Fronting - How to Determine When You Are Being Set Up For an Assault by Carl Cestari

I wish I had a dime for every self-defense "expert" that starts with this line - OK, the bad guy throws a punch...............WHAT? Did he just appear in a cloud of smoke? Simply materialize from nowhere? What preceded this "punch"?

How did he approach you and manage to get into your safety zone? Is it an "ambush"? How did you wind up dealing with the attack?

The equation for dealing with this is NOT the "defense", it's understanding our "triad", TIME - DISTANCE - OPPORTUNITY.Increase the TIME necessary for the assailant to be effective.

Decrease the TIME necessary for YOUR attack to be effective.Increase the DISTANCE necessary for the assailant to be effective.

Decrease the DISTANCE necessary for YOUR attack to be effective.Remove or minimize the OPPORTUNITY necessary for the assailant to be effective.

MAXIMIZE your OPPORTUNITY to make YOUR attack effective.The assailant has to TARGET YOU, COVER THE DISTANCE TO GET TO YOU, and then have THE OPPORTUNITY to implement his assault, in other words you have to be there when he gets there.Now! Time - Distance - Opportunity = SPEED - POWER - ACCURACY. That's the full "combat" equation. It works for the assailant AND it works for you. So, I'm more concerned with "how" we disrupt the equation for the attacker and use it to our advantage, than I am about "defending against the punch".Here are two good ones:"A miss is as good as a mile"

"Almost only works for horseshoes and hand-grenades" That's also what I mean when I say look at the "big picture".Combat shooting:Speed and "man-killing" accuracy: "nail driving" accuracy is great as long as it doesn't affect your SPEED!Distance: measure off the longest "area" in your home. Hallway, bedroom, kitchen, or all the places that an attack may occur. What's the distance? Don't waste time at firing ranges over that! I know people that have weapons strategically placed around their living environment. Never know where you'll be when you need what you don't have, right? How about the one place where you really are naked as a jay-bird? How about the shower? Drawstring or a plastic bag (waterproof) with you, in the shower, containing 230 grains of "soap". No, I'm NOT kidding. Better to have "it" and NOT ever need it, than to need "it" and NOT have it. ALWAYS, ALWAYS.....remember Uncle Murphy! The SOB will always show up when least expected, ALWAYS!

Carl

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BIO:

Carl has dedicated over 40 Years to studying the martial arts, hand to hand combat systems.
Carl’s ranks and honors
Founder Tekkenryu Jujutsu
6th degree Koshinkai Karate
5th degree Jujutsu
Sandan 3rd degree Nippon Kempo under Narabu Sada
2nd degree Judo under Masafumi Suzuki
1st degree Judo under Yoshisada Yonezuka
1st degree Shukokai Karate under Kimura, Kadachi and Yonezuka
1st degree Daitoryu Aikijujutsu
Instructors Certificate-Charles Nelson

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