"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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The most effective martial art is

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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lookyoung said:
I am talking about a one on one fight. BTW people talk about mike vallely beating up those 4 guys. LISTEN THOSE 4 guys were YUPPIES who have never been in a street fight. That **** would not work against an mma fighter. Do you think he could have did that to 4 brothers from the hood. THe answer to that is fvck no. Watch the tape the 4 guys were fighting scared.
I knew a guy, who's dad was some kind of kung fu "master", and would train his son for 2 hours each night. I went against this guy, and his punches were like a trip hammer.
He got jumped by 5 thugs, and he hospitalised four of them, and ended up with only a black eye (for which his father busted him down to white belt). Point is, they were "hard", and he still battered them.
 

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bigjohnson said:
So yeah, you're basically talking about an organized match.

No I am talking about a one on one street fight. Have you ever been in one on one street fight? I have. It was not organized. Street fights happen spur of the moment. You could get in one on one street fight if someone cuts you off in traffic. I used to be that guy that would fight in my early 20's. I think about it sometimes and am surprised that I was never seriously injured.. Thank God. Now I would not fight unless someone really crossed to line.

That being said its never a good thing to fight. But a trained BJJ stylist will fare much better in a one on one streetfight.

Its not about kicking someones ass. Its the confidence you get from knowing you could kick someones azz if needed be.

I am 190 pounds but if a guy that benched 400 pounds and weighed 255 pounds in a one on one street fight I am confident that with my training I have a great shot of doing some damage and winning that fight.

AND YES SIZE MATTERS IN A STREET FIGHT. All things being equal.. 2 guys that have no training a guy that weighs 240 pounds will beat a guy 150 pounds 90% of the time.
 

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lookyoung said:
.... Noone can go against a firearm. Kravmaga teaches that stuff but its BS. Going against knives and multiple attackers your pretty much done.
So you're talking about a street fight where the guy(s) that start it are going to come one at a time and none of them is packing or can pick up an improvised weapon, and you can say with a straight face this is a likely scenario?

You very funny man.

The only time I can see that as a likely case is if YOU were the aggressor and you were lucky enough to not come after a guy with a gun in his pocket. Maybe it's just different here, but here they run in packs and guns are pretty common.
 

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bigjohnson said:
So you're talking about a street fight where the guy(s) that start it are going to come one at a time

Listen I am done explaining myself to you. I have been in one on one fights and so have alot of people I know. If you have never been in a fight or never was the type of guy that would fight than please keep the funny comments to yourself.

And your another guy that talks about people having guns and knives in there pockets. I live in Chicago were do you live? Here in CHicago I would say 97% of the people walking around do not have a gun or a knife on them. Unless there cops or gangbangers from the hood and I have nothing to do with that crowd.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Alot more people are carrying guns than you think. Even in states where CCW is not yet legal. Here in florida there are over 1.2 million CCW licenses issued. So it's more like, who ISN'T carrying a gun?
 

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lookyoung said:
.... And your another guy that talks about people having guns and knives in there pockets. I live in Chicago were do you live?

I live in the Pacific NW and every man in my family with the possible exception of my brother in law packs at least one handgun. Legally. Most urban areas seem to frown on concealed carry but here, just having the card is a huge plus if you have to deal with law enforcment.
 

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lookyoung said:
Kung fu guy got the job done but you have to understand that the kung fu guy is probably 5"9 165 pounds. His opponent is probably 5"4 120 pounds. He would have won that street fight without the kungfu.
Completely not the point of anything I said. Idiot troll.
 

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jeet kun do is the best. for a street fight not bjj, in bjj you have someone locked up in a clinch on the ground and the guys buddy comes, smacks you in the head with a bottle and proceeds to stomp your head in! on the ground is not where you wanna be. muay thai is good but JKD is far superior and versitile
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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