The Ancient Art of Sudden Violence

 You are walking down the street and all,of a sudden you are confronted with a violent situation. What do you do ? It is literally fight or flight. Master Greg Jones says make your choice either step in close enough and initiate pre emotive self defense or leave the situation. No point staying in the grey zone waiting for the fighter to strike where you increase your odds of getting hurt. Never know how good your opponent is.

To get you started with defending yourself the author goes through each of the five families. The first family is San Soo is the Tsoy ga family. This is the family is strikes, kicks and punches embracing all combinations there in. The Li Ga family is the family of leverages and throws. The Hoi Ga family deals with pressure points and nerve passes. These pressure points can cause severe pain or crippling. The Fut Ga family deals with fighting psychology breathing and becoming a predatory fighter. Hung Ga is conditioning . These are exercises to increase your personal power.

Master Greg Jones does not advocate taking a stance when confronted with a situation rather he advises you act and act quickly and accurately. Each section on the five families instructs the student on how to use the principle in a self defense situation. The first part tells the student about all the various punches, strikes and kicks in San Soo. Both how to use them and defend against them. The second section tells how to use the leverages and throw but also how to get out of them yourself. I like the third family of pressure point. There is one instance when a subtle bully uses a handshake to over power and humumiliate someone. He tells how to turn the table using a pressure point. The lesson is that you teach people how you will be treated. Don’t let them get one over on you. The psychology part teaches you how to end the fight before it has begun. Sometimes you have to take the initiative.

The author does make a note about teaching children. It is a dangerous world out there and they need to be prepared. Yet how much do you teach them. Teach them too much and they could hurt another kid on the school yard, yet these techniques may save their life. It is a dilemma