Hey Everyone,
Welcome to my new blog. Here we are going to look at Real World Self-Protection. Now, before we get started I'm going to tell you this: I'm not a "World Champion" in any type of combat sport. I'm not an MMA Fighter, a Boxer, a Wrestler, or a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Fighter. I'm also not an ex-Navy SEAL, Ranger, Green Beret or anything like that. I'm not even a 10th Dan Grandmaster of any particular art or system. So why should you listen to me? That's a great question.
I've been studying the martial arts and various combat systems since I was a kid, and I have over 30 years of study under my belt. I've trained with everyone from Olympians to World Class fighters to Ex-Military and Law Enforcement Officers. I've also trained with Bouncers and Prison Guards, Weekend Warriors an Gangbangers. I've studied in World renown Fight gyms and dojos, and I've studied in people backyards and basements. All to find out some of the truths about real world, shit hitting the fan combat.
I've also tested out what I've learned. When I was younger and dumber I found my way into a number of situations that I shouldn't have. I've been attacked by a punk with a knife, a pool cue stick, a hammer and a broken bottle. I've been jumped by two or three people at once. And, I've survived and thrived through the chaos that is real world assaults. As I've grown older and smarter, I haven't had to defend myself, but I've continued to search, study, learn, test and apply various methods, concepts and techniques to find out what really does work when (to paraphrase Gabe Suarez and Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny) real situations get real serious real fast.
Now, in this blog we're not going to look at things that will win you a sports contest. I'm not interested in what's currently being used in the UFC, in the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Mundials, at the ADCC Submission Wrestling Championships, in Boxing or anything like that. I'm only interested in what's going to work in the worst possible scenario.
For example: What do you do when you're startled awake in the middle of the nigh by a home invader and they notice that you've noticed them, so they pounce? Now you're stuck in your bed, wrapped up like a burrito in your blankets, and they're on top of you pounding away at your head with their fists.
Or, what if you're in an elevator and the person next two you is an ex-con that's learned from experience that it's much easier to shank someone in the guts with his blade, then take their valuables, rather than trying to intimidate them; and the next thing you know he's firing that blade into your stomach like a machine gun?
Or, what if you're walking out of the convenience store, across the parking lot to your car and there's a group of 7 or 8 teens with baseball bats. They're a little bored and they decide to make a YouTube video of them beating down and bashing in someone's skull because they know that it'll go viral and they're going to be "famous." So, they pick you and come at you swinging.
Or, what if you're sitting in your cubicle at work and a disgruntled employee kicks in the door and pulls out a few firearms and starts plugging away at anyone that he or she crosses.
These are the type of situations that we're a going to be looking at in this blog. What do you do when the real shit goes down and how to you go about not only surviving, but protecting yourself and your loved ones.
Over the course of this blog we'll look at Attack stopping techniques, principals of survival, concepts that actually work and more.
I hope that you enjoy and that you are never faced with a situation where you'll have to use this type of knowledge. But, if you do, I hope that what you learn will save your ass.
I'll talk with you soon.
Yours in peace,
Brett Stepan
