Fighting Options:
Strategies

Fasten your seatbelt - you’re about to learn ghastly lifesavers. Forget about fighting “fair” – it's a quaint playground concept that can get you killed. To escape from a violent criminal you need to get “dirty.” You must attack tooth and nail like a savage, raging maniac. To overcome your natural revulsion toward these gruesome tactics, always remember that many murder victims throughout history would have instead escaped alive had they known what's on this page:

Your primary fighting options are to use Finger-Whips as a Sucker Punch followed by Mixed Strikes (explained below) to attack him.

If he strikes back, then stifle his punches with a Clinch-Attack (explained below).

If you both end up together wrestling on the ground, still use the Clinch-Attack.

If you end up on the ground with him standing above you, use Defensive-Ground-Kicks (sitting on one side of your butt, kicking the attacker's knees if he comes near - swiveling on your buttock as needed if he tries circling you).

Mixed Strikes
Mixed Strikes means simply to strike any target that’s open, such as Finger-Whips to the eye (or a Thumb-Plunge (explained below), a Fist to his throat, a Knee-Strike to the groin, or a Heel-Stomp on his foot. Or simply repeating several strikes again and again.

Due to the nature of fighting – with constantly moving targets – most strikes miss while only a few actually score any damage. That’s why Mixed Strikes are the best fighting options. Don’t flail wildly, instead quickly choose your strikes. If your opponent protects a target, immediately shift your attack to other targets. If he protects those, then again shift your attack.

Throw five or ten Mixed Strikes. Maybe one or two will score effectively on vulnerable targets. Without pausing, throw another five or ten Mixed Strikes. More will score this time. It’s a more controlled, less wild blitzkrieg attack. But if he grabs you or starts striking back, switch to the Clinch-Attack.

Clinch-Attack: the Ultimate Strategy of Fighting Options

"The single most effective and mechanically easiest way to inflict significant damage on a human being with one's hand is to punch a thumb through his eye..."
– so wrote former U.S. Army Ranger commander and West Point professor Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in On Killing.

Trading punches in a fistfight is too risky – use a Clinch-Attack instead. Duck under or to the side of his punches, block them, or grab his arms – whatever it takes – to stifle his punches like a boxer “clinches” (hugs) his opponent.

Now attack him – as savagely as a 10 pound monkey can latch onto a 200-pound man’s head while shredding his face within seconds. When someone is trying to kill you, latch on to him with one hand and don’t let go as you gouge his eyes, and bite his nose, lips, or ears off, or bite a chunk out of his throat. Bite into him until your teeth meet, then shake your head side-to-side to cause maximal damage. You’ll need to use one or both hands to pull him into your bite. Mix in Knee-Strikes to the groin.

Do all this with a lunatic’s frenzy and ferocity to maximize your chance for escape. If your will to survive is truly strong enough, you will use this ferocious and gruesome Clinch-Attack to defend yourself from an attacker trying to kill you or a loved one.

Grab him with one hand or arm so he can’t escape while you attack him with no mercy. After you’ve hurt him, it’s unlikely he’ll chase you when you suddenly flee to safety. As your best response to his punching barrage, a Clinch-Attack negates his punching power and stops him from attacking you.

If you’re both fighting on the ground together, still use the Clinch-Attack. Don’t waste strength by trying to wrestle him or push him away. Instead, use the Clinch-Attack. Hug with one arm, gouge his eyes with the other, and bite off his nose, ears or Adam’s apple. Mix in Knee-Strikes to the groin. Do not try to escape until he’s unable to pursue you.

If he has a weapon, use one hand to control it, ravage him with your other hand and teeth, then wrest the weapon away from him and escape with it.

If you’re on the ground as he’s standing above you, disable his knees (a weak body part) by kicking them with the Defensive-Ground-Kicks (explained above), then escape.

If you think a Clinch-Attack is too gruesome for you to ever use as the most powerful of your fighting options – if you'd rather die than fight all-out – then so be it. However, you're thinking that while comfortably reading this – not while someone is trying to kill you.

If ever you're indeed fighting desperately for your life, you’ll likely whistle a different tune. Your survival instinct will kick in and you’ll use any fighting options necessary to survive.

Ask yourself why murdered strangulation victims, for instance, are almost always found with their killer’s skin scrapings under their fingernails. Clawing futilely at his arms and hands was the only pathetic tool they had. Many of those victims would have instead survived had they known of – and used – the Clinch-Attack to save themselves. At least now, you know how to save yourself. When it’s time to do or die, this is how you do:

Principles of Unarmed Combat Fighting Options

1. FIGHT DIRTY. Do not use your bare hands if there is anything nearby that could be used as a weapon.
2. ATTACK VITAL AREAS. Attack the eyes, throat, groin, or any other available weak point - don’t fatigue yourself by raining blows on his non-vital areas such as thighs, back, and shoulders.
3. ATTACK THE ATTACKER. Blocking and dodging may be necessary at the start, but the sooner you go on the attack, the better.
4. SIMPLICITY OF TECHNIQUE. Only the simplest techniques, delivered ruthlessly... can get the job done.
5. MOMENTUM OF ATTACK. Your initial strike must be followed with a series of strikes delivered with controlled aggression, until the attacker is totally subdued. With multiple attackers, one must move quickly from one to the other without giving them time to regroup.
6. EXPECT TO GET HURT. You must be prepared to absorb punishment during the encounter.
7. DON’T GO TO THE GROUND WITH AN ATTACKER. Try to stay on your feet. Maintain balance and mobility. [Though if you do go down, use the Clinch-Attack or the Defensive-Ground-Kicks].
8. MENTAL PREPARATION. [as taught in Optimal Mindset] serves to maintain a high level of tactical alertness and combat preparedness.
Excerpted from “CQB (Close Quarter Battle): A Guide to Unarmed Combat and Close Quarter Shooting” by military expert Mark V. Lonsdale.

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These techniques are for educational purposes only. There are no guarantees as to your ability to correctly apply them under assault conditions. You must use this information with good judgement, common sense, and assume full responsibility for misuse. Further, you must use only the degree of force necessary to save yourself from danger. You must not inflict any greater damage on a criminal attacker than that you reasonably believe necessary for your protection. You must obey all laws and respect the rights of other persons.

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