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“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
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“Fitness does not always mean size and strength. People inexperienced at violence look at size first, muscle definition second. Experienced people look at movement.”
― Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence
― Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence
“A few hours of reading will never protect you from your own bad decisions.”
― Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence
― Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence
“Do you really believe that strength has anything to do with whether you win or lose? You will always be weaker. You will always be smaller and at a disadvantage. He is beating you because you are allowing him to define the terms of the contest. You want to win? Change the terms. Improvise, adapt, cheat. Lean into your strengths, not his.”
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“Self-defense is constantly blending many different aspects of life. It is the art of continuous kinetic balance. It is understanding your fellow human being as well as you understand yourself. It is knowing how your opponent thinks and weighing possibilities in your head. It is understanding that your opponent doesn’t think he’s a bad guy in his own eyes, and neither do you.”
― Cheap Shots, Ambushes, and Other Lessons: A Down and Dirty Book on Streetfighting and Survival
― Cheap Shots, Ambushes, and Other Lessons: A Down and Dirty Book on Streetfighting and Survival
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