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The Be Combative MethodSolo Training For the Lone Warrior 1
ADRENALINE AND FEAR
COMBATIVE MINDSET
VISUALIZATION
TARGET HARDENING AND AWARENESS
VERBAL DE-ESCALATION
SELF DISCIPLINE
THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL RETALIATION
NATURAL WEAPONS
THE HEAD
THE TEETH
THE VOICE
FISTS
OPEN HAND STRIKES
FINGERS
CRUSHING, GOUGING AND RAKING
FOREARMS
ELBOWS
THE POWER STEP

LEGS AND FEET
KNEES
SCRAPE KICK
STOMPING
STRIKING TIPS
STREET GRAPPLING
GRAPPLING POSITIONS
MOUNT REVERSAL
THE SPRAWL
THE TACTICAL GET-UP
STREET GRAPPLING TIPS
FOOTWORK
FLINCH RESPONSE
DEFAULT RESPONSE
BOXING DEFENSE
STANCES
DEFENSE TIPS
SHADOW FIGHTING DRILLS
SHADOW BOXING DRILLS
SHRED THE BALL DRILLS
BAG WORK DRILLS

STREET GRAPPLING DRILLS
SAMPLE WORKOUTS
AVOIDING BURNOUT
WORKOUT TIPS
CONCLUSION AND CONTACT

It was a hot, humid tropical evening and I was walking alone in a busy marketplace on a street like
many others in that part of the globe. Crowds of people flowed through the busy stalls and tables. I
was relaxed, enjoying the sights and sounds as I made my way back to my hotel.
I had only arrived in the city a few days earlier and was still getting used to all the strange and
fascinating cultural differences. I was there, thousands of miles away from my Canadian home,
because I had decided to follow a personal dream. Somewhere along the path of my life I had
become enthralled by the idea of backpacking through Southeast Asia, training on the beach every
day and trekking up jungle trails to stand upon ancient volcanic mountains.
Little did I know that on this particular evening my travel plans were about to change.
As I stepped through the narrow walkway along the street, two men suddenly blocked my way.
Before I knew it the larger of the two produced a knife and began waving it in front of my face as the
other circled to my right. In broken English the man with the knife demanded money. I lowered one
of my hands long enough to fish a throwaway wallet with a few coins in it out of my pocket and hand
it to him, hoping they would both take off after having got what they wanted.
The thief stuck the wallet in his pocket and then pointed at my leg. That, he said. Give us that. I
couldnt believe my ears.
I was born missing half of my right leg. Over the years I have had many different prosthetics. The
one I was wearing that day had been specially made before I left on my trip and was a perfectly
tuned carbon fibre and titanium part of my body.
Giving the two muggers what essentially amounted to a vital part of my body simply wasnt an option
I could consider. I have never been able to run with my prosthetic, so sprinting away wasnt an
option either. My only choice was to fight my way out, or literally lose a limb and perhaps my life in
the process.
In a matter of seconds all of the solo training I had done over the past few years took over. I
ruthlessly attacked my assailants and in a matter of seconds it was all over. Two severely injured
and unconscious muggers were lying on the pavement. I was still on my feet.
Through the fog of adrenaline I saw that the two scumbags werent moving. There seemed to be a
lot of blood, some of it on my formerly white shirt. For a terrible moment I imagined I had killed both
of them. But then one then the other, started moaning and stirring.
I took my eyes off of them and looked up to find myself surrounded by a crowd of shoppers, many
with their mouths hanging open in surprise. Before I could take a step, a police officer pushed
himself through the crowd and made his way to me. You can imagine what he saw a wild-eyed
Caucasian dude with what looked like a piece of Space Shuttle sticking out of his pant leg and blood
all over his shirt, standing over two prone, beat-to-hell locals.
I quickly tried to explain the situation, pointing at my leg and the knife on the ground and even
retrieving my wallet from one of the groaning thieves. The cop looked around for a moment and then
ordered me to come with him. He put me in the back of a police car.
That ride to the police station was the longest car ride of my entire life. The momentary fear when I
realized I was getting mugged was insignificant compared to the dread that built up inside me as the
police car wound its way through the evening streets, headed for a location completely unknown to
me.
When the car finally came to a halt in front of a dingy police station I was met by a squad of
stonefaced, vulture-eyed third world cops who couldnt speak my language (or were pretending not
to). They demanded my passport. After a brief protest I handed it over.
As I looked around the police station I resolved that no matter what, I simply could not allow myself
to unjustly end up in some shithole third world prison. In a moment of desperate inspiration I offered
to fly back to Canada if they let me go. Lady Luck smiled on me for a brief moment and one of the
senior cops accepted. They forced me to sit down and buy a plane ticket right there and then on
their office computer. Printout in hand, I got another police escort back to my hotel.
The next few days I was lost in an emotional jungle. I had sacrificed a lot to take that dream trip and
the heartbreak of having to return home was occasionally overwhelming. At times I inwardly raged at
the thieves the cops the city the world. But slowly I began to replace the feelings of resentment and
anger with thoughts of gratitude a perspective that has since replaced all the other feelings I have
about that event in my life.

That wasnt the first time I had successfully defended myself empty handed against an attacker.
I have never had the option of running away from aggressors. I have had to learn how to fight.
Starting way back with the bullies in elementary school who thought picking on a kid with one leg
would be easy fun, through to surviving numerous street assaults some of which included multiple
attackers and weapons - my unarmed combative skills have saved my dignity, my body and even
my life on more than one occasion. And most of it was developed and practiced in a solo training
environment. Just me, my mind, and the body I was born with.
What I am going to share with you in this book comes from real life experience. These solo training
techniques arent theory. They dont come from some strip mall karate club, led by an instructor who
has never been in a real street fight. Many of the techniques presented in this book are illegal
according to the rules of MMA and other combat sports.
While I have trained extensively with partners, attended seminars and even became a certified
Senshido instructor, solo training is the core of my training life. It has provided me with a level of skill
that I could have never achieved otherwise. And it can do the same for you.
I have been solo training since 2004 and have always dedicated five days a week to the study and
implementation of these techniques. What I am presenting to you in this book has saved my life and
the lives of some of my students.
Reading and practicing what you find in this book will make you stronger physically, emotionally
and mentally. It will make you more resilient. It will give you confidence even if you currently believe
you are handicapped in your quest to become confident in your ability to protect yourself. Solo
training can become your path to fitness, confidence, skill and freedom.
I always love hearing from my students. Today I count you as one of them.
Drop me an email and tell me your story. Id love to hear from you.
Now lets get tough and get down to business. Good luck!!
Sincerely,
Jeff Liboiron
The adrenaline rush is the fight or flight and sometimes freeze response of the adrenal gland which
releases adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, under extreme degrees of stress during a self
defense situation.
Symptoms of the adrenaline rush can include but are not limited to:
Increased breathing rate
Increased Strength
Dry mouth
Tunnel vision
Auditory exclusion
Increased pain tolerance
Feeling weak in the arms and legs
Increased gross motor skills
Increased blood flow to vital organs
Understanding the adrenaline dump is very important for combat because when in an ambush
attack or self defense scenario, your body will not have a slow release adrenal dump like a boxer
does in a competition, but rather a fast adrenal dump that has your body go form 0% to 100% in a
matter of seconds.
This feeling can surprise and shock you easily if you do not prepare for it in advance and some of
the symptoms can lead to your downfall, as you may not hear or see multiple opponents, concealed
weapons, etc. You also may just snap, and there will be no method to your madness.

In order to simulate the adrenal dump, your training must come as close as possible to reality. If you
do not have training partners to re-create scenarios with, throw full out attacks at you, etc then your
solo training needs to replicate the physiological, emotional and mental aspects of the adrenal
dump.
Preparing for an adrenal dump on your own can be done by practicing your gross motor movements
and strikes diligently and fighting through exhaustion to reach a higher level of conditioning as a full
on adrenal dump can make you very tired, very fast. You can stand in front of a punching bag and
imagine a loved one being hurt by somebody and when you start to feel that slight tingle in your
limbs unleash on the bag in a controlled manner as possible. Make sure your strikes are accurate
and powerful.
Other ways to prepare on your own could be throwing in some pushups, pullups and squats along
with your combative training workouts. Shadow fight all out for 5 minutes then do a max set of the
above exercises to tax your muscular and anaerobic systems. Continue this until you can barely
stand or breathe and then do it for another hour. Remember that fatigue makes cowards of us all.
TRAIN!
Through this kind of training, you will be preparing for the similar feeling you will feel in a fight. The
great thing about adrenaline is that it can be controlled the more you are exposed to it. If you end
up having to fight off an attacker then you need to tell yourself in your head that what you are feeling
is ok and it is a natural occurrence. This will prevent your brain from freaking out and going into that
deadly freeze state which is extremely detrimental for obvious reasons.
Another important aspect of the adrenal dump that must not be overlooked is that it is linked directly
with feelings of fear. Fear is an emotion and from what we know about emotions they, too, can be
controlled.
A great acronym for F.E.A.R that was developed by Gavin De Becker states that it stands for False
Evidence Appearing Real. Lets look at an example of how this works. Imagine there is a guy in
front of you and he wants to kick the shit out of you.

Hes 64, has tattoos everywhere, is muscular, his nose looks like it has been broken 5 times and he
has a scar on his cheek. In other words, he looks like hes been in hundreds of street fights and
youre his next victim.
Bad guys train, too. Be the person who DOES!
Imagine that if you could freeze time right there and then. I walk into the picture and show you a
video of this guy getting his ass kicked 20 times over. Well, now youre probably not as worried and
you are feeling more confident right? I certainly hope so.
Remember that at the end of the day the body will always follow the mind. Control your fear and
master it, but do not try to get rid of it. You cant. It is a wonderful instinctive warning device and will
keep you cautious and prepared. Do not let it run amok, however. That is where it will end up
destroying you along with other emotions such as anger or hate.

E v e n i f y o u f a c e o n ly o n e o p p o n e n t a n d y o u d o u b t y o u r s e l f , y o u r e o u t n u m b e r e d .
- D a n Mi l l m a n
E v e r y b a t t l e i s f i r s t w o n or l o s t i n t h e m i n d .
- Joan Of Arc
A warriors mindset is his most trusted friend and ally. The body will always shut down if the mind
lets it. In street combat, your mindset must be strong and you must accept the fact that you are
willing to do anything to your opponent in order to make it home safely. Fights are not won by
techniques alone. There must be a strong mindset coupled with your physical skills.
Hurting people, feeling their bones break, getting their blood on you is not pleasant. It must be done
should it come to it, however and that is why you NEED to forge yourself a WILL to act. You could
have the physical skills of Bruce Lee and Frank Shamrock multiplied by a thousand, but if in your
mind you were not able to use those skills to hurt another human being then they are worthless to
you. Any hesitation could cost you your life or serious injury.
You MUST visualize as you train!! If you want your solo training to be effective then there is no
other way!. It will get you in the zone and will put you much further ahead in the combatives realm.
It will build your tenacity, ferociousness and desire to survive any realistic encounter you may face.
If you have not looked within yourself in order to research this further before reading this book, I
want you to write down a list of circumstances in which you are willing to hurt another human being.
It could be things such as they are trying to hurt your kids, spouse, etc. They could have a knife at
your throat, or that you have goals in life and want to complete them. Just write down a simple list of
ten or so ideals and keep them in your training area to remind yourself of why you are putting in the
work.
After forging an iron mindset, your combative attitude, self confidence, decisiveness, courage,
combative desensitization, self discipline, physical skills and overall determination will all be
enhanced.

The most important part of your combative mindset is done outside the gym. Creative visualization
is a necessary component of the warriors toolbox. Athletes from all sports do this regularly. It is
proven that visualising yourself succeeding in your goal while coupling that with actually physically
doing your chosen activity enhances your skill greatly. By frequently imagining yourself in self
defense scenarios, you are mentally blueprinting your own success, as well as familiarizing yourself
with the look and feel of combat. As a result the stress and shock of a self defense scenario will be
significantly diminished. In essence, you are bridging your mind and body to perform effectively
without freezing up under stress.
For visualization to work properly, you will need to make your mental image very strong and very
clear. Start visualizing and even training in slow motion in order to learn the building blocks of this
highly important skill. You MUST try to see, feel and hear the visualized scenario. This will require
peace and quiet to do so for at least 20 minutes.
Make sure you are in a relaxed state. Lie on your bed or couch for 5 minutes and focus on your
breathing before taking part in your visualization. Be sure to plan your different visualization
sessions so you have an idea for your goals and objectives for each 20 minute session.
You will know you have come a long way when your body begins twitching while visualising. Many
times when I do this and imagine myself throwing a palm strike for example, my right arm will either
flinch, or sometimes even shoot right up over my chest without conscious thought.
Rather than creating still images in your head, try to develop a mental movie. Imagine yourself
walking down the street. Its night time and ahead of you, you observe two men crossing to your
side of the street and continue walking towards you. One of them mumbles you got the time,
man? as they continue in your direction. You say no and cross the street, but they follow. It
doesnt take much more than this to know you have a situation on your hands. You will want to play
the scenario out. Give them faces, clothes, weapons, create the language in your head, hear their
footsteps and their tone of voice, smell the air, feel your limbs tingle and notice the dryness of your
mouth as your adrenaline dump surges through your body.

Try observing from both first person and third person views. Go slow at the start and slowly build up
to speed. Give your opponents reactions and do not make yourself superman. Get struck and hit
and knocked to the ground to practice countering from disadvantageous positions.
Ideally, you dont want to get physical with anyone if you do not have to. If you can avoid, escape,
or diffuse the situation then that is a better outcome for everyone. You dont have to put someone in
the hospital and potentially get arrested.
You want to look confident. Walk with your head up and your shoulders back. Walk with a purpose!
Do not walk with your head down, or with your cell phone distracting you. Be aware of your
environment and the people in it. Predators look for victims. The person with the unconfident look
about them is their prey.
The color code system of awareness, as originally introduced by Jeff Cooper, relates to the degree
of danger you can potentially face and allows you to move from one level of mindset to another to
enable you to properly handle a given situation.
White: Unaware and unprepared. If attacked in Condition White the only thing that may save you is
the inadequacy or ineptitude of your attacker. When confronted by something nasty, your reaction
will probably be "Oh my God! This can't be happening to me."
Yellow: Relaxed alert. No specific threat situation. Your mindset is that "today could be the day I
may have to defend myself". You are simply aware that the world is a potentially unfriendly place
and that you are prepared to defend yourself. You should always be in yellow when you are out of
your home.
Orange: Specific alert. Something is not quite right and has your attention. Your radar has picked up
a specific alert. You shift your primary focus to determine if there is a threat.

Your mindset shifts to "I may have hurt that person today", focusing on the specific target which has
caused the escalation in your mind. In Condition Orange, you set a mental trigger: "If that person
does "X", I will need to stop them". Staying in Orange can be a bit of a mental strain, but you can
stay in it for as long as you need to. If the threat proves to be nothing, you shift back to Condition
Yellow.
Red: Condition Red is fight. Your mental trigger (established back in Condition Orange) has been
tripped. "If 'X' happens I will hurt that person". This stage could also mean flight, depending on the
situation at hand. I cant tell you when to fight as I wont be there when it happens. Train yourself to
be decisive.
De-escalation strategies are predominantly used at the point where the aggressor is intimidating
you, shoving you around, verbally abusing you etc prior to the situation escalating to physical
violence. The ability to understand and to be able to control the process at this stage is vitally
important as it offers you either the chance to talk your way out of the situation, or buys time to
position yourself strategically for a pre-emptive or defensive response should one be required.
If you can defuse a potential aggressor and once again avoid any physical contact then thats
another battle won. An aggressor could have one of many reasons to be upset with you such as
you looking at his girlfriend in a crowded bar or pub, road rage incidents, racism, maybe they just
want to do it for kicks, etc.
When attempting to defuse someone, you need to determine if they are a good guy having a bad
day, or if they are just a bad guy. There is a huge difference. The good guy having a bad day can
be talked down. If they are not listening to ANYTHING youre saying and they continue to talk
above you then they are just a bad guy and you should drop them before they attack you.

1.) Never command your opponent
Many comments like calm down, or relax will get responses such as I am fucking calm!! or
Fuck you. I am relaxed!
2.) Never tell your opponent they are wrong
I wasnt looking at you, or I wasnt looking at your girlfriend will further their little tantrum.
3.) Find out what they want
If you find out what your adversary wants with you then that will determine your course of action.
Simply saying what is it you want, or what do you need from me? are comments you can use.
Depending on your aggressors response, you may need to hit him, or you may be able to further de-
escalate the situation.
4.) Behavior must be congruous to body language
Make sure your body language is not aggressive while trying to de-escalate. If you look like youre
about to kill them while youre saying that you dont want to fight then they will pick up on that. Feign
being frightened, or sorry if you have to. Just make sure you act the part while you set them up for
your first strike if need be.
If you feel a need to impose your skills upon somebody for no reason other than just because then
I would suggest looking at decreasing the size of your ego. Many people have been killed over
stupid petty circumstances because their ego controlled them and defined them. Dont let it control
YOU.

Since this book is about solo training, you will need to acquire a certain degree of self discipline to
get the job done. Training partners are great to have, but when you do not have them to motivate
you, you need to motivate yourself from within and be able to push yourself above and beyond your
limits to reach the goals you desire.
If you have problems motivating yourself, I recommend taking the list of reasons why youre training
and put it on the wall in your training area. This will make your purpose clear in your mind and allow
you to focus.
If you regularly challenge yourself on a daily basis, you will achieve your combative goals. There
are no shortcuts. Just lots of hard work and sweat. If you choose to do it then DO IT.

1. Non-Telegraphic Movement: This simply means that you hit your opponent without
giving away ANY telltale signs away that you are about to strike him. This is extremely
important in order to avoid your opponent being able to defend your attack.
2. Primary Targets: The primary targets on anyone are the eyes and throat no matter how
big, strong, or how well trained they may be. All other targets are secondary and should be
attacked in order to open up your opponents primary targets.
3. Economy Of Motion: Economy of motion means you make the smallest movement
possible to achieve the desired effect of the offensive or defensive maneuver you choose to
use.
4. Tactile Sensitivity: This simply means that you read your opponents body energy through
your own body energy. Is he reaching into his pocket to draw a weapon? Is he trying to pull
back his left arm in the clinch to punch you?
5. Closest Weapon, Closest Target: CWCT means that whichever your closest weapon
is to your opponents closest target is then you need to hit him with that technique or tool. Lets
say you palm strike him in the jaw. From there, CWCT would dictate you should attack his
eyes with your fingers rather than pull your arm back from his face and hit him again.

As a combatives practitioner, you need to develop a full working understanding of your natural body
weapons. You MUST understand that the whole body is a weapon and there are things that I may
mention that you might not have even thought of or heard of. The natural body weapons include the
fists, palms, web of hand, fingers, biceps, shoulders, knees, feet, head, teeth, voice and many
others. A true warrior thinks outside the box and does not use only the standard attacks you may
have seen in boxing or UFC matches. The street is an entirely different animal-and while-
components of boxing and MMA will be apparent in this book, remember that you are not training for
a match; you are training for your life, or that of a loved one. Going in with that mindset will be a
huge advantage towards your success in a street altercation.
As with any weapon of design such as a gun, knife, expandable baton, etc, you MUST train with
your natural weapons to sharpen them and transform them into defensive and offensive tools. Do
not rely on weapons by design to assist you in a fight. Many times you may not be able to access
your weapon if you are not proficient in getting the adversary off of you and not to mention the
legalities of shooting or stabbing someone who only tried to punch you are a nightmare. Remember
force must parallel danger. If the situation does not warrant you drawing a weapon then do not do it.
I recommend becoming as good with your bare hands as possible and also integrating weapons
training to make you a more holistic fighter.
You will need to practice regularly to obtain any kind of proficiency. It will take diligent study to
obtain the power, speed and muscle memory you desire. Keep working at it on a daily basis and it
wont take you long to get down the basics.
Im going to start with the head, and work my way down to the feet.
GOOD LUCK!

When engaged in close quarter combat, also known as the clinch, you are within range of your
opponent to use your head as a devastating weapon. I consider the head butt to be among the top
five tools you can develop. There are a few ways you can use your head as a weapon. You can
butt with the crown of your forehead, or the back of your skull if your opponent has grabbed you
from behind. For an opponent your height, it is more optimal to use a clipping head butt where you
execute the attack in a downward motion towards your opponents nose/eye socket where if the
opponent is taller than you, it is more optimal to use a ramming type head butt from below the
attackers line of sight, attacking directly into his jaw/chin area. In order to make your head butt as
devastating as possible, you will want to grab a hold of your opponents neck, or clothing as you
deliver your attack. The head butt can be delivered from the front, from below the line of sight, from
the back, or left and right.
In order to develop your head butt safely, you will need to acquire some sort of pad/bag to work on.
A basketball also works well. There are also many full contact drills you may do with a partner, but
make sure you have the appropriate training gear.
The above photos demonstrate a head butt from below the opponents vision. Start with your knees slightly
bent then drive upward into your target striking with the crown of your skull. Make sure you grasp your
opponent as you do this so he is not able to move out of range and you can follow up with heavy strikes.

Here I deliver a clipping
head butt. Remember to
grasp your target in the
clinch range and deliver the
head butt WITHOUT pulling
your head back. If you tilt
your head back and then
follow through, you will end
up head butting your
opponent with your nose
(ouch!) as your telegraphic
move will make him flinch
and duck his head.
I deliver the head butt directly

from my current position without
telegraphing, striking my target
with the crown of my skull and
still keeping a grasp on either
side with my hands. From here,
I could follow up with any close
quarter tools such as a short
knee shot to his leg, a gouging
maneuver, a bite, etc. There are
many options. Experiment with
your favourite ones.

Another great tool to use within close quarter combat is your teeth. Biting fingers, ears, nose, throat
and biceps will offer the greatest flinching within your opponent which will open up other striking
opportunities. That is what I prefer to use biting for. Remember the saying bite, but dont eat.
There is too much risk in breaking the skin of your opponent. Biting also works well in sending a
psychological message to your assailant letting him know that he just attacked the Tasmanian devil
and that he bit off more than he can chew. No pun intended! It lets him know you are serious about
the fight and that you will do anything to survive the encounter.
When biting, remember to growl and shake your head side to side viciously at the same time. This
will make your opponent freak out and flinch even further and give you that opportunity you need to
take him out.
Biting should, however, be used as a last resort. You do not want to contract some kind of disease
and even if you dont end up contracting one, getting his blood in your mouth isnt going to be
pleasant. It is easy to break skin when adrenalized. Be careful!
As I mentioned above the voice can be used in combat in ways such as guttural growling noise
when combined with attacks like biting, or striking. It is a tool that is used in also sending
psychological messages to your opponent telling him that you once again mean business. It can
startle your opponent, overwhelm his senses and will just in general distract him from his task at
hand, which is hurting YOU. It will help you tap into the state of mind needed in combat as it is often
used as the catalyst to utilize your killer instinct and aggression.
The voice can also be used to intimidate with aggressive body language. This may psyche out your
opponent and get him to leave you alone all together.

Fists should be used for soft tissue strikes in a street fight rather than for targets on the skull. This
includes attacking the liver, kidneys, inner thigh, groin and neck. Closed fisted blows should be
practiced with 16oz boxing gloves to avoid any injury in training. Forget that hand conditioning stuff
you hear about where people hit rocks, bricks, wood, etc. to toughen their knuckles. You want to
still be able to use your hands when your 85 right? Hand conditioning is just a short way to arthritis
and other problems. With that said, you should practice your boxing and putting combinations
together on a heavy bag and focus mitts, do shadow boxing and work them in sparring. Make sure
you develop your closed fist blows equally on your left and right side and you can perform your
strikes with deadly accuracy and speed. Transfer these combos to open hands. The body
mechanics are the same.
When delivering any blow with a closed fist make sure you keep your wrist aligned with your
forearm. If you bend your wrist while punching, you risk injuring yourself upon impact.
Make sure you do not hit someone in the head with a fisted blow if you can help it. The skull is
much harder than the small bones in your hand and you risk doing damage to yourself. If you do
end up breaking your hand then you become a one handed fighter and that is certainly not an
advantage.
You can also risk getting your skin split open by your opponents teeth and your hand may get
infected as human mouths carry a lot of bacteria. A friend of a friend was in a street fight once and
he was a very good thai boxer. He hit his opponent many times, but got some teeth fragments
lodged in his fist. The doctors told him he had a very good chance he would lose his hand.
Thankfully he did not, but he did have a long recovery period.
Fisted blows have great crossover skills to other strikes. Boxing does wonders for your body
mechanics, footwork, speed and power. This is why you practice your boxing. Its not to become a
boxer, its to develop combative attributes.

The jab is a linear punch thrown with the lead hand. To perform the jab, twist your lead hip and shoulder
slightly while delivering the jab in a straight out-straight back motion in a snapping fashion. Make sure your
shoulder is protecting your jaw from a counter punch. Its as if you are looking down the barrel of a rifle.
Return your hand immediately to the starting position as fast as possible. Common mistakes are chicken
winging your elbow as you throw the shot and also dropping your arm upon impact before bringing it back to
your face. A great target for the jab is the nose.

The cross will become one of your most powerful weapons in your arsenal. The cross is also a linear punch
thrown always with the rear hand. Be sure to twist your hips and your rear knee so you come up on the ball
of your foot using it to develop explosiveness in the strike. You must shift your weight from your rear foot to
your lead leg as you throw the punch. Using body mechanics in this way can generate bone-crushing power.
Avoid hyper extending your elbow, exposing your chin, or over reaching with your body when throwing the
cross.

This blow can be delivered from either the lead or rear hands. If thrown from the lead hand be sure to torque
your hips and lead foot to get maximum power while driving your lead knee into the ground as well. If thrown
from the rear, perform the same body mechanics as the cross. To perform either hook correctly, raise your
elbow so your arm is parallel to the ground and bend your arm so that it is 90 degrees. Torque your body
rather than throwing your arm. Make sure your fist is horizontal and not vertical as you could injure yourself
easier that way without your boxing gloves. Your body and arm should move as a whole unit as you throw
the hook. Keep your arm bent when throwing a hook punch. Never extend it more than 90 degrees.
Double check your wrist placement. It is very common with the hook punch for beginners to not align their
wrist properly with their forearm when throwing a hook punch. It is the most difficult to master.

The uppercut is a powerful punch that can be delivered in both the punching and clinch ranges. This strike
travels in a vertical direction to either the opponents body or chin and it can be delivered with either arm. To
execute the uppercut, dip your body slightly to whichever side youre attacking from and snap your arm up
into the target. Make sure you do not drop your arm too much and the arc of your uppercut is tight in
formation. Not doing these two things will leave you wide open for a counter. Remember to twist your hips
to get power behind the shot. A properly executed uppercut should have a jolting explosive effect on the
target. As with all strikes keep your other hand by your face and your shoulders protecting your chin.

Attacking with a hammer fist is done so by using the bottom of your closed fist. It is an extremely primal
movement in that in resembles a motion of picking up a rock and hitting something with it. Very cavemanish
so to speak and anything primal and gross motor means that you should practice it a lot due to the fact that
your gross motor skills are enhanced in the adrenal dump. The hammer fist can be delivered in a short arc
on a horizontal or vertical plane. It can also be delivered in a longer arc to your opponents spine.
Remember to bend at the knees and torque the hips.

Open hand strikes are THE MOST devastating tools you should develop. If there is ONE thing you
should practice, your open hand strikes are it! Do it!
The great thing about utilizing open hand strikes rather than the fists is that you will suffer no
damage to the hand. If you punch someone in the face/skull, expect broken skin, broken bones and
in worst cases, infection.
Open hand strikes can be used to move into other combative tools such as ripping, tearing and
gouging easily since your hand is already open. If you use your fist thats basically all youve got.
The palms also cover more surface area than a closed fisted blow and if both palms are used to
strike at once then your opponents face will be covered completely. That means no vision and that
means you are at a huge advantage for that split second. Capitalize on it!
Open hand strikes should be equally developed for both the left and right hands as well. Targets for
open hand strikes are found on your opponent from the neck up. For body shots, or soft tissue
strikes, closed fists are great.
An open hand strike that must not be forgotten is the web hand strike. It is used to attack
someones throat which is an extremely lethal target due to the fact that it is relatively unprotected
with just a thin layer of skin and the soft tissue within. Be warned that a solid web hand strike can
cause massive hemorrhaging, air starvation and death. Make sure you are legally justified to use
this strike. IE: Multiple opponents, weapons are in play, etc.
The web hand strike formation is shown in the pic to the

left. The target for this strike is your opponents throat and
you make contact with the web area between the thumb
and fingers. You can easily combine a crushing tactic
after throwing a web hand shot.

Here I stand in the Jack Benny stance
before delivering my web hand strike to my
opponents throat. The web hand strike is
best delivered from a passive or natural
stance.
The web hand strikes shoots out in a non

telegraphic linear motion much like the jab or
lead palm strike. From here, it is brought back
fast into the original starting position, or can be
used for follow up crushing techniques should
that kind of force be justified.
When practicing any non-telegraphic strike do it

in front of a mirror or video camera to make sure
you are doing it correctly.

The lead palm strike has the same body mechanics as the jab. It is a linear punch thrown with the lead
hand. To perform the lead palm strike twist your lead hip and shoulder slightly while delivering the strike in a
straight out-straight back motion in a snapping fashion. Make sure your shoulder is protecting your jaw from
a counter punch. Its as if you are looking down the barrel of a rifle. Return your hand immediately to the
starting position as fast as possible. Common mistakes are chicken winging your elbow as you throw the
shot and also dropping your arm upon impact before bringing it back to your face. A great target for the lead
palm strike is anywhere on the head, especially the jaw.

The rear palm has the exact same body mechanics as the cross, but has the potential to become your MOST
POWERFUL linear strike due to the huge surface area coverage. The rear palm strike is a linear blow
always thrown with the rear hand. Be sure to twist your hips and your rear knee so you come up on the ball
of your foot. You must shift your weight youre your rear foot to your lead leg as you throw the strike. Using
body mechanics in this way can generate maximum force. Avoid hyper extending your elbow, exposing your
chin, or over reaching with your body when throwing the cross.

This blow can be delivered from either the lead or rear hands. If thrown from the lead hand, be sure to torque
your hips and lead foot to get maximum power while driving your knee forward as well. If thrown from the
rear, perform the same body mechanics as the rear palm strike. To perform either palm hook correctly, raise
your elbow so your arm is parallel to the ground and bend your arm so that it is 90 degrees. Torque your
body rather than throwing your arm. Make sure your fist is horizontal and not vertical as you could injure
yourself easier that way without your boxing gloves. Your body and arm should move as a whole unit as you
throw the palm hook. Keep your arm bent when throwing a hook punch. Never extend it more than 90
degrees. The arc is a little wider with this strike. Be careful of counter punches.

The double palm strike is an extremely powerful blow
delivered to the opponents face with both hands
simultaneously.
This strike is extremely effective as it whips back your

assailants head while at the same time disrupting his vision
so you can follow up with further close quarter strikes
easily.
The double palm strike is best delivered from one of the

natural stances within this book. The passive stance or the
rubbing hands stance works the best as your hands are
already within close proximity to one another and also
within close proximity of your opponents jaw.

Your fingers and grip are used for jabbing, crushing the throat, gouging and clawing, pulling, tearing
and breaking bones/limbs. It sounds brutal and it is. Developing crushing strength in your grip is
crucial to the combatives practitioner. If your grip is strong, you will be able to keep a hold of your
opponent, stop him from using a weapon easier, accessing and utilizing your own weapon easier as
well as increasing the structural support of your hands so they are not easily damaged in a fight. To
strengthen your grip, you can do a variety of things such as pullups while holding onto towels,
squeezing a tennis ball or foam roller, using grippers, bending nails, ripping phone books, etc. I will
eventually be doing another e-book on combative grip strength in the future. The stronger your
hands are the more formidable you will be in combat. Work your hand strength at least 3 days a
week.
In the above pics, I demonstrate a very simple drill to improve your overall finger strength. Simply
get a slightly deflated basketball and squeeze and gouge your fingers and thumbs into it. You can
combine other crushing, striking and footwork skills with this idea. More on that in the drills section.

This technique is thrown in the exact
same fashion as any other linear shot
except that your fingers are open. It is
designed to be a non-telegraphic strike
executed with your lead arm. The target
for this strike is your opponents eyes
which can cause temporary blindness
and shock. It is not a fight stopper
necessarily, but it will give you those
few seconds you need to gain
advantage. Make sure you develop the
accuracy of this blow.

The fingers can also be used to crush the throat. Simply form a C grip with your thumb and fingers
around your opponents trachea and squeeze. Fingers can be used to gouge eyes, rake across the
face like a claw, and bend and break your opponents fingers.
Crushing techniques can be employed while in the grappling or clinch rage. Crushing your
opponents throat is no easy task, however, as it requires serious willpower and the correct mindset
coupled with exact digit placement of your hands combined with vicious determination to overcome
your adversary.
Raking the eyes is an extremely effective tactic in the clinch and grappling ranges. The eyes are
extremely sensitive and impossible to defend without flinching. The eyes can be raked with your
fingers in a claw formation from a variety of angles.
The eye gouge is probably the most devastating technique you can apply to someone. It can cause
permanent blindness and must only be used if you are fighting for your life. The eye gouge is a
wonderful tool to apply, however, as it can be applied passively with little to no force which will still
get your opponent to flinch, or in a full out nuclear action that will debilitate your opponent. Any one
of your fingers can gouge an eye if your hands are strong, but your thumbs will work best.
Here, I am demonstrating a gouging/clawing action

from a dominant grappling position.

Forearms are fantastic for either striking, or for putting pressure on someones facial structure. The
inner edge of the forearm is great for crushing your opponents face in general and the outer edge is
great for delivering extremely powerful blows that both stun the attacker and can also cause a flash
knockout if delivered to the carotid area on either side of the neck. In addition to these advantages,
if used to strike the face the forearm will impede your attackers vision while striking the nose, eye
sockets and jaw all at once. The Radius and Ulna bones are also large and dense in structure, so
the risk of injury is relatively low when using them to strike your opponent.
The forearm strike is delivered with the outside of the arm in a very forceful manner. To deliver a forearm
shot simply shoot your arm out at an angle greater than 90 degrees while twisting your lead shoulder, hip and
foot into the blow much like a lead palm strike or jab. Continue the blow with a kind of pushing energy when
you hit your target. Follow up with various strikes.

Developing forearm crushing power is extremely important.
This will keep your opponent close, as well as assist in
crushing muscle tissue (calves, ankles, biceps the throat, etc.)
and facial structures such as the nose and eye socket. You
can once again use your basketball as a tool to do this. No
fancy equipment required!
The forearm is a great tool to use for
striking in the grappling range also. In the
pic above, I use the forearm to strike then
add greater pressure in order to pin my
opponents skull to the pavement which will
open him up for further striking, or give me
a chance to dismount.

Forearms are also great for defending against takedowns. As your opponent comes in for the tackle, place
your lead hand in an outside 90 degree position on their neck (check Tony Blauer for more info) while using
your tactile sensitivity to move with your opponent to avoid the takedown. This move works great when
combined with the sprawl which I will cover in the ground fighting section.

Horizontal elbow
Elbows are great to strike with purely on the basis that it is a very solid and sharp bone to use. It
can cause concussive effects and can cut skin easily. Your elbows can attack either soft or hard tis-
sue with little cause to worry about injury and can be delivered by both limbs to either side of your
opponents jaw, from under his field of vision similar to an uppercut, or in an overhead horizontal at-
tack that can be used to absolutely destroy your opponents nose. The elbow should be practiced
full power and speed in shadow boxing and also on pads and bags. To maximize the damage of
your elbow strike, be sure to make contact with the point of your elbow. Never hit a partner full pow-
er with elbows or with anything unless you dont want a partner to train with any longer. Save the
heavy hitting for the equipment.
Horizontal elbows can be thrown with either arm and are a great tool to use from the clinch range, or from a
passive/natural stance where your opponent is within range of the elbow shot. To throw the horizontal elbow,
simply use the same mechanics as the hook. The elbow is essentially the same shot, but without using the
fist to strike.
The horizontal elbow works best if you grab a hold of your opponent and hit him repeatedly with the opposite
arm. When training the blow shots on the bag or in shadow boxing be sure to cover your face and jaw with
the opposite arm, shoulder and forearm like in the pic above. This will create good defensive habits.

THE HORIZONTAL ELBOW
The diagonal elbow shot can be a
surprising blow to use against your
opponent. This is not a commonly
used technique in the street. To
perform the horizontal elbow, you will
need to bring your elbow and shoulder
back into almost a chicken wing
position, but on a 45 degree angle.
From there perform a chopping
motion and have the elbow travel on a
diagonal motion over your shoulder,
with the elbow shot finishing on front of
your face. Be sure to twist your rear
foot and hip as you did so with the
cross and rear palm strike.
The diagonal elbow can be even more

effective if a grab is used in conjunction just
like I mentioned with the other elbows. You
would simply grasp your opponent behind
the neck or by the clothing with the opposite
arm and smash the diagonal elbow into his
nose, eye socket, or any other facial target
that can be injured easily.
Elbow shots can cause cutting easily. Be

aware that your opponent will most likely
bleed all over you if you are in the clinch
range and you cut him with this strike.

THE VERTICAL ELBOW
The vertical elbow strike is yet another angle you from which you can utilize this wonderful combative tool.
This angle is ideal to throw coming up from underneath your opponents line of sight so he does not see it
coming. Remember that the shot you dont see is the one that knocks you out.
To throw the front vertical elbow lift your arm up and let your hand slide back towards your ear as the point of
your elbow comes directly in front of your face. Make sure you twist your hip slightly when throwing this shot.
Make sure your other hand is covering your face in case of any counter shot
To throw the rear vertical elbow, do the same arm movement as you did with the front vertical elbow, but this
time, employ more body mechanics and twist with your rear foot and hip to get maximum power into the shot.
Make sure your other hand covers your face to avoid a counter punch.
This blow may be one of your weaker strikes and that is normal due to the lesser degree of body mechanics,
but it is still a valuable weapon to employ in the clinch range.

This simple move can potentially double your power in ALL hand strikes if done correctly. Opening up your
hips in this fashion makes your linear and circular blows much more effective.
TO PERFORM THE POWER STEP:
1.) Lift your front foot up SLIGHTLY and step off line to widen your stance
2.) Make sure your front toe does not land facing away from your attacker. It needs to be pointing at the
target you are striking or you will lose all your power.
3.) Violently twist your hips and bend your knees while lowering your center of gravity into the ground.
4.) Throw your shot using the power from the drop step, your hips and your feet to get HUGE power.
I have been performing this move for some time and have never seen it taught anywhere before. Im not
saying I made it up, but it works SO WELL I had to include it in this book. Make sure you work this on a
heavy bag or Thai pads.

Your legs have many weapons that can be used on your opponent. Knees, shins and your feet all
have their place.
With regards to knees, you will want to be sure to ONLY throw a full power knee strike if you have
sufficient grounding. If you do not have good grounding that means you are semi-off balance and
could end up on the ground. Ending up on the ground is not fatal by any means if you know what
youre doing and how to recover, but it does not help your chances. Especially if a weapon or
multiple opponents are involved. Youll get stomped out, or stabbed in the back.
Throw short knee strikes that do not cause your foot to leave the ground more than a couple inches.
These strikes are not fight finishers, but they will be enough to disrupt your opponents balance in
order to open up other striking opportunities. Once your opponent has been dazed and the big
powerful knee strike can be used then go for it.
Your shins can be used when kicking a downed opponent on the ribs or head. Make sure you do
not kick with the top of your foot unless you are wearing sturdy boots. The top of your foot has
many small bones that can be broken easily. Your shin can also be used for pinning purposes such
as pinning any one of your opponents limbs of it is holding a weapon, or pinning their head to the
pavement in order to finish the fight.
Your feet are probably the most important lower body tool of all. They will allow you to develop the
footwork you need in order to move with your opponent in a superior way without losing your
balance. You can also use the edge of your foot for scraping and kicking your opponents shins and
your foot heel can be used for stomping.
Be warned that techniques such as stomping and kicking a downed opponent can easily result in
death and must be justified in their use. Despite what you may WANT to do to your attacker the law
will not see it the same way you do should you get caught during the altercation, or if witnesses call
the police.

The short knee strike is a great way of disrupting
your opponents balance in the clinch range. If
your opponent is covering up while your are
attacking his face, throw this shot to take his mind
off of what youre doing up top. Mix it up for him.
If you throw a good short knee strike, his body will
automatically try to regain balance and that will
open up more opportunities for striking his
primary targets.
This knee strike is also non-telegraphic in that there is no recoil, simply twist your lead foot and knee
vigorously into his knee or leg while utilizing a pulling action by gripping onto his hair, neck or clothes.
Since this is such a short shot and there is no recoil, your opponent should not be able to defend this blow.
Make sure your foot does not leave the ground, or if it does leave the ground, make sure the distance is
minimal. There is a lot of energy in the clinch range and you dont want him to catch your leg, or lose your
balance.
The long knee strike should only be used if
you have hurt your opponent enough that
he isnt struggling as much. This knee
strike is thrown with the rear leg and hits
your opponent with the front of the knee.
A common mistake is to hit with the upper

thigh. Make sure you point your toe
downwards to assist in the knee point
protruding outwards and slam it into your
targets inner thigh, groin, or his head if it is
low enough. Do not throw a high line knee
strike in a street fight. Its just not optimal.
As with the short knee shot, apply a grab

and pulling motion with the long knee shot
as well.

The scrape kick is another tool utilized within
the clinch range. It starts by grabbing your
opponent and using that pulling method while
simultaneously striking like you did with the
knee strikes.
This kick hits your opponents front shin with the

instep of your lead foot HARD and then scrapes
down their shin. If youre wearing tough
footwear or steel toed boots then all the better.
Picture scraping off your opponents skin on his

shin. Thats the kind of power you want to
develop with this kick.
After landing your scrape kick and

scraping downwards on your
opponents shin, it is good to end with a
foot stomp if possible. This foot stomp
could break the small bones in the feet
and at the same time immobilize them
or get them off balance.
Practice this kick on your punching

bag, or against a padded tree or post.
If you have a training partner, work the
clinch range throwing this technique
lightly against each other while wearing
shin pads and foot protectors.

Lastly there is the stomp. Stomping a downed opponent is downright brutal and should only be used as a last
resort. When you stomp make sure you are using your heal and not the flat of your foot.
Many people think only stomping the head and body are effective when in fact stomping hands, forearms,
calves, ankles, feet and fingers can be even more effective and you will not be causing severe damage to
their skull this way.
Practice stomping your heavy bag. I dont recommend practicing stomping on anything else unless its some
pads attached to the floor.
You probably noticed there were no flying side kicks in this section. Cool, right? That stuff will get your ass
kicked. Forget it.

Always hit first when possible.
Breath out with each strike. Holding your breath will make you tired very fast. It will also make
your strikes slow and weak.
Do not tighten your fist, arm, heal of palm, or fingers until the moment of impact
If you only have time to train one upper body strike then work on the REAR PALM STRIKE.
If you only have time to work one lower body strike then work the SHORT KNEE.
Repetition leads to mastery.
Developing impact in every strike combined with the power step is critical to your skillset.
Acquire the ability to throw any strike from any stance, range or position.
Never neglect the five principles of physical retaliation.
The stronger your hands are the more deadly your strikes become.
Never punch an adversary in the skull with a closed fist. Hands break easily.
Power is a by-product of speed, explosiveness and proper breathing
Make sure your strikes have a snap-like quality to them.
The head houses the central nervous system. Shut it down, and you shut the body down.
Find your five favourite primary strikes and work them in all ranges from all stances more often
than your secondary ones.
Always combine footwork and body mechanics with strikes. Never should you throw your
strikes just using the power of your arms.
Striking requires proper distance, grounding and torque to be 100% effective. If one of these
are compromised, your strikes will be as well. Gouging, ripping, raking, tearing, and biting do
not and they can be easily used in conjunction with one another while street grappling, being
taken down, or off balance in the clinch.
Street fights often go to the ground because the combatants do not know what they are doing
on their feet.
Grappling is a tough and wonderful sport and I have trained with many EXCELLENT grapplers. The
kind that can twist you into knots at will and share a ton of knowledge with you during sparring
sessions, but lets face it. This isnt the mat. There are grappling principles you should know to win
a street fight, but you do not have to know hundreds of them.
With that said, you MUST know how to ground fight in a self defense situation. If your opponent is
very determined to take you down and he is also bigger than you there is a good chance he will
succeed. Getting comfortable working in this range is paramount to your street survival skills. If you
panic while grappling with someone, youre as good as dead.
There are many reasons why grappling in a street fight is dangerous, but the most prominent ones
are concealed weapons and multiple opponents. If youve been mounted and your opponent is
hitting you be aware his friends could step in and join the fun. If you have mounted your opponent,
his friends can still step in and join the fun by kicking in your face. With regards to concealed
weapons, fighting a guy who has mounted you and is trying to stab you is a nightmare. Train these
scenarios often during your combative workouts.
When working your street grappling skills you will need to practice on cement or a hard floor once in
a while just to get a feel for how uncomfortable it is. Your focus while drilling this skillset should be
on standing up and getting out of there. Get back to your feet ASAP. If your opponent is still trying
to make it to his feet then apply whatever combative tool in your arsenal is required to do the job and
take him out.
Use unorthodox escape techniques. Break his fingers, smash his groin, bite his stomach if he is on
top of you, etc. If you combine these with your takedown defense and escape practice sessions
then you will have prepared yourself for a street grappling situation.

The first position we will look at is the scarf hold. You can practice this on a bag or basketball if you do
not have a punching bag, or training dummy.
The scarf hold is one of many dominant positions of control. These positions provide you with more
chances to utilize your strikes, mobility, switching form one position to another and the ability to get up
easily. When grappling, be sure to keep your head and chin ducked. If your head is up it is a target. If
your head is down, you are able to apply biting and crushing techniques with the crown of your skull into
your opponents face.
This position will have your body against his ribs and one of your arms underneath his neck. The other
arm will grasp your opposite hand or grab his arm that is sticking out and place it against your ribs. From
here there are many strikes you can employ.
Also notice my grip. Never interlace your fingers when grappling as they could break if you roll or fall
while they are in that position.
With the scarf hold be sure to spread your feet apart. This will increase your stability in case your
opponent tries to sit up, or roll you over in a reversal type manner.

Here we have the side mount. Your left arm should be under your opponents neck and your other arm
should grasp your hand in the same manner as you did in the scarf hold. Your left leg should be tight into
your opponents armpit and your other leg can either be tight against his hip, or straight out, but with your right
hip angled towards the ground which will prevent him from having room to escape.
Once again, keep your head down to avoid strikes. With grappling, you want to take up space. Give your
opponent as little room to move as possible while maintaining your own mobility.

In the pictures above, you see me apply some of my combative tools in the side mount position. First, I throw
a left elbow to the face then lean to my right hip to prevent him front escaping as I cock my left leg back and
throw a vicious knee to the side of his head.
Practice employing ALL of your combative tools from each position where possible.

This position is called North-South. Your head will be positioned in your opponents chest/stomach area and
your legs will be out straight. Make sure you stay on the balls of your feet to provide maximum mobility and
stability. Keep your head tucked into his chest so you do not receive any nasty blows to your face.
In the pictures above, you see me apply an elbow strike and also a knuckle grind maneuver into my
opponents ribs. Knuckles are great to grind into ribs, eye sockets the neck, ears the inner thigh and the
groin. It is extremely painful if done correctly. Practice grinding maneuvers in all grappling positions.
If you are ever in this position, you could also throw a knee to the top of his skull and stand up relatively
quickly since his legs are not in danger of entangling you.

Here we have the full mount position. This is the most dominant position in ground fighting and you can
deliver tremendous power shots from this position as well.
To perform the full mount, mount your opponent with your knees on either side of his ribs squeezing inwards
to provide stability. Place your knees as far up into his armpits if you can to further prevent him from
defending your attacks. Pin his arms with your knees if the opportunity presents itself.
Always be ready to spring of from the full mount if bystanders or his friends decide to come to your
adversary's aid.

The knee mount position is the best mounted position for a street fight as it grants you access to
various strikes easily yet it allows you to get up very quickly due to you still having one leg fairly
straight with a foot on the ground.
To perform the knee mount place your knee onto your opponents lower ribs on the side of his body
and apply ALL your weight. This will cause pain in of itself. While applying pressure with your knee,
strike your opponent with powerful shots and then get up off the ground to a more tactical standing
position where you can observe your surroundings.

The mount reversal is used to reverse someone who has applied the full mount on you.
To reverse this position start from a prone position with your hands up
Move your legs in close to your butt
Thrust up with your legs and hips in a bucking fashion. This action must be done quickly and explosively. It
may take multiple bucks to have your opponent fall forward and loosen up his position.

Wrap your arms around your opponents body and clasp your hands. One of your feet should go on the
outside of the foot of whatever direction you are going to roll your opponent. This will prevent him from posting
with that leg and countering your reversal.
Thrust your hips up and diagonally while using your shoulder and neck to assist with leverage. Violently twist
your arms to throw your opponent.
End with you on top of your opponent without exposing your face. The mount reversal is harder than it looks.
PRACTICE!
If you have a punching bag it is a good idea to add weight to your mount reversal. This will get you used to
dealing with more resistance when being attacked from the full mount. If you practice with weight in top of
you, you will also increase the explosiveness of your hips during the buck and roll technique.
Dont forget that something as simple as a basketball can be used to perform your various grappling positions
and working your combative tools within the street grappling framework

The sprawl is a defensive move
against a takedown. Your
adversary will drop levels and
shoot in to grab either one of your
legs, or both and drive you to the
ground. To prevent this drop from
a standing position and kick your
legs out back into a wide stance.
Stay on the balls of your feet and
immediately move to either the left
or right if possible in order to stuff
the takedown attempt.
The tactical get-up is used if you are knocked to the ground, or you fall and your opponent is circling you.
Keep one hand back and one hand out to ward off kicking attacks while pivoting left and right using your back
foot and back hand to track your opponent. When the time is right shift your weight to your rear hand and
bring your foot in so that it is under your center of gravity as much as possible. From here thrust up hard with
your leg and get back into the fight. You should also throw kicks towards your opponents shins while in this
position if he gets close enough to you.

In some cases the size and strength of your opponent will nullify your submission or escape
techniques. This will require you to practice thinking outside the box during your training.
When practicing street grappling constantly scan your environment. You never know when
your opponents friends, or even bystanders who want a piece of the action will jump in to join
the fun.
Remember to forget submissions in a street fight as you must have exactly the correct position
for them to work effectively and in the chaos of violence these can be difficult to perform
compared to just simply gouging, hitting and breaking your opponents fingers.
Your opponents frenetic movements can also make it very difficult to perform submission
techniques and restraint holds.
Practice street grappling with all kinds of weapons. Bludgeons, knives, guns and improvised
weapons.
Be sure to not make sprawling low enough that your knees hit the floor. That might be ok on a
padded floor, or when your wearing knee pads, but on the street...OUCH!
Get up from the ground ASAP. Your mobility is severely limited and your vision could be as
well if you are tied up with your opponent
Environmental dangers such as curbs, heavy traffic, gravel and sharp rocks, etc. can be either
a hazard or a benefit. If you can find a rock to hit your opponent with then do it. If you can
slam his head into the curb or into the street then do so!
Practice blindfolded to obtain increased tactical sensitivity and fight with an arm on a sling to
experience what its like to lose use of one of your limbs.
If your opponent is a more skilled grappler than you then the chances are that he will use
grappling techniques specifically. Dont grapple the grappler. Tear him apart with your own
way of ground fighting utilizing all of your tools, tenacity, viciousness, concealed and
improvised weapons.
Dont do it unless you have to!

A fighter with no footwork is essentially an object that will be used as target practice for their
adversary. Safe and effective footwork requires quick grounded steps on the balls of your feet. A
big no no when practicing footwork is to cross your feet, or have to narrow a gap in between them.
This can cause balance and mobility issues. Always have your feet an equal distance apart.
Do not hop around or practice flashy footwork techniques. Hopping on your feet destroys your
grounding and torque which your striking needs to be effective and all that flashy footwork crap is a
waste of time. You will only look good until you get knocked on your ass, or you trip over your own
feet. Focus on the basics. Basics are king!
When you are working ANY stand up drill always incorporate footwork. Practice footwork by itself
as well. You can never work your footwork enough. It enables you to attack and defend more
effectively.
Good footwork will get you inside your opponents reach, blast forward from a natural or passive
stance, establish jaw breaking power in your shots, keep you grounded for maximum torque when
attacking with strikes, make you elusive and hard to hit, defend takedowns more effectively, improve
balance, speed and explosiveness and be able to maintain a dominant position.
The footwork on the following pages will be all you ever need to know. It is taken from the boxing
framework and shows the four directions. Forward, backward, left and right. It doesnt sound like
much, but without developing this super important skillset, you wont amount to much either.

Moving forward
When moving forward push off your back foot

and take a step with your front foot. Bring
your rear foot up an equal distance to
establish a proper stance.

Moving backwards
When moving backwards explode and
push off your front foot, step back with
your rear foot and bring your front foot
back an equal distance to obtain an
optimal fighting stance.

Moving right
When stepping right push and explode off
your left foot. Step sideways with your
right foot and bring your left foot over to
establish a proper distance between your
feet. Remember that without a proper
distance in between your feet, you
compromise your balance, power, speed,
torque and the distance to your target.

Moving left
When stepping left push off the ball of your
right foot, step sideways with your left foot
and bring your right foot sideways to make up
the gap and establish proper distance
between your feet.

While the best defense may be a strong offense the attacker will also be trying to hit you, or he may
get off his pre-emptive strike before you do. When this happens, you need to be ready.
The human body has a hardwired flinch response that is utilized as an automatic defense
mechanism. In fact, all species have this. The flinch response is a wonderful tool to build off of since
your body will respond by bringing up your hands and ducking your head automatically. These two
crucial elements are designed to protect the brain and central nervous system.
Since the human body is going to respond to an ambush attack, or surprise attack by flinching, you
must train in this manner to create mental blueprints that will hardwire your nervous system to
respond from various flinch-type positions.
It is useless to spend hours and hours working various karate blocks against pre-arranged attacks.
First of all in real life, you dont know what your attacker is going to come at you with and second,
you cant override your flinch. It has been ingrained in us for generations upon generations.
What you can do, however, is make the flinch response into something more combative. If you
create a combative response that has flinch-like qualities ingrained with it then the chances of that
move coming out in training and in a real life situation are much greater than having those karate
blocks work out for you.
With that said the flinch response can even override your COMBATIVE response. You need to
practice from the natural flinch as well if you wish to become proficient in defending attacks.
Remember that both the flinch and your default response have only a few purposes. They should
prevent you from getting knocked down, knocked out and enable you to engage your adversary. If
your combative default response does not do any one of these three things then you need to ditch it
and work on something that DOES have those qualities. The following pages will demonstrate the
natural flinch position and a few default cover responses.

Here I demonstrate two variations of how a
flinch response can look. My hands come up,
my head ducks and I recoil in a defensive
manner.
The picture of the crowd is one you may have

seen before as its been floating around the
internet for some time now. You can see how
everyone in that picture is flinching in their own
respective ways.
If you flinch like the guy in the second row from

the bottom that is cowering and ducking his
head, try to ingrain a different kind of flinch if you
can. If you cant, you cant, but that is most
definitely not an optimal position to be in.
To find out how you flinch, stand in a passive

stance and get a partner to throw sucker
punches at you at random. Make sure you wear
proper protective gear to avoid injury.

I like this default response very much because it completely covers all sides of your head and neck from any
angle of attack. It includes a stiff arm jam kind of shot that hits your adversary in the face and when
combined with explosiveness and forward drive, you have a great pre-emptive tool as well.
Remember that this position occurs in a moment of time that lasts a fraction of a second. Do NOT stay in
this position after engaging the bad guy. After you engage, you should be causing vicious harm to him using
your other tools.
To perform this default response, you must do the following simultaneously for maximum effectiveness and
efficiency:
1.) Shoot out your left palm into a straight arm jam
2.) Grab the back of your neck with your right hand and duck your chin into your chest
3.) Explode into your target using your back foot and lower your center of gravity to make yourself more
stable

Heres a closer look at my favoured default response.
You may notice that when looking at the bottom pic a
small portion of my face is exposed and could be
open to being attacked by an uppercut.
An uppercut is a close quarter technique and 99.9%

of the time will not be thrown as a pre-emptive shot,
so dont worry about it unless you plan to stand in this
position for the whole fight, which would not be a good
idea AT ALL. Remember to break away from this
position AS SOON AS YOU ENGAGE YOUR
OPPONENT!

Here are two more examples of a default cover where the arms come up to protect the head and you crash
into your opponent with the points of your elbows. While this one is still effective, I prefer the former response
as with this one, your arms could potentially get tied up and your vision is further impaired due to both of your
arms being bent and covering your eyes. Try them both out. They both have their uses. Even feel free to
come up with your own! Remember to ALWAYS apply forward drive!

I wanted to throw these in along with the other defensive tactics because working your boxing is
important to develop attributes such as speed, power, elusiveness and conditioning to name but a
few. Remember that these responses should only be done when working your boxing whether that
be shadow boxing hitting the bag, hitting pads, or working with a partner.
To perform the jab catch simply place your REAR glove in front of your face and apply counter
pressure to your opponents jab attack. As soon has you catch his jab fire a jab back along with
follow up shots to keep him on the defense. Make sure you have a steady stance and your footwork
is good to avoid slipping, falling, or tripping.

To defend the cross move your lead hand against your head backwards towards your ear exposing the point
of your elbow. The idea here is that your opponents cross will hit your elbow joint allowing you to absorb the
impact. Make sure you are covering at least half of your face when performing this move or you will be hit.
This block needs to be done vigorously. Its almost as if youre throwing a vertical elbow shot at his fist. Do
not over throw, however, as your balance, defense and offense will be compromised. As always keep your
other hand up ready to counter or defend.

RIGHT HOOK BLOCK LEFT HOOK BLOCK
When blocking a hook punch use your left arm to block a right hook and your right arm to block a left
hook. The mechanics of the hook block are similar to defending the cross.
Bring whichever arm you are defending with back along side your head so your arm forms a triangle.
Your arm, glove and body will absorb the shock of the blow and if your footwork and stance are
good, your legs will as well.
These blocks must be done quick and should be small in movement. Since your hands should
already be high and guarding your head bringing your hand back to defend a hook should not have
your arm moving much. Remember that economy of motion dictates the smallest move possible to
get the job done.
The mechanics of the right or left hook blocks are the same as each other. Make sure you keep
your other hand up ready to defend further incoming shots, or to counter attack.

Defending an uppercut can be done with either hand no matter what hand your opponent throws his
upper cut with. When using this block be sure to apply counter pressure to your opponents
uppercut. You cant just simply place your glove on the way and expect to defend his shot. If you
do this, his uppercut will most likely go right through your defense and youll smash your own fist into
your own jaw.
Along with the counter pressure make sure you stick the blocking hand to your other arm that is
defending your head. This will make your defense more powerful and more efficient. As with all of
these blocks that I have mentioned keep your chin down, opposite hand up in a ready position and
be able to move and counter punch at will.
Always incorporate these blocks and defensive maneuvers when shadow boxing!

In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make
your everyday stance your combat stance.
- Miyamoto Musashi, The Book Of Five Rings
If you wish to be a skilled combatives practitioner then you will need to become a master at the
various stances used in street combat. Stances are crucial to practice in combat because they
minimize target exposure, enhance balance, defense, offense and mobility and they increase your
striking power as well.
Whenever possible, you should at first assume a strategic, non-aggressive stance also known as a
natural stance. From these natural stances, you will be able to use all of your physical tools without
alerting to your opponent what youre about to do which will ALWAYS play a material role in coming
out on top during a self defense scenario.
The best way to go about practicing from a natural stance is to pay attention to how you stand in real
life. Do you stand with your hands in your pockets, or at your sides? Do you stand with your arms
folded, or in the Jack Benny stance? Figuring this out will once again allow you to train and enhance
what your own body does naturally.
The fighting stance has many uses as well, so you need to work your tools from this position also. It
is important to be able to deliver your attacks and practice your footwork while in this stance. This is
a stance you would use in sparring, or if it was called for in the street at any point during the fight.
Finally, be sure to realize you may need to deliver an attack without ANY form of a stance being
taken, so always be ready to employ your tools from whatever position you find yourself in.

The natural stance is used when you are approached by an
individual who may at first seem non-threatening. It is a way
to keep a barrier between you and the individual while at the
same time hiding the fact that you are ready to attack or
defend if need be.
To perform any natural stance, place your feet shoulder

width apart with your rear leg coming just slightly up on the
ball of your foot. Keep both of your hands in front of you in a
natural position, but move them slightly as well to mask
telegraphic movement if you are required to hit the individual
if he gets aggressive (scratching your wrist, arm, head, rub
your hands together, etc.). Try to stay as relaxed as
possible and remember that body language must be
congruous to your speech. You can't appear relaxed if
youre yelling back at the guy.

To the left I employ another natural stance known
as the Jack Benny. It has also been referred to as
the thinking stance.
Remember to gesture with the hand that is placed

on your chin as you talk to your potential
adversary. Scratch your elbow, etc. Just keep
your hands moving.
Some great strikes to utilize from this position are

the lead back fist, lead forearm smash, or lead
finger jab to the eyes.
To the right, I assume a third natural stance

where I have my arms crossed. Notice,
however, that I do not interlock my arms as
that can stop me from defending or striking
quickly if need be.
Instead, you should just simply place one arm

over the other without any tension. This will
allow you to remain lose and if you need to
act, you can do so without getting tied up by
your own arms.
A great strike to use from this position is the

non-telegraphic head butt if you are within
range, or the lead finger jab to the eyes.

The passive stance is used when de-escalating a potential violent confrontation. This stance is designed to
signal that you do not want to fight and you are willing to communicate with your attacker. In reality this could
either be true or not true depending on your mindset and decisions in the moment. This stance also hides the
fact that you are ready to attack with extreme prejudice if need be while at the same time, your hands remain
in a position where they can be used to defend the vulnerable targets of your upper body such as the throat,
eyes and organs.
To assume the passive stance blade your body slightly from your adversary and keep both feet shoulder
width apart. Come up on the ball of your rear foot slightly. Your weight should be evenly distributed on both
feet as well. Your hands should cover your centerline and your palms must be shown to the adversary.
Remember to keep your body relaxed as possible and try to avoid tensing your shoulders and neck. This will
be difficult at first due to the stress of the situation, but through proper training it will be diminished.

The Fighting Stance
The fighting stance is an aggressive posture that facilities maximum use of your offensive and defensive
techniques. When assuming the fighting stance place your left food forward with your right side back. Next,
you must blade your body slightly from your opponent, but not too much or else you will lose some practicality
of this stance as your rear hand will be too far from your opponent and you will telegraph when you strike.
Maintain a 50-50 weight distribution between your feet and come up on the ball of your back foot more so
than your front foot. Keep both of your hands up close to your face with your elbows in. You should just be
able to see over your lead hand ever so slightly. Your rear hand should be almost touching your cheek.
When in the fighting stance make sure you keep as relaxed as possible. Do not clench your fists, shoulders,
or neck as this will lead to a loss of power and speed. It will also diminish the effects of your defensive skills.
Lastly, tuck your chin into your chest. This prevents your jaw from being exposed. A strong strike to your jaw
can knock you out, so protect it!

Develop a strong and powerful forward drive coupled with your default response.
Drop your level slightly as you crash into your opponent with the default cover.
The best defense is a good offense.
Practice working your natural stances in daily life when talking to friends, family, co-workers
and when interacting with strangers out in public.
Remember that you DO NOT want to stay in your default response after crashing into your
attacker. Immediately follow up with strikes.
You cant override the flinch. Practice it!
When working your flinch practice getting knocked back and clipped with strikes.
Exhale when defending blows to avoid gassing out while at the same time remaining calm,
clear headed and focused. Holding your breath can make you panic in a street fight.
Do not shut your eyes when defending strikes. This is a common mistake.
Distance creates opportunity for your opponent. Not you. Close the gap and take him out!
Practice recovering from worst case positions such as the full mount while your opponent is
trying to stab you.
Practice your defensive tools on your bag or striking pad.
Drill your footwork every training session.
Work on defending yourself with weapons. Even knowing a few movements with a knife or
stick will transfer over to improvised weapons. Remember that a weapon is only an extension
of the arm.
Do entire workouts where the bad guy gets the jump on you.
Make sure you visualize yourself defending against all kinds of bludgeons, knives, and guns.

Shadow fighting is a method of fighting visualized opponents with realistic movements, mindset and
intent. Your movements should include all of your gross motor strikes within this book and the fights
themselves should not last longer than 30 seconds.
Make your opponents as tough as you can. Give them weapons, friends and get struck and taken
down to the ground during your shadow fighting to allow yourself to blueprint responses from
compromised positions. Give yourself a restricted area to shadow fight within. Clutter the floor with
obstacles, pick up improvised weapons you have lying around nearby, etc. There are plenty of
options to make your shadow fighting unique, realistic, fun and a its a great workout when done at
full speed, full power. However, start at a slow/medium pace before moving fast.
This is THE KING of solo training drills for the street. It will keep you sharp, conditioned, fast,
powerful, mobile and alert.
SHADOW FIGHTING DRILLS:
Fight single opponents with no weapons.
Fight single opponents who are armed with bludgeons.
Fight single opponents who are armed with knives.
Fight multiple opponents up to 4 people.
Start compromised. Your opponent got the jump on you and made you startle/flinch, or get
tackled to the ground. Fight from whatever position you end up in.
Fight using CQC tools like short knees, eye rakes and gouges, elbows and head butts only.
Give your opponent a concealed weapon and jam his arm when he reaches for it.

Start from the ground and imagine your opponent above you. Follow his movements using the
tactical get-up method while kicking at his shins. Explode up from the ground and take him
out.
Imagine you both got knocked to the ground. Work your forearm jam technique to prevent him
from taking you back down to the ground and establish a dominant grappling position. Finish
him with strikes while observing your environment and stand up ASAP.
If you carry a knife then you need to buy a training knife similar to your carry knife and practice
drawing it when shadow fighting. If you drop it do not dive after it, or stop to pick it up. If you
have trouble opening it just use it as an impact tool against his skull a few times.
Pre-empt your attacker with various strikes from various natural stances.
Start from the passive stance before your fight. Create the verbal and body language of your
opponent. Talk out loud to him. Hit him with a variety of strikes from the passive stance to
blueprint your options in your body and mind.
Imagine you have a loved one with you and you need to defend them from your adversary.
Shadow fight in your car as if you are getting car jacked.
Shadow fight in familiar surroundings like your bedroom or kitchen to help prepare for a home
invasion.
Shadow fight when you get up to take a leak in the middle of the night to see how you perform
under the condition of being very tired and not aware. Dont freak out your roommates/spouse
if you have one!
Try it from a seated position in a chair. Practice exploding upwards with strikes.
Work your grappling reversals with someone mounted on you from the various positions.
Imagine them in full mount trying to stab you with a knife. Control their weapon hand and
strike, strike, STRIKE!
Shadow fight after you have done 50 squats and 50 pushups to get used to fighting with
muscular fatigue.

If you like to go out to the bar and get drunk have a few glasses of vodka and shadow fight
when you start feeling tipsy. Im not condoning alcoholism here. If this is something you do,
you need to practice your skillset when under the influence.
Get in front of a mirror and practice throwing strikes to develop good form and non-telegraphic
technique. Also pretend you are the bad guy and throw some sucker punches and other
attacks such as grabs and tackles. This will get you used to pre-contact cues you need to
watch out for if you are to be successful in a street fight.
Shadow boxing is a bit different than shadow fighting. With shadow boxing, you will be working your
tools from a more sportive framework and you will start in the fighting stance. Imagine an
opponent in front of you. Strike at him and defend his attacks. Defend his takedowns. Get the
clinch and use your elbows and knees.
SHADOW BOXING DRILLS:
Only use your left hand. Jab, jab, left hook. Jab, left uppercut, left hook. Double left hook.
Experiment with different combos.
Only use your right hand. Double cross. Right hook to body, right hook to head. Cross, rear
upper cut, rear hook. Try right hand combos and get a feel for what is most comfortable for
you.
Boxing blast to clinch. Throw five jab/cross combos while moving forward. Establish the clinch
and throw knees and elbows.
Elbows only. Work your elbow combos. Left horizontal, right horizontal, rear diagonal. Front
vertical elbow, right horizontal elbow, left horizontal elbow.
Jab only. Only throw your jab to the body and head.
Hooks only. Only throw left and right hooks. Remember to use both the body and head for
targets
Cross only. Only throw the cross to the body and head
Uppercuts only. Work from the inside throwing fast and powerful uppercuts from both hands
Defense. Shadow box your defense only. Catch jabs, block hooks and uppercuts. Work your
footwork to be more evasive
Footwork only. Move in your fighting stance and only work your footwork. Make up footwork
combos. Backwards and left, forwards and circle right. When circling, pivot on your front foot
and move your rear foot an equal distance.
Brawl and Sprawl. Throw fast and powerful combos then imagine your opponent going for a
takedown. Sprawl and move left or right. Stand up and continue.
Free Shadow Boxing. Combine all your techniques at once. Improvise combos.
Grab your training knife and shadow box with it in your hand.
These drills will focus on working your ripping, tearing, gouging, head butts and other close quarter
techniques. All you need is an inexpensive slightly deflated basketball and your imagination.
VISUALIZE IT!
SHRED THE BALL DRILLS:
Forearm crush. Grab the ball like I demonstrated in the pictures within this book. Work your
footwork as you switch back and forth between the left and right forearms to develop equal
crushing power on both sides.
Gouge and rake the ball. Move the ball over in your hands while holding it tight to your chest.
Squeeze the ball as hard as you can with your hands and rake across it as if you are raking
across somebodys face. Work your footwork as you do this.

Strike the ball. Hold the ball out with one hand and strike it with the other using palm strikes,
elbows, head butts and you can even grab the ball with both hands and deliver a knee into it.
Remember to practice holding and striking on both sides of your body.
Sprawl on the ball. Hold the ball at chest height and drop to the floor with the center of your
chest on top of the ball. Move around in a circular direction both left and right using your arms
and legs to simulate moving about in a sprawled position after defending a take down. Switch
to the scarf hold holding the ball against your ribs and move back into the sprawled position.
Strike and gouge the ball as you work your movements.
Mount reversal. Lie on your back and grab the ball with both hands. Do the mount reversal
and land with your chest on the ball. Move left or right in the sprawl position and stand up.
Repeat.
Combined Skills. Combine your crushing, gouging, sprawling and striking movements into a
unified drill where you are practicing everything at once.
Bag work, or pad work is vital to your training in order to develop impact and explosive power in your
strikes. If you do not have a bag, you could use a padded post or tree and to a lesser degree a rice
filled striking pad or a phone book wrapped in duck tape attached to a post or wall.
BAG WORK DRILLS:
Boxing. Work your shadow boxing drills like I mentioned above, but do them on the heavy bag
this time.
Combos from natural stances. Pick a stance, or no stance at all (hands by sides) and explode
into the bag with a variety of open handed strikes, elbows and your other tools
Combos from a passive stance. Work your pre-emptive shots from your passive stance as
well. Work as many ideas as you can think of. Never form memorized combos. Make them
spontaneous. Dont forget to perform the POWER STEP!

Palm strikes. Go a round on the bag with just palm strikes.
Clinch techniques. Put a sweater or shirt on the bag. Practice grabbing the shirt while pulling
yourself in to deliver more powerful head butts, elbows, scrape kicks and knees.
Short shots. Stand as close as possible to the bag and work short explosive power shots.
Working body shots in this manner is a great way to develop lots of power. Elbows and short
palm strikes can work as well. Use those short knees, too!
If you can detach your bag from the ceiling stand it up in front of you and practice throwing it to
the ground and working your stomping technique. If you have a striking pad. Place it on the
floor and work your footwork around the pad while throwing stomping shots in at random.
Practice in close with bag or pad working only your gouging, crushing and raking techniques to
develop strong combative muscle for CQC (close quarter combat).
Focus developing tons of power in your jab/cross combo, or lead palm/rear palm combo. This
will be one of your most common combos thrown in the street. If you can develop knockout
power behind these shots then all the better!
Cycling. Practice or lead palm, rear hammer fist combo. Repeat for 5 times then reset. Do
this for an entire round.
Stand in front of the bag and imagine a loved on being hurt with your eyes closed. When you
start to feel the energy within your body surge unleash on the bag or pad in a controlled
manner using your open hand techniques.
Practice crushing your bag or pad with your forearm as you did with the basketball.
Work your linear shots and circular shots separately. Dedicate rounds on the bag or pad to
outside fighting and working the inside.

When working any shadow fighting drill including your street grappling, you will need to provide an
imagined resistance. Remember not to let yourself just plow through your opponent without a fight.
Create that resistance within your mind and transfer it to your body movements. If done correctly it
should look like you are struggling for real.
STREET GRAPPLING DRILLS:
Get your basketball, heavy bag or striking pad and work your various grappling positions.
Practice transitioning from one to the other in a smooth and efficient manner. While doing this
be sure to look up and around to scan your environment.
Transitional striking. Work a maximum of five strikes in one grappling position before
transitioning to the next position. Make sure you apply the 5 principles and that you are aware
of your environment.
Start in one position and strike 5-10 times then get up immediately and shadow fight an
opponent coming in to join the fight. Get back down on the bag to a new position and repeat
until you can covered all the positions in this book. The strikes you throw are up to you.
Lie on your back and practice the mount reversal while imagining being struck form the bottom
position. Once you reverse the position, throw strikes at your imaginary opponent and stand
up ASAP. From here fight off multiple assailants coming at you.
Work your mount reversal. Land in the sprawl position and move left or right. Start over again
immediately to get as many mount reversal reps in as possible.
Put on your MMA or boxing gloves and work your ground and pound from each position for an
entire round.

Work only elbows for an entire ground and pound round.
Work only fisted blows for an entire ground and pound round.
Work only palm strikes for an entire ground and pound round.
Work only elbows for an entire ground and pound round.
Work only knees from the side mount and north south positions for an entire round.
From the side and scarf mount positions work only your CQC tools such as head butts, gouges
and short elbow shots.
Put your bag, pad, or basketball on the floor and stand above it. Sprawl so your chest is on the
center of the object and spin 180 degrees. Stand up and repeat.
Work your forearm jam from a tackle and move with imagined resistance to either the left or
right. End with a sprawl. This simulates defending a takedown more realistically from a
standing position.
Think outside the box when shadow grappling with your bag. Imagine an arm of your opponent
comes free. Break the fingers, slam a head butt into his stomach to get him to flinch and
combine it with a bite. If you dedicate a few rounds to out of the box techniques you will be
prepared for even the most seasoned criminal. Rip out his chest hair like Bruce Lee did to
Chuck Norris!. I dont care!
Now that you have a good foundation of drills to draw from experiment with your favourite ones and
add certain aspects of your own to make your training unique to your own abilities.

When putting your workouts together use the round system. Dedicate your workout to 6-8 skillsets
you want to work on and occasionally dedicate it to just one or two skillsets.
If you are a beginner, use 1 minute rounds with 1 minute rests in between rounds
If you are intermediate, use 3 minute rounds with 45 seconds rest in between rounds
If you are advanced, use 5 or 6 minute rounds with 30 seconds of rest in between rounds.
SAMPLE BEGINNER SAMPLE INTERMEDIATE SAMPLE ADVANCED
1 min shadow boxing 3 min shadow fighting 5 min shadow boxing

1 min shadow fighting 3 min ground and pound on bag 5 min shadow fighting
1 min shadow grappling 3 min grappling positions 5 min CQC bag work
1 min bag work 3 min shadow boxing 5 min shredding the ball
1 min shredding the ball 3 min bag work 5 min mount reversal and stand
up to fight other opponents
3 min pre-emptive shots from
passive stance 5 min shadow fighting multiple
1 minute rest between rounds.
opponents with weapons
3 min footwork with boxing
defense 5 min footwork with takedown
Repeat the workout five times. and boxing defense
5 min brawl and sprawl
45 seconds rest between rounds
5 min ground and pound
5 min shadow boxing with knife
Repeat the workout twice.
5 min shadow fighting while
drawing concealed folder
5 min slow boxing movements
30 seconds rest between

rounds
Do this workout only once.

It is entirely up to you how you want to form your workouts. Find the right amount of intensity and
round length that works best for your current combative and fitness levels. Form your own workouts
that suit your allotted time you have to dedicate as well. Remember that it is better to do a little bit
each day then miss four days and do a lot on the 5th day.
Also remember to avoid burnout. Training for combatives is very taxing on both the body and mind,
so you want to be sure you rest your body periodically every week. If you do not do this, you will
wear your body down and your performance will suffer as will your motivation to train. Some great
ways to avoid burnout are as follows:
Make sure your workouts are intense but enjoyable.
Stagger the intensity of your workouts.
Listen to your favourite music while you train.
When training, make sure you pace yourself.
Listen to your body. If its telling you to rest then rest.
Monitor your energy day to day.
Keep a training log to track your progress.
Eat well and get enough sleep.
I personally like training Monday to Friday and taking the weekends to rest. There are other options
such as 3 days on, one day off, or 4 days on, one day off. You could train every second day as well.
Its completely up to you how you stagger your workouts.

WORKOUT TIPS
If your time is limited then work only one or two skillsets per session.
It is better to do a little each day than a lot every once in a while.
Get a heart rate timer so you can be sure youre in the optimal heart rate range which is 78%-
85%. Fighting is an anaerobic activity. Make sure you are training in the zone.
Consult your physician before starting any workout program if you have health issues.
Dont push yourself too far too soon.
You MUST work your strength and core. Lift weights, do bodyweight training, use kettlebells,
get a TRX, or do all four. Combative training coupled with rock hard muscle will only make you
that much more formidable. DO IT!
Train at least three days per week.
Dont depend on training partners. Do your solo workouts even if you are getting together with
your friends later that day. Shit happens and people cancel, but at least you did YOUR part.
Eat a balanced diet of meats, fruits and vegetables. Ditch all your grains, dairy and decrease
your starches and carb intake if you are trying to lean out and lose fat.
Always stay hydrated before and during your workout. Drink only water. None of that
Gatorade shit.
Get enough sleep to allow your body efficient time to recover from training. Enough sleep
means 7-8 hours.
If there is only one exercise you have time for then spend that time shadow fighting. It can be
done anywhere with no equipment. If done at full speed and full power it is an excellent
anaerobic workout. Its great for travelling, too. It can be done in your hotel room, on the
beach, in a gym, etc. ANYWHERE!

I know the drills and techniques shown in this book will seem overwhelming at first, but this is the
ONLY way to train alone when preparing for real criminal violence. The more often you train the
faster it will sink in! If you have any questions at all about anything in this book, or anything
pertaining to fitness and combatives in general please do not hesitate in contacting me. I will answer
any and all questions.
Thank you so much for taking it upon yourself to buy this book and prepare yourself for an
eventuality that will hopefully never happen. However if it does and you have trained the contents of
this book properly, you will succeed!!
Sincerely,
Jeff Liboiron

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The Be Combative MethodSolo Training For the Lone Warrior 1

ADRENALINE AND FEAR

TARGET HARDENING AND AWARENESS

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL RETALIATION

OPEN HAND STRIKES

CRUSHING, GOUGING AND RAKING

THE POWER STEP

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THE TACTICAL GET-UP

STREET GRAPPLING TIPS

SHADOW FIGHTING DRILLS

SHADOW BOXING DRILLS

SHRED THE BALL DRILLS

BAG WORK DRILLS

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CONCLUSION AND CONTACT

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Increased breathing rate

Increased pain tolerance

Feeling weak in the arms and legs

Increased gross motor skills

Increased blood flow to vital organs

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Bad guys train, too. Be the person who DOES!

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2.) Never tell your opponent they are wrong

3.) Find out what they want

4.) Behavior must be congruous to body language

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I deliver the head butt directly

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The web hand strike formation is shown in the pic to the

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The web hand strikes shoots out in a non

When practicing any non-telegraphic strike do it

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This strike is extremely effective as it whips back your

The double palm strike is best delivered from one of the

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Here, I am demonstrating a gouging/clawing action

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