Commit! Commit! Commit!

Guys,

I bet you wont be able to figure what this is about LOL. Yes, committing is important. One of the most important aspects of self-defense is knowing why you fight. If you are fighting for a trophy, or even prize money, your motivation need only reach a certain level. If some punk pulls a knife on you while you are walking with your grand-mother, the motivational level will be off the charts. With that said, I would like to talk a little about committment.

Now, in competition, I full understand the idea of checking a strike, or not looking to injure someone. After all, this person is not your enemy, merely your competition. So if you throw a strike that catches them by suprise, you will be a better person if you remember this is just a game. So "strike hard but dont remove teeth" is a good rule to remember.

That said, remember why you train. You should be training to save your life, not win points. You train for the worst, and hope it never comes. So follow through. What do I mean by that? Let me illustrate. In Thai Boxing, they throw hard leg kicks with the intention of wearing down an opponent. That is a good plan, because it is unlikely that another trained fighter will go down from one strike. But we are not fighting Thai Boxers. Throw that strike like you will never get another. Dont leg kick at your opponent, throw it through them. When your throw a punch, pierce your opponent with it. When you execute a throw, put them through the concrete, not into it. I dont know how many times I have seen boxers box in a real fight. They shouldnt have been boxing, they should have been fighting. I have seen wrestlers wrestle on concrete. They should have been looking to finish an opponent, not wrestle him.

Once the need to fight has arisen, make sure you are the one that walks away. Parents, you getting hurt means that you cannot tuck in your children. Married folks, it means you cannot have a laugh on the sofa with your spouse. Single folks, it means your parents may outlive their children. That is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Like someone told me once: Violence is RARELY the answer. But when it is, it is the ONLY answer. Im out like a New York governor after a scandal :) If you dont know what I am talking about, watch the news tonight.