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Hey Warrior,

This week, we’ve trained the Rear Naked Choke…

explored alternate responses…

now it’s time to tie it together in motion.

Today’s drill recreates the original threat and we do a full walk-through of the scenario under pressure, movement and urgency.

Simulation Setup

Set up a small space to loosely mimic the café environment…

…this could be a living room, garage, or dojo corner with a chair, table, or backpack acting as environmental obstacles.

If you have a partner, have them take on the role of the bad guy.

The drill starts when the bad guy gives a verbal cue like “Give me the bag”.

(If you’re solo, that’s totally fine—just make sure you visualize the threat clearly…see their posture, hear their tone, and react to their movement cues as if it’s real.)

Use a harmless object like a marker or water bottle to represent the mace if you want to practice controlling a weapon hand.

The more real you can make it in your mind, the more your body will treat it like a legit rep.

Drill Flow

1. Start in a relaxed stance, facing away or off-angle

2. Attacker begins a verbal escalation (“Give me the bag”)

3. Respond to the threat

4. Execute your chosen response (RNC, strike, takedown, control)

5. Apply verbal commands and environmental awareness as follow-up

Training Progression (IMPORTANT)

• Start Slow: Practice at low speed with a fully compliant partner

• Focus on flow over power. Smooth movement = faster reactions under pressure.

• Once smooth, layer in:

  • Verbal chaos

  • Minor resistance

  • Environmental clutter or unpredictability

• Which part breaks down when you add pressure—timing, control, or awareness?

• Keep drilling to find ways to overcome it and realize that nothing will ever work perfectly.

Solo Training Tip

Narrate out loud.

Use real verbal cues.

Step through it physically while seeing the attacker in your mind’s eye.

It’s not about miming—it’s about mentally rehearsing a future fight.

If you haven’t seen the video of the senario or any of the training you can check it out here…

👉 Watch the video at Fight or Flight

and then join us for discussion in the…

👉 In the Operators Lounge (Facebook Group)

Let’s start exploring options, building adaptability, and learning to think like someone who wins fights… not survives them.

🔐 Inner Circle: Takedown + Control Breakdown

You’ve trained the RNC. You’ve explored the “what ifs.”
Now it’s time to put it all together with control, dominance, and communication.

In this video, I’ll walk you through how to:

• Enter and secure the choke

• Safely move the threat to the ground

• Transition to a prone control position

• Maintain restraint until help arrives

✅ Before You Go...

One clean rep under stress is worth ten sloppy ones in comfort.

Before you move on, take a minute to ask yourself…

Did you stay calm when things got loud?

Could you move with control when things got fast?

Would your decision hold up under pressure—or crack?

If you ran the drill solo, replay it in your mind.

If you trained with a partner, compare notes—what felt smooth, what fell apart?

Tomorrow we’ll debrief the whole scenario and pull out the deeper lessons that don’t show up in the technique.

Stay sharp—Friday is where it all clicks,
– Paul Simoes