Sammy Franco - First Strike: End a Fight in Ten Seconds or Less!

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This book is designed to instruct you in the art and science of launching a preemptive strike in a self-defense situation. To the best of my knowledge, no text has been written about this critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of self-defense. This book that you are holding in your hands is truly the first of its kind.

The contents of this text will undoubtedly provide you with the wherewithal to effectively execute a first strike and ultimately prevail in a volatile confrontation. Beware, the information and techniques contained herein are dangerous and should only be used to protect yourself or a loved one from the immediate risk of unlawful injury. Remember, the decision to launch a first strike must always be a last resort, after all other means of avoiding violence have been exhausted.

This text is both a skill-building workbook and strategic blueprint for combat. I strongly recommend that you read this text from beginning to end, chapter by chapter. Only after you have read the entire book should you treat it like a reference and skip around, reading those sections that interest you.

Finally, at the end of this book I have included two appendices that should be closely studied. In addition, since most of the words in this text are defined within the context of Contemporary Fighting Arts and its related elements, I have provided a glossary.

Sammy Franco,
Founder and President
Contemporary Fighting Arts

Contemporary Fighting Arts is a reality based self-defense system designed specifically to provide the most efficient and effective methods possible to avoid, defuse, confront, and neutralize both armed and unarmed opponents. All the concepts, principles, and terms in this book are based on the teachings of Contemporary Fighting Arts (CFA). Im not going to spend a lot of time in this book describing CFA to you because it has been covered in my previous books. However, for those who have not read any of my previous books, I would like to provide a brief overview of what CFA is all about.

CFA dispenses with the extraneous and the impractical and focuses on real-life street combat. Unlike so many martial arts, CFA is not about Zen, tournaments, or mixed martial arts competition. It doesnt teach or practice katas or rituals. CFA is about defending the sanctity of your space and body, and perhaps your life!

CFA draws upon the concepts of numerous modern sciences and disciplines, including police and military science, criminal justice, criminology, sociology, human psychology, philosophy, histrionics, ballistics, physics, kinesics, proxemics, kinesiology, physiognomy, emergency medicine, crisis management, and human anatomy. As a result, it is a complete system of combat that can be adapted to the rigors of real world self-defense.

CFA is about teaching people how to really fight! In this photo, Sammy Franco (on the right) protects himself from a knife attack.

CONTEMPORARY FIGHTING ARTS THE NAME SAYS IT ALL!

Before discussing the specific elements that make up CFA, it is important to explain how CFA obtained its unique name.

The first word, Contemporary, was selected because it refers to the systems modern, up-to-date orientation. Unlike traditional martial arts, CFA is specifically designed to meet the challenges of our modern world.

The second term, Fighting, was chosen because it accurately describes CFAs combat orientation. After all, why not just call it Contemporary Martial Arts? There are two reasons for this. First, the word martial conjures up images of traditional and impractical martial art forms that are antithetical to the system. Second, why dilute a perfectly functional name when the word fighting defines the system so succinctly? After all, Contemporary Fighting Arts is about teaching people how to really fight.

Lets look at the last word, Arts. In the subjective sense, the word art refers to the combat skills that are acquired through arduous study, practice, and observation. The bottom line is that effective self-defense skills will require consistent practice and attention. For example, something as seemingly basic as an elbow strike will actually require hundreds of hours of practice to perfect.

The pluralization of art reflects CFAs protean instruction. The various components of CFAs training (e.g., firearms training, stick fighting, ground fighting, natural body weapon mastery, etc) have all truly earned their status as individual art forms and, as such, require years of consistent study and practice to perfect.

To acquire a greater understanding of CFA, here is a brief overview of the systems three vital components: the physical, mental, and spiritual.

Contemporary Fighting Arts (CFA) is more than a self defense system, its a one-of-a- kind martial arts style geared for real world self defense.

The physical component of CFA focuses on the physical development of a fighter, including combat conditioning, weapon and technique mastery, and combat attributes.

If you are going to prevail in a violent confrontation, you must be physically fit. Its that simple. In fact, you will never master the tools and skills of combat unless youre in excellent physical shape.

In CFA, combat conditioning comprises the following three broad components: cardiorespiratory conditioning, muscular-skeletal conditioning, and proper body composition.