Are you sick of being pushed around and bullied by hostile, violent, chemically imbalanced, muscle-bound pricks? If the answer is yes… then you’ve come to the right place. Below are some tips and tricks that I've picked up over the years. Give them a shot next time you’re involved in a violent life or death confrontation, or the next time your girlfriend, wife, or one of your hoes steps out of line.
It is dangerous to attack with anything that comes to mind. Concentrate on your adversary, his ploy and your solution of his attack and defense. Your final choice of stroke should be based on your observation of the opponent’s reactions, habits and preferences. Find out what bothers him. Make him fight the type of contest he fights worst.
- Practically all offensive action is indirect, coming after a feint or taking the form of countering after an opponent’s attack is foiled or spent – it requires agile maneuvering, feinting and drawing an opponent, a scientific plan.
- Nothing bothers an adversary more than variety in both attack and defense.
- Footwork can beat any attack, and a properly maintained distance will baffle any skilled opponent. Your steps should be small and fast. Glide and slide, do not run or trot.
- An alertness of foot will transmute into an alertness of mind. Your reactions will be all the more spontaneous. Remember, the rear heel is the piston of the whole fighting machine.
- Combat is a matter of motion, an operation of finding a target or of avoiding being one. Keep bobbing and weaving at a comfortable pace stepping on the gas when necessary (Mike Tyson style).
- Footwork, hand technique, and body movement; these three things, if performed right, will floor even a giant. In fighting, if one can command a natural stance, swift movements, and powerful attacks, you already affect the best defense.
- Psyche you opponent, physically and mentally, by inflicting pain. Attack with confidence, accuracy and great speed.
- If you cannot get an opponent’s head or body, aim at his bicep. Eventually he’ll get a dead arm and his defense will drop (Rocky Marciano style).
- Do not hurl yourself at your opponent, but gain and maintain distance in a calm and precise manner.
- Every attacker must have within him a touch of the gambler. Never attack half-heartedly. Your main concern is with the correct and most determined execution of your offensive. You should be like a steel spring ready at the slightest opening to set the explosive charge of your dynamic attack.
- Generally it is easier to follow the opponent’s footwork than his handwork, since the foot moves relatively slower compared to the more rapid hand.
- use an “innocently detached rhythm” with the opponent. Once into the attack, concentrate on the determination to land with mechanical efficiency and correct timing.
- Every attack you make should be penetrating, disturbing your opponent’s rhythm and bringing pressure upon his morale. Remember your hands are not a hatchet to chop your opponent down. Rather, they are keys to unlock your opponent’s defense, and a different lock requires a different key.
- When you have developed hitting (and kicking) into something automatic, it will become instantaneous and your mind will be free to plan your battle as the fight progresses and new situations arise.
- Best defense is not to let the attack get started, to keep the opponent continually on the defensive. Increase the pace ever so slightly and when he loses balance be all over him – give him no rest.
- Regard your opponent’s concentration in terms of a graph and attack in the depressions, in his moment of irresolution. Pretend inferiority after an evasive move to encourage an opponent’s arrogance for your advantage.
- Attack by deception is the attack of a master. Whenever two fighters of equal speed, strength and skill are matched, the one who is master of the feint will be the winner. The more the opponent can be caught off-guard, or more important still, off-balance by means of feints, the better.
- Feints proceeded by beats or trapping of the hand can upset the defender’s confidence and force him to move to a defensive action against his will. His defensive action may then be deceived in the attack.
- The speed of your feint is dependent upon the reaction of your opponent. Never pause on a feint – a feint should always be followed up.
- Good feints are decisive, expressive and threatening. By making several real, economical, simple attacks first; the feints will be more effective. The opponent will not know whether a simple attack or a feint followed by a deception is being executed.
- Feints should be made with the arm more extended (fast! But impress!) if they precede kicking and long range advancement. If they are made after a parry and the adversary can be reached without a lunge. Keep the arm slightly bent and stay well covered with shifting or a rear guard.
- With each adversary the first thing to find is his cadence.
- Play with your own cadence to confuse the opponent and then suddenly put on a burst of speed. Draw the opponent to step forward and attack as he steps.
- A good man is continually trying to force his opponent into the slower choice-reaction.
- Watch your opponent with “all inclusive playful seriousness”.
- Strike when you can, grapple when you have you have to.
- Use double leads against a man who is slow on his feet or who is exhausted.
- When striking with the lead hand, it is advisable to constantly vary the position of your head for added protection against the opponent’s counter. During the first few inches of advancing, the head remains in line; after that, the head should adapt.
- Our eyes should not stare at only one point. See your enemy in whole and anticipate his action, so that you can evade his attack and counter. Anticipation is the secret of countering and therefore it is preferable to feint your man into making a lead rather than to wait for him to do so.
- Before using a compound attack it is essential to observe and gain some idea of the opponents likely reaction.
- Always follow up and press your advantage after countering until the opponent goes down or fights back.
- The place to watch in long-range fighting is your opponent’s eyes. Notice where animals look when they fight. When in-fighting, look either at your opponent’s feet or waist.
- Sidestepping is a safe, sure and valuable defensive tactic. You can use it to frustrate an attack simply by moving every time an opponent gets set to attack or you may use it as a method of avoiding blows or kick. It may also be used to create openings for a counterattack. When the opponent rushes you, it is not so much the rush you side-step as some particular blow he leads with during the rush.
- Strive to bridge for even a split second to attack.
- Move constantly in small, shifting steps. Do not hold your arms rigid. Keep them moving in a semi-threatening manner so that your rival is kept guessing as to your intention.
- Use economical trapping to either immobilize or draw a reaction and then, slip in a solid, maiming thrust or kick to an extremely delicate vital spot.
- If a fighter concentrates sufficiently, senses the moment to attack, and act upon it swiftly and decisively, the prospects of success are greatly enhanced. Any attack started from a close enough distance will reach, no matter how fast the opponent can parry.
- The leg is the more powerful weapon, but ultimately, the man who can punch better will be the one who will win.
- The mastery of proper fundamentals and their progressive application is the secret of being a great fighter.
- If the enemy is cool, stay cooler than him; if the enemy moves, move faster than him; be concerned with the means; master your own manipulation of force, don’t be restricted by your form.
There you have it; how to become a lean and mean killing machine. Now what the hell are you waiting for? Go out there and destroy the competition. I’d love to hear any other tips and strategies you guys might have. So, don’t be shy, hit up the comments section and add your two cents. Watch out for part 2 of The Alchemist's playbook which I will post as soon as I can be bothered.
Anyway, I’m off to lay the smack down on my baby’s momma. See ya!
