Self Defense and Your Expectations
When you look at this picture, which guy needs self defense? If you found yourself in the above situation, what would you do? Your response will show your self defense expectations and where you see yourself in violence. It’s an inkblot test, or one of those...
A Self Defense Tool Is Just A Tool
Why use a handgun, or a baseball bat as a tool? Your chances of being accidentally effective increase with the use of a self defense tool. The tool doesn’t increase your skill or your accuracy; it only magnifies the trauma when you do manage to line things up...
The Ultimate Self Defense Fighting Technique
The ultimate, undefeatable secret self-defense fighting technique doesn’t exist. Sorry. After eons of tearing into each other, it’s all been done, cataloged and trained. Ad nauseam. There is, literally, nothing new under the sun. What we do have from all...
Learn Self Defense – The Definition of Violence
This may sound obvious, but when it comes time to learn self defense, you’ll need to understand that there a lot of things violence is not. It is not a particularly rough cage-match; it is not a bar fight where everyone’s sharing beers ten minutes later; it’s...
Self Defense Training Vs MMA Training
Asking about self defense training and MMA training, R. R. writes in: “My concern is facing someone who is trained in MMA or some reality-based system. I’ve already had an altercation with a MMA guy and even though he didn’t beat me up he still got...
Do Self Defense Lessons Like TFT Really Work?
Regardless of your experience in self defense lessons, you may have already had the dream: at a park in daylight, with children, or a dark close-in space like an alley, or, the one I remember most vividly, a seedy gas station… regardless of the setting, they come for...3 Super Effective Self Defense Moves from Target Focus Training
“Well, okay, so just give me 3 things I can do that get results, like, immediately?” It’s probably the most asked question I get. It happened again on Monday and since Tuesday we were shooting some random short video clips I decided to give you my choice of 3 things...Simple Steps To Not Becoming A Holiday Crime Statistic
Consequences are not a thing of the past. Very few people open their mouths (or pound a keyboard) these days and think beyond the impulse that causes them to vomit out pithy little insults, clever barbs, and other types of unpleasant communication. It’s the age...Every Conflict Is Won Or Lost With This One Weapon
“Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog.” ~ Mark Twain To truly prepare yourself for life or death confrontations you must take inventory of those weapons readily available to you. When my trainers ask new clients to...Tim Larkin featured on The Amercian Warrior Society Podcast
Listen to this podcast on Soundcloud: Enjoy my interview with Mike Seeklander from the American Warrior Society podcast. Be sure to comment below if you have any questions!Why You Want To Work Out With Ex-Felons
Driving? Hate to read? Listen to this post on Soundcloud: Even titans fall prey to the Grim Reaper… I got word last week that my friend, Charles Poliquin, passed away at 57. He had a genetic condition that caught up with him but more on that later. If you don’t...Jeff Anderson Interviews Tim Larkin About When Violence Is The Answer
I recently had the privilege of being interviewed by Jeff Anderson about my new book: When Violence Is The Answer. Jeff is a long-time friend and Target Focus Training supporter. This interview was created for Jeff’s podcast (which I recommend). We go over many...
