REFLECTION & A NEW PHILOSOPHY

I was meeting with some friends the other day where the discussion was being led by a friend, Chris, who is a self proclaimed Urban Survival Specialist….he has over 30 years of experience and I can vouch that he really knows his stuff.  When the topic of “Self Defense” came up, he made the remark that he didn’t believe in self defense.  His words, as close to being verbatim as I can remember were: “When it comes to someone intent on hurting me or my family, as far as I’m concerned, it’s full blown combat.  It’s about survival”.

That took me back for a moment.  Don’t believe in self defense??  Wow! My business is about self defense/protection so I really had to mull this over in my mind and what I discovered was Chris is absolutely right.

I’ve been teaching (non-martial) self defense to women for 8 years in an effort to help prevent them from becoming victims of violent crimes.  The name of my company has the word “survival” in it.  But now, I am beginning to wonder if my teaching philosophy is a bit stale.  I teach that you should first and foremost try to avoid any situation that might cause you to be a victim and how to be aware of a dangerous situation by using your common sense and instincts.  I even teach tips and techniques if you are actually attacked. All of this will continue to be part of my teaching…but it’s time to take it a bit further when it comes to a situation when an attack becomes a reality.

I need to step it up on the aggressive mind set….it’s not just about defending yourself…it’s about SURVIVAL!!!  I no longer want to teach these ladies to only react with the right moves, I want their minds to go into an aggressive full blown combat mode…I want their minds to be thinking about SURVIVAL for themselves and any loved one(s) they may be protecting.  I want them to learn to automatically go into that combat mind set to SURVIVE AT ALL COSTS!

With this in mind, you will start seeing some changes in my writings, teachings and even products.  I am fully committing myself to the SURVIVAL mind set, not just the “self defense” mind set. 

It’s going to be an adventurous experience as I teach women to dig deep inside themselves to create a combative mind set along with the aggressive skills that will empower them to not only Survive but to Thrive.