Just out of interest how often have you guys had to use your system in real self defence situations?
Excluding competitions.
Hi dc good question.
I began teaching this method in 1981, I was a second dan in karate and hapkido and already had nearly a decade of training under my belt. However I discovered from them the difference between fighting and life protection. There is a concept of defensive timing that can be used to defeat if you will a stronger, faster and better fighter. And by defeat I mean stop him from his goals. You can defeat an attacker by escaping, not conquering. The attacker's goal is to conquer yours is simply to stay unharmed and escape. There are exceptions to this but are taught at our seminars and classes.
We train under this assumption, the attacker picks you for a reason. He has sized you up and he believes he can defeat you. The attacker also picks the time of the attack and the location or ground. As you can see the odds are stacked against you. However the attacker by nature has one disadvantage, he must use offense. Offense is necessarily inferior to defense. Defensive timing is different than a fighters timing and can be used efficiently to escape an attack.
I was introduced to the (Shurite Kempo 1981) LPS method by and American and his Okinawan instructor. They became my instructors. At the time I was doing descent in competition but really knew little about defense. My students were generally college students, bouncers, prison guards, police officers and military personal mostly airborne and special force.
I honestly cannot even guess how many times my students have protected themselves over the last 37 years since I began teaching LPS principles. Many times all successful that I know of. Personally I lived a rough life and I don't want to tell hero stories on the forum but I have protected myself in real situations many times. I was injured once when I was attacked by multiple attackers but I answered the bell and they did not, so I count that one as a success also. I have protected myself twice against attackers armed knife and broken bottle, I have scars but again I was conscious at the end and they were not.
Also dc our method is based on the Sun Tzu. So I would like to give you Sun Tzu's idea on defense.
hope I answered your question sir.
thank you
"Invincibility is defense. Vincibility is attack. Defend and one has a surplus. Attack and one is insufficient. Of old, those skilled at defense hid below the nine earths and moved above the nine heavens. Thus they could preserve themselves and be all-victorious." Sun Tzu chapter 4 The Art of War.
