[Editor's
note: Brad Steiner and John Perkins are "brothers in combat", having
the same philosophy when it comes to saving your life from violent
mutants. Ingrain this "warrior's mindset" into every fiber of your
being. If you want to survive, nothing less will do.]
WE recently watched an excellent motion picture (Vendetta)
in which a war veteran, returning home to England after service in
Afghanistan, suffers the loss of his mother and father to the barbaric
savagery of a gang of home invaders. The scum ties both of the veteran’s
parents to chairs, douses them in gasoline (pardon me — petrol!) and sets them ablaze. Both burn to death
Revenge (that’s what people call justice
when they are put off by its decisiveness, and by the fact that it is
orchestrated by other than the “system” or the system’s minions) is what
now drives this vet . . . and boy, oh boy does he ever get it.
In one marvelous
scene he captures the lead scumbag who had personally torched his
parents. Bound hand and foot in a vehicle which the vet parks in a
remote area, the vet tells the scumbag:
“Give me the names of the others who participated in the attack and I will let you go.”
After a little
convincing that the vet is sincere, the scumbag writes down the names of
the other sewer-scum. The vet smiles and takes the paper. Then he
splashes petrol inside the vehicle — on the scumbag — and throughout the
car’s interior — all the while listening to the (rather delightful)
howls of terror, pleading, and protest from the scumbag, as he realizes
he is about to be incinerated!
The blissfully
just scene concludes when the vet tosses a lit cigarette into the petrol
and the car ignites. The blood-curdling screams of the smoldering
scumbag die out as the entire vehicle explodes in flames. JUSTICE.
Ah . . . good movies are still being made, my friends.
The idea of
lying, cheating, and deceiving is repugnant to good people. Those who
prey upon good people have no problem with it, whatever. So . . .
The obvious lesson is: Good people need to become adept at lying, cheating, and deceiving. Good people who wish to be able to defend themselves effectively must become better at foul conduct, unethical behavior, and — of course — the dirtiest, meanest, most unconscionably savage combat skills and tactics imaginable. That’s how evil is defeated!
How well we
remember the wonderful story of how William J. Donovan, head of the
wartime Office of Strategic Services, replied to some 1940’s liberal
type who interviewed him about the OSS and its rather “unconventional”
approach to warfare for a major magazine. “Is it true,” the writer asked
Donovan “that OSS recruits people with strange, even criminal
backgrounds?”
“I would recruit
Stalin,” Donovan replied with not the slightest tremor of hesitation,
“if I thought that it would help to defeat Hitler.” That’s
the way you fight —— and win —— a war! Machiavellian expedience!
Absolute, unbridled ruthlessness. The determination to burrow your way
to victory, no matter the cost, regardless of the “indecencies” or the “compromises”, etc.
Self-defense is war in microcosm. We first wrote that in the 1970’s in our Manual The Tactical Skills Of Hand-To-Hand Combat —— and we stand by it, believe it, push it, explain it, and advocate it to all
who come to us for training in survival and self-defense. Wars are not
won by sportsmanship and fair play. They are won by deception,
destructive violence that is rendered without mercy on the foe, and by a
“win at any cost” philosophy. The war that you one day might have to
wage against home invaders, muggers, punks who simply wish to beat you
into unconsciousness for “kicks”, dangerous bullies, or troublemakers
who see you as a convenient punching bag, needs to be managed in this fashion —— without scruples or hesitation —— or your tormentors will likely prevail.
Very simply, to summarize and conclude this little “pep talk”:
As far as the “ethics of self-defense” are concerned, there are none. Unlike a sport in which rules are necessary, and there is no personal hatred or malice between the contenders, and the stakes are not life or death (or possibly being maimed and crippled for life), and the parties have both agreed to a gentlemanly bout, an
encounter with one or more violent offenders is a war that you must be
resolved to win by any filthy, underhanded means imaginable.
Get with that. Absorb that. Think about it when you train. Make it your philosophy. Providing your skills are good and you bring them into play fueled by this attitude, you’ll likely not lose to the predator.
Tactical Tips
• Feign fear or
illness —— then suddenly shout loudly and attack your assailant’s eyes
or throat; or break his leg with a kick, etc.
• A scumbag
demands your wallet. Say “Sure, sure, just please don’t hurt me!” as you
reach with one hand as if to retrieve your wallet from your hip pocket.
As you reach, with a frightened expression on your face, snap a handaxe chop into the punk’s throat with your other hand and go to town on him!
• You might also reach for your wallet (or appear to be doing so!) and produce that .38 revolver you carry —— just for such occasions.
• You are with
your wife. A couple of street scum stop you and demand money. You turn
momentarily toward your wife and yell “Dammit! I told you we shouldn’t
have walked by this street!” As the punks smile at each other you spin
around and break one of their legs, then turn on the second and drop him
with whatever you can use against him.
• You are a
woman. Some piece of s—t corners you and makes his intention to assault
you sexually very clear. You smile at him and begin to come on to him.
“Let’s have some real fun, okay?” you coo. You initiate physical
gestures that are frankly sexual and that begin to arouse him. Then,
when he is convinced that you are 100% “into” what he wants, you embrace
his face as if to kiss him, then gouge out his eyes with your thumbs, as you knee him and then follow up by smashing his throat with repeated open hand chops.
• You are being
held against your will after being abducted. You feign an attitude of
complete, hopeless submission and compliance —— and you put on a great performance for long enough a time to convince your captor(s) that you are without a doubt no threat.
Then, after however long it took to achieve that, you acquire a table
knife, shard of glass, etc. (perhaps from a broken mirror, etc.) and
witout warning you attack and kill your captor —— then escape.
Now come on, get creative! Formulate foul, ugly, and deceitful tactics that suit you and your circumstances.
--Professor Brad Steiner, President, International Combat Martial Arts Federation
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[Editor's
note: In Guided Chaos we have some differences in our approach to some
of these scenarios but the ruthless mindset is the same once you unleash
the dogs of war. If you're being mugged and all they want is money,
give it to them--and politely. This minimizes your interaction with the
enemy and potential serious or fatal injury on your part. Very often all
the enemy wants is "to get paid", quickly and without hassle or further
violence. However, if they want to take you to a second location, you
must go full-bore psycho, right now, and all forms of trickery and
savagery are essential.]
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