| You Can't Prepare for Everything | | | | and world level champion as I see it. |
| When it comes to being prepared for real life and | | | | Recently, according to the London Evening |
| death struggles on the street or the battlefield | | | | Standard, Lee Murray fell to a knife attack after |
| you cannot have the false idea that you can be | | | | exiting a famous London night club. As far as I |
| prepared for anything. You can only do your best. | | | | know he was hospitalized and put into a drug |
| Maybe I can give you some idea of how to get | | | | induced coma to allow the surgeons to better deal |
| the odds more in your favor. First let's look at | | | | with his life threatening injuries. |
| some forms of preparation which will give you | | | | I do not know all of the details of the altercation |
| some of the pieces. No one has all of the pieces. | | | | and can only say that anything can happen in the |
| Standard traditional as well as sport-based martial | | | | street. Even a man in his class cannot be |
| arts in general leave much to be desired when it | | | | prepared for everything. |
| comes to preparation for bloody chaos. The basic | | | | I pray for his full recovery. |
| exercises such as forms training and some | | | | Even a highly trained Israeli soldier, who is a |
| extended sparring will tone the body and give a | | | | personal friend, who has had extensive training in |
| person some endurance. It will also make a | | | | various Israeli military hand to hand fighting styles |
| person more healthy so that they might heal | | | | who also has real experience in battle can fall in |
| better if wounded or seriously injured. A healthy | | | | the street to a vicious attack from a few young |
| person will fare better than an unhealthy one in | | | | teens. These young teens were no innocents. |
| âEUR¨general. But as professor Brad | | | | They were involved in drug activity in Tel Aviv |
| Steiner (President International Combat Martial | | | | and my friend crossed their path at the wrong |
| Arts Federation) says: | | | | time. He was stabbed 19 times before help |
| "A choice must be made. If a method can be | | | | arrived. Luckily for him the help came in seconds |
| practiced full force in a competitive venue, then | | | | in the form of a cab driver who was trained and |
| obviously it lacks crippling, maiming, and killing skills | | | | had experience decades earlier in real life and |
| - all of which, whether it is popular to say so or | | | | death fights. Along with the cab driver some |
| not, must be taught and embedded in the | | | | members of the crowd outside of the night club |
| student's psyche and nervous system. If a | | | | stepped in to help. |
| system is fully combat worthy, then any | | | | He is now back on full duty. He has a new world |
| competition or full contact training in the skills | | | | view when it comes to who is the enemy and |
| (except against dummies and other insentient | | | | where violence can occur. He also knows that |
| training aids) is nothing short of insanity." | | | | even years of training in "realistic" scenario fighting |
| Basic strikes and throws may come in handy if | | | | did not prepare him for the proverbial wolf in |
| the right amount of luck and proper | | | | sheep's clothing situation. |
| circumstances occur during a truly frenzied life | | | | Is there anything that will prepare one for all |
| and death altercation with one or more armed or | | | | situations? NO. You can only do the best that you |
| unarmed serious attackers who are bent on your | | | | can. |
| destruction. | | | | What CAN You Do? |
| No One Is Invincible | | | | Above I showed that traditional martial arts |
| Even the vaunted heroes of the ring can fall to a | | | | training alone is not the answer. I even showed |
| determined attacker. | | | | how a ring fighting champion and even a battle |
| Take, for instance, a true champion of ultimate | | | | hardened warrior could fall to bad circumstances. |
| style fighting and cage rage events Lee Murray | | | | I could also enumerate many successful situations |
| from England. Here is a superb example of power, | | | | where a trained fighter prevailed in a life and |
| technique, and natural ability when it comes to | | | | death altercation. |
| competitive fighting in the ring. Here is a man who | | | | The winners had some things in common. |
| has demonstrated real courage on many | | | | One was that they were aware of their situation |
| occasions. Lee Murray showed many times what | | | | before it came down. Even seconds of |
| it takes to be a winner. His punching power and | | | | preparation will often avail a highly trained combat |
| grappling ability have made him a top competitor | | | | oriented fighter. |