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I’ll do that. I’ll make the lead pipe and knife something that I train with on a weekly basis with your videos.
So, for practical purposes, if I were going to carry something around with me, I’d be better off carrying around a lead pipe around my shoulder than the Collapsible Bo.
Honestly, I will actually consider it. Being able to have the reach and mobility to beat the shit out of someone who threatens my family may be worth lugging it around with me. It will just be my duty as a husband/father to make sure I have the weapons I need to make it easy to defend my family.
I already carry around a little noise alarm with me in my left hand, most of the time, and it’s worth it to me.
The peace of mind I will get from carrying the weapons I want is at least worth the try to make it a habit.
I appreciate the insight.
The Collapsible Bo can be something I play with at home.
I had no idea about all of the history you shared about SCARS and TFT. I was also interested in SCARS but I just found SDTS a much more compelling system. It wasn’t conscious. I can’t say that I was just so smart that I chose SDTS over SCARS. It was an emotional choice. I just lost interest in SCARS the more I gathered information about everything and SDTS.
I purchased the Elite program of SDTS 2 years ago. Only now am I beginning to dive in and commit myself to it because I find I just prefer it over every other system I look into. I ALWAYS end up back here. Damian’s emails, blog posts and stuff inside the membership area just resonate with me much more than anything else I find.
Thank you for the very informative reply.
I just turned 39 and grew up in the ’80’s. I have no military history, police training nor a history of anyone being violent toward me. I just want to be able to protect my new wife and future children.
I wrestled in Jr. High. The wresting coach’s brother taught Tae Kwon Do and I wrestled and practiced Tae Kwon Do for two years. In Jr. High, I began reading the Tao of Jeet Kune Do. The only thing that stuck with me from that book was the necessity of finding a fighting system that fit reality. Tae Kwon Do became too traditional for me and I went looking for a more realistic fighting system where I lived.
There was no fighting system that satisfied me in Western North Carolina and I ended up taking Karakido for two years in High School. I came to believe that Karakido was highly convoluted and a worse fighting system than Tae Kwon Do.
I swore off Martial Arts and would not learn any other fighting style until I found something that would empower a short 5’4″ man like myself to win against real world violence against bigger men than I.
Twenty years later, I discovered Target Focus Training and The Self-Defense Company and I wanted to decide between the two and devote my learning to only one of them.
I chose The Self-Defense Company because I believe Damian is better, hands down.
I appreciate Damian recommending Judo on his blog along with this combative system. In the coming years, I am going to learn both. At the moment, I’m exercising and whipping myself into shape after 20 years of no exercise.
I never worried about my safety when I was single. Now, that I’m married (two years, now), being able to protect my family against possible violence has become my top priority… simply because I believe it is my job as a man. I am old-fashioned and proud of it.
Thank you for this simple, brutal system. I needed both of those qualities.
