🥊✈️ The Fight Was Already Over

Hey Warrior,

I was killing time scrolling.

Ended up stumbling upon a shaky, grainy cell phone video.

It was two guys, beer in hand, at some sort of outdoor party arguing.

The video was quick. One guy steps in and…

BAM!!

Elbow to the face knocking the other guy out.

Even before the elbow, do you know what my first thought was?

“This asshole is way too close.”

He Was Already Beaten

The elbow didn’t knock him out, dude was already beaten.

He lost the second he let the other guy into range.

He handed over all his power for free.

Distance lost early is almost never regained

This is the part that everyone misses because they’re too focused on the flashy knockout.

They think self-defense is having a good block or fast reflexes.

That's bullshit. And you know it.

The Secret Sauce

Here’s the secret sauce nobody wants to talk about because it’s not sexy…

…Distance.

Distance is your time machine.

It’s your early warning system.

It’s the only thing that gives you options beyond “Oh shit.”

Once an aggressor is close enough to smell what you had for lunch, you're not in a fight anymore.

You're in an ambush.

Your ability to react is gone.

Forget fancy blocks because you can’t block a shot you never even see coming. 

They own you.

Your Homework

So here’s your homework.

Don't go looking for a fight. 

Just pay attention.

I want you to find that tripwire in your gut.

That feeling you get when someone's standing just a little too close in the checkout line, or sits right next to you on an empty bus.

That’s your internal alarm system screaming at you.

For today, just listen to it. Acknowledge it.

Find the distance where ‘normal’ switches to ‘back the hell up’ for you?

Hit reply and tell me, or drop it in the Facebook group. I read them all.

Stay dangerous.

Paul Simoes

P.S. If you want to see the video I posted it in our Facebook group. Link below:

👉 In the Operators Lounge (Facebook Group)