🥊✈️ What Worked, What Didn’t, What’s Next

From garden center to elbow control—what you saw, what you learned, and what’s coming next.

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Paulo Simoes
May 23, 2025

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Before we reset for next week, let’s lock in the intel from this week’s fight scenario.

This wasn’t just about what happened.

It was about what could have happened…

…if the response had been faster, cleaner, or more tactical.

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Mission Recap

🔽 Monday – Scenario Snapshot: Garden center knife threat. The sleeve grab was fast. But what if it was faster?

🟧 Tuesday – Technique Drop: We broke down the Arm Trap and Control, showing how to pin the arm and neutralize the weapon hand with pressure and strikes.

🟨 Wednesday – What If Wednesday: Explored three alternate response paths if she had acted just a second sooner, pin & run, pin & kimura, pin & armbar.

🟩 Thursday – Fight Intelligence: We dove into the principle that defined the week, Control the Elbow, Control the Fight. Why the elbow is the hinge that determines who wins the reload.

Tactical Reflection

If you were in that garden shop, and you saw the blade flash before it cleared the jacket—what would you have done?

Would you have gone for a strike and run?

A clean joint lock?

A full takedown?

And most importantly…

…could you teach it to someone else?

Next Week’s Mission

Next week’s scenario kicks off with a heated argument at a casino card table. Chips fly. Voices rise. Then one guy stands up—and the whole table shifts.

We’re covering:

  • Pre-fight posture cues

  • De-escalation under social pressure

  • Timing your intervention before the first strike

The setting may be flashy—but the fight is raw. We’ll break down how to spot the moment before the explosion… and how to move decisively when it hits.

✅ Before You Go...

This week wasn’t just about tactics—it was about timing.

Anyone can react. But the real operator is already moving before the threat hits its stride.

Keep studying the footage. Keep asking the questions. And most of all—keep sharpening the instinct to act with intent.

The next threat doesn’t care how good you were. It only cares how ready you are now.

Paul Simoes

P.S. If you missed everything this week click the links below to get caught up. Also don’t forget to get your awesome downloads at Fight or Flight.

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