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<description><![CDATA[Loved by the tens-of-thousands of soldiers, police officers, doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, college students, senior citizens, and "normal" folks he has trained over the past several years, Captain Chris Pizzo has become an icon and leader in the self defense industry as he insists on delivering only the most practical and useful information to his worldwide network of students, instructors, and elite clientele. An accomplished martial artist and former soldier, Captain Chris Pizzo's world was shattered in 1997 when his dream of career military service was ended when diagnosed with atypical seminoma cancer. After three long years consisting of ... ]]></description>
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<title>Natural Bodybuilding</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The secret to building real strength and endurance can't be found in the gym. In a fight, who are you going to bet on the bodybuilder or a guy who does heavy work every day?]]></description>
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<title>Self Defense for a Street Fight</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:04:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The true test of any martial art is how well it holds up in a brutal gutter fight. Any martial art can look cool in martial arts school, but few styles have what it takes to make a difference in real combat.]]></description>
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<title>In Close Combat With a Killer</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:57:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The saying "For evil to prevail good men must do nothing", has been a belief for generations. Those who take up evil need people to be afraid for them to be successful, but when people fight back their twisted dreams fall apart. ]]></description>
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<title>Family Martial Arts</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:57:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While there are a lot of places encouraging the whole family to take part in martial arts training, few offer self defense training for families. Since anyone can become a victim the whole family should train together and learn how to protect themselves and each other. ]]></description>
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<title>The United States Army National Guard</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:56:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite their heroic duties in both Iraq and Afghanistan against enemy troops and terrorists, there are still plenty of critics of the National Guard. Just recently congress revealed that many National Guard units aren't combat ready, but that's just part of the story. ]]></description>
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<title>Women Close Combat Warriors of America's Civil War</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:44:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Very often people incorrectly assume that women aren't strong enough or aggressive enough for close combat, but time after time women have proven they have what it takes to survive in combat. In fact, during one of America's most brutal conflicts several women stood out as heroes.]]></description>
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<title>Self Defense Lessons From Football</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:43:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every football season teams try to figure out what can be done better, and how not to repeat the same mistakes. Put yourself in a life and death situation now - you don't get another chance to evaluate what you did wrong.]]></description>
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<title>Security Guard Self Defense</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:42:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not everyone who stops crime and prevents terrorism works for the government, but people still down play the important job security guards have. The truth is security guards are often the first to respond to trouble, and many times they're unprepared to deal with danger. ]]></description>
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<title>Help the People You Love Survive Breast Cancer</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:14:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Normally, I write about how self defense and combat martial arts training can prevent death and injury.  Make sure to be vigilant against the silent killer, the big C, cancer, and help your loved ones fight it whatever way they can.]]></description>
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<title>Police Officers - Training, Respect and Martial Arts</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:14:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite tremendous personal risk thousands of brave men and women join the ranks of law enforcement every year. Many police departments do not receive the hand-to-hand training they need to stay safe while they serve and protect - what can we do about it?]]></description>
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<title>Street Fighting Videos</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:56:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some people just don't know how to play nice... There's something about raw, unedited street fighting videos -- or any violent acts caught on tape, for that matter -- that appeals to us all on a visceral level.]]></description>
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<title>Pepper Spray is Just One Part of Self Defense</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:49:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have a full "self defense toolbox"? Don't kid yourself on this one - it could mean your life or your dignity...]]></description>
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<title>Deadly Martial Arts and Marketing Madness</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:40:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When does marketing go too far and overwhelm the goal that martial arts training should strive for? The martial arts industry is highly competitive, and to stay ahead you need an image that you can market to the public.]]></description>
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<title>When You're Fighting a Serial Killer It's Kill or Be Killed</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:31:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Would you have the right approach if you were attacked by someone intent on causing harm? Make sure you know how to protect yourself!]]></description>
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<title>Street Fighting - Man to Man</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:10:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Street fights can find you, even if you try not to be found. Will you be ready?]]></description>
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<title>Self Defense for Police Officers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:53:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While some see Driving While Illegal (DWI) as another issue in the illegal immigration debate, for police officers around the country it is just another potential danger. Every time a police officer gets out of a cruiser for a routine traffic stop, he or she isn't safe until it is over. ]]></description>
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<title>The Karate Secret No One Wants You To Know</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:25:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you seen the History Channel's new show Human Weapon yet? The concept is that these two athletic dudes (one an MMA fighter, the other a former football player and wrestler) travel all over the world to train with, and then test out various cultures' martial arts.]]></description>
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<title>The Art of Boxing Isn't For Self Defense</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:45:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boxing is an exciting sport where two superb athletes square off in a ring and battle to the limits of human endurance. But while boxing is a brutal competitive sport, it is truly an ineffective method of self defense.]]></description>
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<title>Teaching Real Self Defense</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:53:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Martial arts instructors used to be respected in society, but misinformation, McDojos, and incompetent frauds have turned people away. I see it as part of my mission to teach the truth about martial arts. Self defense is like any other consumer product, and the public needs to be informed. ]]></description>
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<title>Paradise, Martial Arts, and Magnum PI</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:31:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For eight seasons Tom Selleck play Private Investigator Thomas Magnum, a Navy Academy Graduate, former Seal and a proud Vietnam veteran. Based in Hawaii Magnum had to deal with criminals, terrorists, and spies every week. He had every guy's fantasy life.]]></description>
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<title>Sambo Russian for Judo</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:09:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sambo is an acronym for "SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya" or "Self-defense without weapons" martial art developed in the Soviet Union during the early half of the twentieth century.  This martial arts form is practiced as a sport and also as training for combat. Sambo was born out of the need for one standard sport combative for the military rather then the many diverse regional styles. Rather then being invented, Sambo is really a collection of techniques from many different styles making practitioners of Sambo the original mixed martial artists.]]></description>
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<title>North America's Devils</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:05:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Devil's Brigade was a joint American-Canadian commando unit that was assigned some of the toughest mission in World War II. They pioneered close combat martial arts and tactics that paved the way for today's Special Forces units. ]]></description>
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<title>The Wolves Are Howling</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:29:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The big problem is that the sheep generally don't much like us sheep dogs unless we are saving their lives at that very moment. Therefore many sheep in society tragically see no difference between dogs and wolves. ]]></description>
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<title>Sport Combat Is Still Sport</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:00:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The fact is most people don't realize that sport combatives like boxing, mixed martial arts, wrestling and fencing are just sports.  Like many people over the Memorial Day weekend I took time out to remember our nation's fallen heroes, but afterwards I went to a friend's house to enjoy a barbecue.]]></description>
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<title>Train Hard, Laugh Hard</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 12:17:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So, how do you pick out a true warrior from the thousands of soldiers, cops, martial artists, athletes, and other assorted toughies? Simple. The ones that make you laugh hardest are the toughest.]]></description>
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<title>Close Combat That Forged An Empire</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 11:41:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Romans understood that training and attitude were what they needed to survive the savage battles of their time. And the same holds true today whether you are a soldier,  police officer, or just someone concerned about defending themselves and their family from brutal street violence and terrorist activity.  ]]></description>
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<title>Ten Dead in Killing Spree</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 14:42:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ten people were fatally shot in Utah. An 18 year old wielding a shotgun began firing at random shoppers in the Trolley Square shopping centre.
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<title>How Easy It Is To Forget 9-11</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 13:07:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You know, it seems to me that everyone has forgotten about 9/11. I am not just talking about the French (though the election may be signaling a change) and liberals that have somehow managed to slither their way into office.]]></description>
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<title>Blades Of Briton</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some people think that the only solution to violent crime is to take guns off the streets. Proof of how futile these efforts are can be seen in the United Kingdom, which although has very strict gun laws the UK youth are cutting each other down in the streets with knives. ]]></description>
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<title>Battlefield New York City</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 12:09:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What can we learn from the tragic deaths of two young volunteer police officers? It is not easy to be emergency services anywhere, but in New York City it takes a special breed. 
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<title>What Happened to the Marines?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 11:14:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rivalries aside, most people agree the Marine Corp trains some of Uncle Sam's toughest warriors.  Sadly, the Marines, like so many military organizations, have fallen prey to political correctness in modern times.]]></description>
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<title>What To Do If A Gunman Walks Into Your Classroom</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:03:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Even without training, I would have imagined that someone in that predicament would have at least tried to stop the shooter. And while the rest of the world analyzes what could have been done to forewarn authorities about potential threats like this (including other countries screaming gun control
at us), I can't help but think about how the victims just sat there waiting to be killed.]]></description>
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<title>The Ultimate Fighting Secret</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:51:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last month, I sat down with a group of friends to watch the latest pay-per-view Ultimate Fighting
Championship (UFC) event. To fully understand BJJ you must first must look at the evolution of jujitsu into the pre-WWII Judo curriculum developed by Jigoro Kano in the late 19th century.  ]]></description>
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<title>Beating the Zodiac Killer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:26:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the late 1960's the Zodiac crept forth from the darkness and began killing people all over Northern California. Every time the police thought they had a pattern, he would change tactics taunting the San Francisco Police department the whole time through coded letters. While the debate still rages who the Zodiac is there are lessons to be learned not just for police officers, but for the average citizen. ]]></description>
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<title>Once a Marine Always a Marine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:58:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So, how could a 70-year-old man could take on, and kill, a much younger armed opponent? The answer lies in his old-school Marine Corp training.]]></description>
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<title>America Frees Women To Fight Back</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:03:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Martial arts have long been a way for a person to build physical and mental strength. And for Middle Eastern women, the positive mental attitude built by such training counteracts the years of being treated as third-class citizens. ]]></description>
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<title>The War Is Knock, Knock, Knockin' At Your Door</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:55:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While the issues leading to violence are complex and not easily resolved, keeping safe on the street is a little clearer. Either you fight to survive, or you become another innocent victim in the war.  ]]></description>
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<title>Death Stalks the Night</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:27:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As you can imagine, when I tell people what I do for a living, it raises quite a few eyebrows. 
"What we teach are true, documented, and proven methods of self-defense and personal protection", I explain. "No theory, no mysticism, no B.S. Just exactly what it takes to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your home."]]></description>
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<title>The Close Combat of Star Trek</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:37:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Folklore has evolved significantly, as America's legendary heroes have been frontier trappers, cowboys, policemen, soldiers, masked men, caped superheroes and science fiction men-of-action such as Buck Rodgers, Flash Gordon, Han Solo, and of course...Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise.  Replacing Indians (the Native American kind), "commies", and Nazis with Aliens as the bad-guys, and foreign lands as undiscovered planets, from September 8, 1966 - September 2, 1969, Bill Shatner kicked extraterrestrial ass for 79 episodes using World War II Judo and Jujutsu.]]></description>
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<title>Things Change Or People Die</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:57:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many martial arts are useless in real world situations. They may be fun sports and good for fitness, but they are not effective in real combat. To find a good combat martial art we have to begin with the samurai. They practiced Jujitsu and designed the system with only real world combat in mind. Refined by the Europeans and battle tested during World War II Jujitsu has continued to adapt to the ever changing battlefield.]]></description>
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<title>Tokui Waza Presentations</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:40:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Judo, Tokui Waza means "favorite" or "best" technique. It's the throw that fits naturally to your body type, and you have practiced it thousands of times to make it an instinctual response. Everyone at the club or local tournament knows that you'll use it, but there's nothing they can do to stop it - you're just that damn good at it. Same thing goes in business.]]></description>
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<title>Kensei - Sword Saint</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:56:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[He would go on to win over 60 duals defeating or killing all that came before him in combat regardless of weapon. His challengers would use staffs, swords, and a variety of other weapons while he would use his katana or bokken. While many samurai used only their katanas, Musashi pioneered two-sword combat by using his wakizashi and katana together. ]]></description>
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<title>Only Real Martial Arts Stop Rapists</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:40:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Teaching and learning a martial art is ok as it has plenty of redeeming physical, cultural, social, & mental benefits. However, what people (especially women) need to understand, is that 99% of martial arts are NOT legitimate methods of self-defense.]]></description>
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<title>Protect Yourself From Him</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:31:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Domestic violence is a complex issue, but in a fight, it is either hit or get hit back. Removing yourself from danger is always the best option, but that isn't always available. Weapons can't be relied on for protection, and if you can contact the police, it takes time for them to respond. In close combat fighting your body is the weapon. It is you alone, against an angry and abusive attacker.]]></description>
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<title>Bayonets Not Bombs</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:22:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[His approach was to engage the enemy in close combat, because by doing so he would reduce unnecessary deaths of civilians. It made for tough fighting with slow results, but it worked. And more importantly, it let the local people see that the war was against the enemy and not them personally, and resulted in rallying local support. ]]></description>
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