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🥊✈️ Pin. Strike. Finish.
Three tactical responses that change the fight before it starts.
Paulo Simoes
May 21, 2025
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We’re back for another round of What If Wednesday…
…the day we step outside the main technique and ask:
"What if it played out differently?"
This week, our scenario gave us something unique…
…the threat wasn’t a surprise.
The assailant pulled a knife in plain sight.
There was a moment—a tiny sliver of time—where decisive action could’ve changed everything.
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If you remember the video Bloom & Doom the victim and assailant face off in what looks like a garden shop.
He pulls a blade. She reacts.
She controls the sleeve and eventually takes him down.
But what if she caught him a half second sooner?
What if she saw the draw before it happened?
If you haven’t seen the video you can check it out here…
or…
Let’s start exploring options, building adaptability, and learning to think like someone who wins fights… not survives them.
Engagement Options
For the Tactical Forks in the Road this week, we’re exploring three alternate paths, all triggered by one key shift…
…She sees the weapon before it’s fully out.
What are her options?
✅ Pin, Strike, Run She controls the knife arm, delivers immediate counter-strikes, and disengages before it escalates. Good for civilians. Good for survival.
✅ Pin, Strike, Kimura She traps the weapon arm and counters with a standing joint lock to disable and control. More control. More risk. More skill required.
✅ Pin, Strike, Armbar She commits fully, moving into a standing submission with potential for takedown. This is high commitment—but it ends the threat hard.
Download the full breakdown with pros, cons, and thought prompts.
📥 Alternate Response Playbook: "What If She Saw the Draw?" 👇 [Download the Playbook PDF]
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🔐 In this week’s Inner Circle video, I walk you through each of the three tactical forks:
Step-by-step explanations and demos of each option
Visual breakdowns of the pin, strike, and disengage
How to apply a kimura or armbar variation safely and effectively
Then I demo each one with live movement.
👉 Watch the full Adaptive Response Breakdown (Not in the Inner Circle yet? [Join here])
✅ Before You Go...
Which path would you take?
If you saw the draw early—what’s your move? Pin and run? Pin and finish?
Drop your take in the Operators Lounge or hit reply and tell me what clicked for you.
Remember…
Violence is chaos. Training is control.
And the more you play these scenarios out in your mind… the faster you’ll act when it’s real.
Stay dangerous,
– Paul Simoes
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