstance either.

However, when violence is warranted, your training will let you

use it fully. In those cases, it is justified and warranted.

Violence isn’t about being evil or not. It’s just about survival.

What’s at Stake?

All violence should be treated equally. It shouldn’t matter

whether your attacker has a gun, knife, or is simply using brute

strength to take you down. As you have learned, all can be just

as effective. Why then do so many people think that once a

weapon enters the picture, the stakes have changed? They

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haven’t. A weapon is just a tool like your brain and hands are a

tool. When used in a certain way, they can all be deadly.

When your training dictates its severity on what the

perpetrator has (or doesn’t have) in the way of a weapon, you

are put at a disadvantage. If you only train to gets serious when

a gun or knife is pulled on you, you are setting yourself up to

get killed. Every time you decide a situation warrants violence,

you have to go all in; otherwise you could be the one on the

losing side of the encounter.

Violence is serious – every single time. So be sure you take it

seriously – every single time.

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Good Training Looks like This:

There are three things that I believe good violence training

must contain.

They are:

1. Forgetting the what-ifs: Don’t think about what if you

attacker has a gun, knife, tries some new move on you,

etc. Train as if every scenario is the worst possible one

you can face. If you know how to use it as your target, it

really won’t matter if your attacker has a certain weapon,

strategy, or skill.

2. Don’t worry about your attacker: show no mercy. Don’t

worry that you are going to do permanent damage. Do

what needs to be done.

3. It’s all or nothing: open the trap and then nail your

victim. That is all you have to worry about. It doesn’t

matter how your attacker comes at you or with what tools.

Your need to train with intent in mind – every time.

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When it comes to training for violence, the best things you can

do are buckle down, focus, and free fight to make the tool, that

he has, immaterial.

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Chapter Seven: It’s Time to look at

the Truth

Most of the experienced instructors I know are also the most

calm about violence. This seems crazy since they understand

well that it’s all about killing or to be killed. Yet, they are so

calm, when it comes to violence. Why?

They don’t think about the what-ifs; they don’t obsess about

who’s going to come around the next corner; and they aren’t

afraid that they’ll come face to face with danger. They are calm

because they have trained to know what to do in a violent

encounter and feel confident that they can handle it and

survive.

When you begin your PSD training, you may do so in the hopes

of outwitting a criminal or being able to incapacitate a

murderer. I bet you never thought that a calm spirit would be

one of the benefits of such horrific training.

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PSD strives to create a hard knot of intent within you; one that

can be pulled out if the situation requires it. Once you cultivate

this skill and the will to use it, you can sit back and relax like

my instructors. There’s nothing more to worry about. Should a

situation occur, you can pull out your desire and intent and use

it to stop the perpetrator. Then it’s back to life.

Without intent and the merciless will to injure an attacker,

your training will be useless. Too many people find intent

difficult to muster. There are a lot of reasons why people

struggle to build the kind of intensity of intent needed to use

violence. Here are just some of the reasons why you may be

having a hard time building the level of intent you need:

• You don’t want to go there. You don’t want to hurt

another human being. That’s natural. But when violence

is the only way to survive, an unwillingness to use it could

cost you your life. When training for violence, you have to

find a way to treat your partner with dispassion. Lose your

emotional connection and triggers. Don’t think of your

attacker as a person, but think of him as a target.

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• You worry about what the other guy will do. Injured

people can’t hurt you and they can’t kill you. Stop

worrying about what your attacker is going to do and stop

trying to forecast his next move. A better strategy is to

inflict an injury. People tend to respond similarly to

certain injuries, so if you know the response an injury like

a broken leg will elicit, you can figure out what to do next

without worrying about the unknown. The quickest and

easiest way to stop an attack is to end the

attacker/defender relationship. Instead, cause an injury

and put an end to the whole matter.

• You empathize with your attacker. Stop thinking of your

attacker as a person. Don’t feel sorry for him and don’t

worry about what his injuries will mean to him. You only

have to worry about one thing: whether the person

experiencing the injury is going to be him – or you. One

of you is going down; make sure it is the right one.

• You believe that violence is difficult. Nothing could be

further from the truth. Once the psychosocial issues are

taken out of the equation, violence becomes very, very

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simple. Most people admit that real violence is easier

than training. When allowed to completely go for it, you

can use all of your might. If done correctly, the entire

situation is over before it ever really gets started. What’s

difficult is giving yourself permission to do what needs to

be done: cripple, maim, or kill. It’s your choice.

You can’t force yourself to have the intent to do harm. You

need to think it through and work on letting go of your good

guy image, before you ever face the reality of violence.

Mechanically I can show you how to injure and tear a person

apart, but that’s all I can do, actually doing it is solely up to

you.

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What Does Intent Mean? As Hard As You Can

Intent is that element that causes you to fear your attacker.

Intent is the single minded goal oriented focus that a

sociopath uses to do what he does. He has the intent to do

harm to the exclusion of everything else. Now it’s your turn to

do the same.

So what does intent means to you? It means that from the

moment you realize that you are in trouble (real trouble), you

need to be scouting out targets and carving a path to

destruction until that threat is gone. This will require finding

your targets and smashing them one after another, without

any hesitation. Intent puts you in control. You force him to do

what you want. It makes violence one sided.

Intent is not about emotions. It’s choosing a specific thing and

following through until your goal has been reached. When it

comes to violence, intent requires inflicting injury again and

again until it no longer makes sense to continue.

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Remember, intent is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think you

can, then you can and if you think you don’t, then you won’t be

able to. When facing mortal danger, focus on the reality, not

on all of the things that could happen. Don’t concentrate on

what you can’t do; but what you can do. There is always a

target that can be utilized.

Intent is also about how much you’re willing to give of yourself

to accomplish the deed. All survivors have one thing in

common: they believed they could survive. It didn’t matter

how bad the situation was or even how much they were hurt.

They still believed that they could find a way to survive –and

they did. I have never heard a single survivor say “then I quit

and waited to die.” Survivors believe they can change the

outcome and they do just that.

Intent comes down to this simple fact: wanting to cause injury

more than anything else in the world. By focusing your mind in

one direction, onto that single target, your body will follow.

You will use your entire mass to crush his skull or throat. Not

because you were bigger, stronger, or smarter, but because you

believed you could.

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Building a Better Monster

Are you still worried that you will come face to face with a

bigger stronger and more skilled killer and lose the fight? I

can’t say it any differently then I already have: it has nothing

to do with size, strength, or even smartness. All it has to do

with is intent.

The killer goes for the kill and so should you. Maybe he has a

knife and you don’t. So what! That knife is nothing but a tool

and you have tools too, they are your hands and feet. You can

do as much damage with a swift kick to the right place as he

can with a knife.

Maybe it isn’t his size or strength that worries you. Maybe it’s

not even that knife. Maybe what’s really worrying you is the

fact that you are afraid that he will do what you won’t. The real

monster here is intent. If his intent is stronger than yours,

then yes, he is going to win.

Villains usually pull out a weapon to show their intent. It’s a

strategy that works well. Once a gun or knife is pulled out,

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most people crumble, believing there’s no way to beat that.

Nonsense! You can beat that with the right intent.

The point here is that the monster you fear isn’t the man, but

the intent. So why not build a better monster? But how do you

do that? First you have to face your fear that he will have the

guts to do what you are uncomfortable with: inflict injury.

The fact is that your attacker is going to get in a few good

shots. After all, his intent is strong. That means he is going to

do some things to you. Recognize that fact, so you aren’t

shocked by it.

You can’t stop what he’s doing. Until you strike, he’s going to

keep beating you or stabbing you. This isn’t meant to scare

you. As long as you remain a victim, you will remain a victim.

That’s just the truth.

Yes, injury will make you helpless. But you can change the

outcome by inflicting more injury to him than he does to do.

You can make the realities of violence work for you by doing

things to him. He can’t stop what you’ve already done and if

you injure him correctly, he will be rendered helpless.

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I believe that violence is like the driver’s seat that is always up

for grabs. It belongs to the one who jumps behind the wheel

and hits the gas.

The reality is that he can do to you exactly what you do to him.

It’s either going to be him or it’s going to be you. Our goal is to

give you the knowledge you need to make it him. Still things

go wrong and some people die. So what’s the point? The point

is that without violence training, you don’t stand a chance. At

least with PSD, you can have an edge and that edge may be just

what you need to survive. You train to improve your odds.

An edge is only an edge if you apply it properly. That means

accepting the frailty of your body as you harden your mind.

You can’t prevent yourself from getting hurt altogether. Your

attacker starts with intent and will throw everything he has at

you. He knows that, if he gets you first he can take away your

opportunity to fight back. This is why you fear him. But that

fear is your key to unlocking his power and making it your

own.

Turn that fear inside out. Become what you fear and win.

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Chapter Eight: Scenario Based

Training or The Hard Knot?

Scenario based training is training that incorporates all the

yelling and posturing that comes before the actual violence. Of

course, once the violence starts it’s all the same – injury.

I find all that other stuff just plain boring. It’s a waste of time.

It doesn’t matter how loud you can yell you aren’t going to

scare off a crazed predator. And if he’s the one doing the

posturing, you have to decide whether he is exhibiting

antisocial behavior or the more dangerous asocial behavior.

Learning to read the situation is probably the hardest part,

when it comes to dealing with any kind of assault. One of the

key factors in making this decision is deciding (quickly)

whether or not you can live with the consequences of the other

guy’s behavior. Can you live with a broken nose or a broken

rib? Yes, you can. Can you live with a bullet in your chest?

Maybe not!

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It’s all a judgment call, which will be dictated by your comfort

level. Keep in mind that a threat is a threat to your body – not

your ego. A bruised ego isn’t going to kill you and should never

be the reason to inflict injury on anyone; especially a potential

lethal injury. However, if your physical well being (and life) are

at risk, then using violence is justified. It’s the grey area that

you have to figure out on your own.

Although, I believe that scenario based training is a waste of

time, people just seem to love it! The reason is simple: they

like being able to be the defender, instead of the aggressor.

This is not only socially more acceptable, but it can turn the

victim into a hero, if everything works out as planned.

Unfortunately, in most real-life situations, being on the

defensive side of a strike puts you at a disadvantage that you

may never recover from.

Although, scenario based training feels more comfortable, it

doesn’t give you a good look at real violence. Until you can see

violence for what it is and act accordingly, you can’t really

protect yourself.

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I prefer a more realistic approach to training, where my clients

practice how to target and break different areas of the body.

These techniques can be used in any situation, with any size of

attacker and at anytime.

It is the only real scenario you want to use in training. You will

only sharpen your skill set with practice. In violence, the skill

is injury and the more time you have taking control of the

situation and causing injury, your mind and body are learning

how to react quickly and effectively. It won’t matter whether

you are attacked in the daytime or after dark; whether there is

a gun or knife involved; or whether one or three predators

come at you. Once you have trained your body to react with

violence, the only thing you will focus on is finding a target

and breaking it.

The purpose of violence training is not to practice for

perceived threats or specific scenarios, but to practice the art

of injury. With PSD, you will learn to use your mind as a

weapon and your boy as a tool for violence; free of the

knowledge that no matter what comes at you can solve the

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problem and take down your attacker by using violence to your

benefit.

Chapter Nine: Kill the Unknown

Everyone experiences fear. It is a biological fact that is hard-

wired into our psyche. Nature provides fear as a way to help us

steer clear of danger and to recognize when things may harm

us. Fear is nature’s way of protecting us. The problem is, too

many people give into their fears; thus feeding them and

allowing them to grow to the point that they are rendered

useless.

There is one thing I would like you to recognize about fear that

it can be conquered. How? By killing the unknown. Once you

understand violence, the mystery is taken away. Your mind no

longer has to imagine the horror of unthinkable outcomes.

Instead, you can logically think about violence in a way that

will help you strip away the panic. No longer too afraid to act,

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this new understanding can help you decide whether to get

away or stand and fight.

There are two ways in which PSD helps clients overcome their

fear of violence. One is strictly time on the mats, practicing

what to do when faced with a dangerous psychopath. If you

know how someone will react when injured, you will feel more

confident that you can face your fears without trepidation.

This is accomplished by learning the secrets of violence: what

works, what doesn’t work, and what scares you. Every move,

target, and injury should concentrate on what to do next. You

begin by crushing his groin, then tearing his eye, and then

breaking his neck.

Don’t let the imagery of your worst nightmare coming to life

intimidate you. No matter how big and scary your attacker is,

he still is human. His body bleeds, organs crush, and bones

break. You can stop him, Heck, you can kill him.

The other way to overcome your fear is through visualization. I

often suggest to my clients that they outline in their head,

each thing they would do in the event of an attack. Like in the

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example above, maybe you would go for the groin; then the

eye; then the neck. Imagine each step in the process very

slowly. Allow your mind to see what’s happening - his

response and your counter response. Then speed up the attack

in your head, until it gets faster and faster. This type of

visualization will help you see that you do know what to do

and can do it.

When you take the time to map out violence, one option at a

time, you take away the scary unknowns and replace them with

confidence. There is no panic where there is knowledge.

Instead of giving in to your fears, learn to use it. Fear is a great

biological booster. It helps speed up our adrenaline and gives

us a power boost when danger lurks. Use these physiological

changes to your advantage. Don’t fall prey to our own fears.

Overcome them – and overcome the attack.

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Part IV: Finding Peace

Chapter One: Prevention

Americans like to live in a fantasy world that says that if we

just stay in the safety zones of our own neighborhoods,

violence can’t find us. Somehow we think we have the right to

be safe and don’t even consider the fact that whether you are

at home, at work, or on vacation, violence may seek us out.

Think of all the things you do in a normal day that may put you

at risk:

• You leave your car unlocked in the parking lot at work

(anyone could slip in and hide inside until you drive away)

• You leave your garage door open, while you are working

in the yard (an intruder could sneak inside of your home,

putting your whole family at risk)

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• You visit an ATM after dark

• You yell obscenities at another driver when cut off in

traffic (he could pull a gun and shoot you)

Knowing how to fight back when struck is only one aspect of

dealing with violence: the other is learning how to prevent it.

We have already talked about posturing and how this type of

antisocial behavior can turn ugly, when dealing with the wrong

person. Now, let’s talk about ways to keep yourself out of life

and death situations in the first place.

Protecting yourself against violence takes a multi-pronged

approach. Here are just some of the simple ways that you can

prevent succumbing to a violent encounter:

• Keep your vehicle locked at all times (even while driving)

• Don’t flash around money

• Avoid using standalone ATM machines, rather opt for one

inside of a store or building first

• Don’t be drawn into a fight. Choose to walk away, if

possible

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• Avoid dark isolated places

• Leave any establishment (bar, restaurant, etc.) that makes

you feel uneasy

• Pay attention. Keep your eyes open for dangerous

situations and avoid them, when you can.

Use Common Sense

If there is one thing that can help keep you safe, it is to use

common sense. Don’t look around trouble like a victim. Stay

alert.

While yes, it’s great that you have learned how to injure

someone if attacked, but remember, it’s always best to avoid a

dangerous situation. Violence training is a great tool to have if

you need it, but it is always better not to need it in the first

place.

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Chapter Two: Take Back Your Control

People always comment to me about how likeable I am. That’s

nice, but I can’t help but wonder what’s so surprising about it.

Sure, I’m a nice guy. Why shouldn’t I be? Just because I know

how to kill someone with my bare hands (and have made

teaching these skills to others a lifelong career) doesn’t make

me a horrible person or a bad guy.

Yes, I teach violence, but that doesn’t make me violent. As a

matter of fact, I always tell my clients that learning violence

isn’t going to make you more violent but it is going to make

you more relaxed. Whoa! That’s a concept you may not have

heard before. The truth is that once you learn the facts of

violence, you no longer have to give off an aggressive ‘Fear Me’

message to the world in order to feel safe. The insecurity of a

fear-backed protection mechanism is gone. Instead you are left

with a more self assured feeling of aptitude. You have nothing

to fear, so you can relax and just live life to the fullest.

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Stupid Is As Stupid Does

There are a lot of stories in the news lately about murders.

People getting murdered, people defending themselves and

ending up murdering their attackers, and much more.

Although, there are some stories of asocial murders in the

news, take a closer look. The vast majority of the stories are

about antisocial behavior that turned deadly. You know this by

the outcries of the people involved. As soon as someone says

they didn’t mean to kill him or they didn’t think it would go

that far, it is a sign of antisocial behavior. The asocial

psychopath rarely (if ever) apologizes for what he’s done. To

the contrary, he’s proud of it.

This is an important thing to remember. Just because you are

trained to kill, doesn’t mean you should use your newfound

skill and knowledge to stop an antisocial encounter. The fact is

those who are trained to kill must stay out of antisocial events.

Otherwise you are setting yourself up for disaster.

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PSD training teaches you how to use your skills to cause injury.

Your hands suddenly become as lethal as a gun. Now, you

wouldn’t run in your house and grab a gun because your

neighbor sucker punched you right? So why would you pull out

your PSD tools in the same situation? Once you are trained,

your body becomes a tool much in the same way a gun or a

knife are weapons.

Expect someone to die every time violence is used. That

doesn’t mean they will, but expect that could be the

conclusion. This will make you much more likely to use

violence to settle an argument or other antisocial encounter.

These are skills that should only be brought out in the direst

circumstances.

Personally, I believe that because of my understanding of

violence, I am much more apt to walk away from a

disagreement. I have nothing to prove, so I don’t feel the need

to continue. So the guy calls me a coward? Big deal!

I know I could kill him in minutes; I certainly don’t have to

prove it to the world.

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For those who feel more eager or emboldened by their PSD

training, here is some solid advice:

Now that you are prepared to handle the asocial sociopath and

anything he throws at you, it is time to prepare for dealing

with ordinary antisocial behavior. Think about what triggers

your anger, and add them against the outside world. Recognize

when you’re being pushed into a corner and simply walk away

before you feel trapped. Think about strategies you can use to

defuse an antisocial encounter.

The fact is that the odds are slim anyone is ever going to try

and kill you. I wish I could say the same about some jerk

calling you out. Be sure you are ready for both and know how

to handle both.

A Final Word on Antisocial Violence

Don’t let antisocial violence control you. These are the kinds of

attacks that can be hard to handle. Not because they are more

dangerous to your body, but because they play on your mind

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and ego. Human instinct tells you to stand your ground and

prove yourself right. Resist this urge. Learn to walk away. You

know how to cause serious (even deadly) injury.

This means that you have a unique responsibility that requires

you to step back and avoid

violence if necessary. While this may seem like you are losing

control, it really gives you more control. Once you can

recognize and distinguish between asocial and antisocial

behavior you can make a better choice on how to proceed. Your

ability to walk away can save you a lot of trouble. You become

the one in control and in charge.

You may have begun this course wanting to learn how to use

the tool of violence to preserve your life. I bet you never

thought it would give you the peace of mind and control to do

what you want, without concern.

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Chapter Three: How to Treat People

Does knowing how to use violence make it more apt that you

will indeed use it? In my research, the answer is no. Knowing

the terror and ugliness of violence tends to make people avoid

it even more. You know what violence is what it can do and

you do everything you can to steer clear of it. PSD training may

make you more resolved to use violence when necessary, but

much less eager to.

Understanding violence gives people the ability to walk away

from a fight. Why? Because they know how ugly violence can

be. It’s just not worth confronting someone who simply wants

to bully you.

I remember a story told to me about a man who was accosted

by another. The bully was itching for a fight. The man trained

in violence tried to walk away, but after being hit several times,

knew that the intensity of the encounter was growing and it

needed to be stopped. So he laid out the guy. He didn’t break

any bones or cause irreparable harm, but he did do what was

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necessary to stop the encounter once and for all. He didn’t

want to, but when he felt he had to, he used his knowledge and

skill to get the job done with a single swipe. End of story. It

was over!

Now, this guy took a lot before he reacted with any sort of

violence that’s what this kind of training does for you; it gives

you more patience than the average person can muster. You

are willing to give the other guy the benefit of the doubt, until

he proves that he’s dangerous.

Once you decide that something must be done, it’s time to do

it. There’s a time to be patient and polite and then there’s a

time to get the job done. Knowing how to get it done removes

the uncertainty from the extreme end of the scale. The answer

to what if goes away. You know the end result of every

scenario: the man is brought down using violence.

Some critics of my tactics say that PSD trains murderers. I

disagree. We train people to be resolved, but not to be

dangerous. That means if you don’t have to do it, you don’t

and if you have to do it, you do. It’s that simple! The fact is

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that the more you know about violence, the less likely you are

to engage in it. If you trust your abilities, you have nothing to

prove. Ego is taken out of the equation. It becomes solely

about survival.

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Chapter Four: Finding Peace

The goal of PSD training is not to turn you into a vigilante or

even a killer. The goal is to help you get to a place, where you

forget you even know the stuff. Think of like learning to swim

to avoid drowning. Unless you swim for recreation or sport you

never think about how to swim. When you need to pull out the

skill you do it and then you put it away. It isn’t a part of your

normal conversation or even your daily thoughts.

Violence training should be the same way. You learn the skills;

you know how to use it; and then you tuck that knowledge

away, until it is needed. There’s no need to think about it –

ever, unless you turn around some night and find yourself face

to face with someone intend on hurting or killing you.

The perfection of the skill of violence should bring you peace -

the peace to stop worrying about what you would do if this

happens or that happens. PSD ensures that you know what to

do. Now it’s time to relax and enjoy life.

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It’s ironic to think that learning violence and how to kill a man

with your bare hands could bring you peace. It’s the age old

paradox: if you want peace, you must prepare for war. If you

don’t understand violence, all you will have is the terror of the

unknown to concentrate on. Worse yet, you will come out as

prey.

Understanding violence and knowing when and how to use it

gives you the air of a predator. I’m not talking about swagger

or showing off, but of behaving like someone who knows what

to do. That off puts both antisocial and asocial activity. Just as

predators can smell prey, they can smell other predators.

When you walk around with an air of confidence and

unconcern those hunting for prey will pass you by. They want

an easy mark and those who act like they know how to handle

themselves aren’t easy marks.

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Leaving Fear Behind

The world is a violent place, yet most people are caught off

guard when it happens to them, or they live in a constant state

of fear that they will succumb to its ravages. That’s the great

thing about coming to terms with violence: you can leave the

fear behind. You realize you can’t control it, but you can

control your response to it.

Violence becomes a non-threat in your life. By understanding

what a predator is trying to do, you strip him of his power to

shock you and that makes the predator pass you by. You

suddenly are viewed more as a threat than as prey.

Although, there is always the opportunity that great violence

will find you, those who are not immediate targets have the

unique opportunity to choose their response. You can live your

life free of the worry that you will freeze when faced with a

violent encounter. You can respond with confidence and skill.

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Take back your life. Don’t let others hold you in the grips of

fear. Get the training you need to be able to use the tool of

violence to your advantage.

Be smart about violence. Educate yourself. Madmen and

criminals will always be out there. While they shouldn’t be

ignored, they no longer have to be feared. You hold the power.

Take back your life and live – without fearing what’s around

the next corner.

Afterword: The PSD Difference

Our goal is simple: to train people to survive the most violent

encounter. This is serious business and we know it. Teach you

the wrong thing and you could die. That’s why we take your

personal safety to heart and work hard to base our business

foundation on your survival.

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I am sure that you have looked into several other self defense

programs and are now wondering what sets us apart – why we

at PSD are different? Here are just a few things we can think of:

• Your success is our only motivation: We aren’t trying to

prove anything by winning competitions or becoming

famous. All we at PSD care about are giving our clients

the information to build the skills they need to

understand and overcome violence.

• We listen: While yes, we know our business well, but that

doesn’t mean we don’t listen to our clients’ feedback and

improve our methods where we can. We want you to get

the most that you can from our training program, so we

are more than willing to make changes, if it will help you

better learn what you need to survive the unthinkable.

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We Are a Team

Yes, I have worked long and hard to develop a violence

program that is successful. Still, I understand the importance

of looking beyond myself for help, advice and guidance when it

comes to keeping the PSD program strong, fresh, and useful.

There are no single-minded gurus here; at PSD we work as a

team. That means we listen to others’ opinions and keep track

of new trends in violence, so we can tweak our program to best

meet the client’s needs. If it were just up to me, then PSD

would fail.

Yes, I am the speaker and recognizable face of PSD, but I am

not PSD. The Patriotic Self Defense Program has been

developed using a lot of expert help and opinion. Our team is

made up of skilled instructors, who come from all areas of

interest. Some are scientists, others teachers. A few are

physicians and some just thinkers. But they all have one thing

in common: they could kill a man with their bare hands, and

they know how to communicate that skill to others.

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By combining all of our individual skills and talents, the PSD

team has been able to develop a violence ready program that

ensures that you have the knowledge and ability to survive and

win a violent conflict. You aren’t just getting my opinion on

what you should do, but rather, our team works with you to

figure out what strategies will work for you, so that success is

the only outcome.

We Have Nothing to Prove

The PSD team consists of 44 qualified instructors (10 of which

are master trainers), who have already spanned decades long

careers in self defense and violence prevention/survival. These

people (including myself) have done it all. We have trained the

military, police officers, and elite forces. So what does that

mean? Simply put: we have nothing to prove. We aren’t doing

this to show off, build a career, or even get famous. Our only

goal is you.

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Unlike some other programs, our entire focus is on you, not

ourselves. We don’t have to be here … we want to be here.

Why? Because you are important and we want to make sure

that you have the skills you need to prevail in the face of

violence.

Because We Care…

If the PSD team has already accomplished their career goals

then why don’t they retire? Most of us did. Then we got sucked

back into the industry because people kept calling and asking

for help. We soon realized that the average person was not

being given the techniques and skills they really needed to

thwart a deadly attack. This scared us. It is because we care

that most of us came out of retirement to develop this

program.

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You Are a Real Person to Us

One of the most unique aspects of our program is the fact that

we do not treat a classroom of students as a mass group that

can survive by using the same techniques. That assumption

can be deadly. Instead, we treat each student as an individual,

with individual preferences and abilities. What student A can

handle, Student B cannot. That means we have to find another

way for student B to interact with an attacker. That’s our goal:

to ensure that every student can get a man down and keep him

down in the face of an attack.

We Offer Principles That You Can Use

Just because one of our instructors can break a man’s arm,

crush his knees, or disable him doesn’t mean anything, if he

can’t teach you to do the same. We aren’t your personal

bodyguards and we won’t be there in your time of need. The

odds are you will be alone and it will be up to you to get

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yourself out of trouble. Nobody is going to come to your

rescue.

During our training sessions we take the time to make sure

that you have the principles that you can use. A normal self

defense class might show you a technique and then tell you to

practice on your own. We take a different tact.

Instead of teaching those impressive techniques that experts

can do (but you probably won’t be able to get down without

hours and hours of practice), we have made a conscious effort

to teach the dirty skills that can be applied immediately. That

way, if you are attacked on your way home from class, you will

be able to immediately use what you have learned to avoid

getting hurt.

When you leave one of our classes, the instructor knows (and

so do you), that you are completely capable of using what you

have learned immediately. For instance, maybe we could teach

you how to dislocate an attacker’s shoulder, but that can be a

hard thing for the average person to do, without tons of

practice. Instead, we teach you why a shoulder comes out of

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the socket and how to make that happen, so that you can

accomplish that goal, no matter what the situation is.

That way, if you are unable to use the “fancy technique” for

some reason, you still have the knowledge you need to get the

job done. We don’t give you an empty set of motions to mimic.

Instead, we offer the principles to make those motions useful.

We skip the fancy stuff and simply give you the nuts and bolts

information that you will need to take down your predator.

It’s all About the Facts

Yes, my team knows a lot about violence and how to overcome

it. But that doesn’t mean our opinions are always right.

Everyone has an opinion on how to face a violent attack.

Unfortunately, too many people rely on opinion, even when it

flies in the face of common sense, basic physics, and

physiology. That’s why we leave opinion out of it. Instead of

using super cool techniques that will make us look good, we

opt for real techniques that the average person can use.

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I’ll be honest here; we used to offer some elaborate techniques

for overcoming a knife attack. Our clients loved the new skills

they were learning and they looked good too. The problem was

that the more our team of experts watched video evidence of

real stabbings; scoured police reports, and talked to victims

themselves, we learned that we were wrong.

We were teaching people to react to a knife they knew was

coming. The problem is the vast majority of victims never saw

the knife, until it was too late. What made matters worse was

that many victims actually thought they were being punched

(not stabbed) until they saw the blood. We had to rethink our

strategy.

How can you use fancy knife techniques, if you don’t even

know you are being stabbed? You can’t! And trying to use

those techniques after the attack has begun won’t stop it and it

could make it worse.

The fact is that when this happens, fancy techniques won’t

save you, only knowledge will save you – the knowledge of how

to injure your attacker and render him useless.

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That is why we rely on fact and not opinion when devising our

violence strategies. We double check everything we teach

against actual violence, police and coroners reports, sports

trauma medicine, as well as the experiences of those who have

gone through such an ordeal and survived. If something

doesn’t match up, we come up with another plan – one that

will work. After all, if you are going to bet your life on

something, it should always be the facts.

That’s why We Adapt to Change

Giving you safety techniques can and will get you killed. That

is why we take the time to listen (really listen) to what our

clients have to say. Was our program easy to learn? Easy to

implement? Useful in the face of danger?

We hand out questionnaires that ask the tough questions, and

then we scour over the answers trying to figure out how to

improve our methods and our teaching styles.

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I’ll give you an example. A few years ago, we had a client

commend us on an informal session we conducted outlining

the different angles and body positions you can use to get to an

attacker’s eyes. The client explained that the informal way the

material was presented finally allowed him “to get it.”

That simple comment made us rethink the way we were

presenting our materials and we completely changed our

teaching approach. Yes, it would have been easier for us to

gloss over that simple comment and continue doing things the

way we always had. After all, our program was impacting our

clients. But, our team isn’t; satisfied until we have reached

every person and taught them in a way they can understand.

That feedback made us reevaluate ourselves as teachers and

our program as a whole. Today, we spend a lot less time

teaching the most important ways to target an attacker and the

results have been amazing. People walk out of a half day

seminar empowered by what they have learned, armed with the

knowledge they need to overtake a predator and survive an

attack.

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PSD offers the perfect balance of fact and experience. We can

ensure that you’ll get it right. Our goal is to send you home a

little smarter, a little harder, and a lot better of using the tool

of violence to your benefit.

Your success is your survival and having you make it back

home alive is why we are doing what we do.