Don't Fall Victim To This Critical Mistake In Your Martial Arts And Self-Defense Training

For most students studying martial arts and selfAnd that one thing is crushing or beating you
defense training, there is a critical, life-threateningdown and getting what he wants from you.
mistake that they're making. This mistake is soThat ""thing"" could be to:
important that, if not corrected, you could find- win the argument you were having
yourself worse off in a self-defense situation than- get your money
someone who never studied martial arts and- get what you were protecting
self-defense at all.- make a point or statement (as in the case of
This critical mistake is part of what I call, theterrorism or workplace violence)
Karate-Myth. It, along with a host of other- make you suffer, or...
""false-beliefs"" can not only render all of your- take your life!
hard work, study, and martial arts and 
self-defense training completely useless...So what is this grand mistake? I think you have a
...It can get you broken, maimed, or killed in apretty good idea by now, don't you?
real-world attack from a criminal attacker whoThe mistake I'm talking about is wrongly believing
isn't going soft and slow like your training partnersthat training in either the martial arts or a
in your martial arts or self-defense class!self-defense class without the knowledge,
And you know what?understanding, and experience of what a real
Its not just a mistake that students are making.self-defense situation is like...
This mistake is being made AND passed-on by...will allow you to effectively defend yourself
so-called self-defense experts and martial artsagainst a street punk with real knife, or a 280
black belts too!pound drunk dock worker who has you in a
Let's get something very clear before I let you inbone-crushing bear-hug and squeezing the very
on my little secret. And that something is this...life out of your lungs!
...It doesn't matter_Don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting that you
- how well you think you know a martial artsgo get into a bunch of fights, or walk through the
technique, or...worst parts of town looking to get mugged so
- how good you are at doing that self-defenseyou can get real-life self-defense experience.
move in class.But, you can at least make sure that the person
 you're training with - that you're learning
All that will matter when theself-defense from - HAS the experience and
rubber-meets-the-road and you're face-to-faceknowledge you need.
(or worse) with a brutal attacker who wants youYou must find a teacher, mentor, or master with
dead is...real-world experience or your training will end up
...CAN YOU DO IT THEN?!being like the "blind-leading-the-blind!" If you don't
You must realize something right now, and makeknow what you need, you have to find someone
no mistake about it. You must understand that,who does. And, if you don't have the experience,
unlike most people in your life - unlike your mom,you MUST find a teacher who does.
significant other, or fellow martial arts orA street-fighting self-defense situation is not the
self-defense students...time to find out that what you've been spending
A real attacker:your hard-earned time, money, and effort on...
- doesn't care what color your belt isDoesn't work!
- doesn't care how many techniques you knowIn a future article I'll be discussing how you can
- isn't impressed with the names of the peopleknow whether the program you're in is worth
you've studied underanything or not - even if you don't have any
- isn't going to help you do your techniquereal-world fight or self-defense experience. But,
correctly like your friend in class does - and a tonfor now, you can do some basic homework by
of other things you might use to impress otherschecking out some news stories and finding out
with your skill and "knowledge."what some of the common attacks are that you
 may have to defend yourself against.
He only cares about one thing and one thing only.