Penn may not belive in God, but he knows I'm a Bad Ass

So color me "ASS KICKER..."

Last night we appeared on the Penn and Teller Show Bullshit!
Martial Arts Episode where they painted the Self Defense Training System as a brutal, lethal, devastating method that trains you to (and I quote) "beat them 'till their asshole bleeds". This makes the Self Defense Training System (SDTS) seem like a mindless, ruthless brutal kill or be killed system, to that I say..."Guilty as charged".



It's no secret, the SDTS is the most lethal system of self defense in the world Hell we say it right on the website (http://www.theselfdefenseco.com). Just like a firearm, edged weapon or any other tool designed to cause injury to your target, it's to be deployed at the discretion of the user. This is a kill or bee killed system, no bullshit and it should be treated as such. Like firearms or edged weapons you use them when it's for all or nothing. A firearms manufacture doesn't tell you when you should use deadly force and Williams and Sonoma isn't held accountable every time someone gets gutted with a kitchen knife. The decision to use deadly force is yours and yours alone don't let me or a Vegas Magician tell you any different.

During the interview, they asked me if I would be happy if someone took a life using the Self Defense Training System and I said "If you told me that your daughter killed a man who was trying to rape her, I would be extremely happy." Of course they edited out the first part, oh well, that's entertainment.

The Self Defense Training System is NOT a martial art. It's a lethal system of combat. It's not for sparring, it's not for sport or trophies. It's not for internal healing, it's for internal bleeding (his not yours). When it's down to you or him, or worse, the lives of your loved ones are at stake, when running is not an option and you don't have a gun in your hand...now what?

You need to make the choice right now:
1. Sacrifice you life, health and the health and the lives of your family by hedging your bet, playing the odds and praying you never are in that situation.
2. Train your ass off, do the right thing and plan to pay an attorney to defend your righteous actions.

For those who chose option 2 we offer The Self Defense Training System

The Self Defense Training System is as advertised: the most lethal self defense system in the world. No bullshit, just what works.

Listen, there is no law that exists that says you can't defend yourself. Don't fall for that rhetoric. You have every right to live your life without fear. I can't tell you how it feels to know that if you had to, you could protect the ones you love.

The choice is yours: live in fear or be feared. Hey, even Penn said "They purchased 2 Complete Systems"

Damian Ross
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The two Big Lies Martial Artists Like to Tell

Martial Artist's Big Lie #1. I train 7 days a week, 8 hours a day for 25 years

Sure you do and I suppose those are magic beans as well?

When it comes to training, no one can lie like a martial artist. If they did it once, they did it all the time if they did it twice, they did it forever. If they trained once in January 2000 and again in 2005...that's 5 years of training! Listen, here's the truth about training: you can only do it in intense spurts for so long because your body and your mind can't endure prolonged intensive training. Let's take a step outside the wonderful world of martial arts and look at professional and elite athletes.

Athletes target their training for a competition or season. There is an off season, a preseason and an in season. An athlete wants to be a peak physical an mental condition at the time of competition. An athlete also wants to recover before preparing for the next event. Elite athletes, including college competition, have about 8 years. After that time your body will break down. The infamous Dan Gable Olympic Champ wrestler and former Iowa Hawkeye head coach stopped at the age of 23 because his body couldn't take the punishment of training. Now in his seventies he is held together by fake joints.

When someone tells me they train full contact or high intensity for a few hours a day seven days a week, I have to call bullshit. Either we have different definitions of full contact or your lying. Any work out of high intensity will tear you up over extended period of time. To tell you the truth, when I was putting myself through those types of work outs, the last thing I want to do is to post about it on the net. I did everything I could to forget them. It's only now that I can look back at them with the "those were the good old days" attitude. But I'm not going to lie, the only good part about training was when it was over.

Martial Artist's Big Lie#2. You must always train and practice

For the rest of your life? Doesn't there come a time where you've acquired enough skill. Hey, maybe you're not Bruce Lee yet, but maybe you don't want to be Bruce Lee, maybe you just want to be Brandon Lee. Ask a martial arts instructor if you need to keep training, the answer will always be YES (never ask a barber if you need a haircut either). But let me ask you, how is it that boxers still have a punch in their 60s and baseball players can still throw and catch. Not as good as when they were young, but it's still better than the majority of the population. The reason is simple: core motor skills like throwing or kicking a ball and swinging a bat or a club will stay with you for the rest of your life. The more simple the action, the less muscle memory needs to be created. Simple movements stay, complex movements deteriorate.

I know I can go out right now and kick a ball half way across a football field and I haven't done it in years. I also know that I can knock a dude's head clean off with an edge of hand and I do not practice everyday. Heck it's been months since I actually practiced an edge of hand! Simple movements become instinctive, complex movements do not.

Techniques in the Self Defense Training System like the edge of hand, chin jab, hammer fist, elbows, knees and stomps are all core strength and gross motor movements. I won't be able to do a jump spinning kick when I'm 60, but I will be able to knock someone out with a chin jab.

The fact is, you don't need 1/8 as much as training as you think you need so feel free to call BULLSHIT on the next keyboard ninja who blogs about how many years he's done something or another. Believe me when I tell you, the guys who actually go through that type of training are in no mood to talk about it.

Damian Ross
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Mujaheddin REAL hero, play around with The Self Defense Training System

While visiting one of the CounterNarcotic Police Headquartesrs in Norhthern Afghanistan I was able to give an impromptu class on Self Defense. The Afghan I was working with was a former Mujaheddin Col who fought against the Soviets. Though small in stature, this man commanded respect from those around him. Wounded four different times in action against the Soviets, this was one warrior I was thankful was on my side.

S/F
Darren

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