Tasers are now one of the most effective and popular tools in fighting crime in the country. Their growth in popularity is both phenomenal and understandable. The biggest reason is that they save lives. Let’s look at how they got to be so popular.

WHAT ARE THEY The advanced Taser is a powerful conducted energy weapon that is non lethal yet can incapacitate an assailant from 15 feet away. They are NOT stun guns. The advanced Taser is a stun gun on STEROIDS.

HOW DO THEY DIFFER FROM STUN GUNS There are two types of energy weapons stun guns and tasers. There are four major areas of differentiation between them:

1. Tasers are more powerful in the 18-24 watt range versus a stun gun at 7-14 watts.

2. Stun guns affect the sensory nervous system. Tasers affect the sensory and motor nervous system.

3. Stun guns require contact with the assailant. Tasers are effective from 15 feet away.

4. Tasers have more effective stopping power than a 9mm gun shot, much more effective than a stun gun

HOW DO THEY WORK Tasers use EMD(electro-muscular disruption) technology which sends a 18-26 watt electrical signal that completely overrides the central nervous system which controls muscle function. They are pulses of energy so powerful no one has ever been able to overcome their effect. The EMD effect physically debilitates a target regardless of pain tolerance or mental focus. A taser can stop the most highly trained and aggressive of combatants.

The advanced taser in police studies has a higher instant incapacitation rate than a 9mm hand gun. It shoots out two darts attached to 15 feet of wire. 50,000 volts travel over the insulated wires for an unbelievable near 100 % takedown record. The EMD power surge instantly disrupts the nervous system causing the assailant to fall to the ground in uncontrollable contractions and spasms. Yet a charge from a taser has no long lasting effects.

The advanced taser uses an automatic timing mechanism that releases an electric current in a preset timing sequence that insures the assailant cannot recover enough to remove the probes.

WHO USES TASERS Police departments, security agencies, even the Armed Forces have found tasers to be an effective crime fighting tool. Recently the Los Angeles Police Department considered purchasing 6800 tasers worth almost $7 million. Since they are not a firearm there is no registration required. However some states and cities have restrictions on their use. Consult your local police or sheriff’s department for restrictions.

WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE- Many people have an aversion to guns in general because of the potentially lethal effects. Tasers offer the best of both worlds-very effective stopping power and non lethal effects. A taser offers another alternative in the continuum of force between deadly force and less lethal self defense weapons. When your life is on the line an advanced taser can be your best friend.

Tasers have grown in popularity because they save lives and are such an effective non lethal self defense weapon. It hasn’t fallen on deaf ears to the public that more and more police agencies are using tasers. If it is good enough for them why shouldn’t you have one?

Chances are very good that you are reading this because in some way crime has touched your life or you want to be proactive and protect yourself, family, home, or business from the ravages of crime. That is the first step.

NOW the next step is for you to take action and purchase a Taser or hot shot stun gun TODAY. Look at our selection of self defense/ home security products at http://www.aaa-safetyfirst.com/advancedtaser.htm and http://www.aaa-safetyfirst.com/hotshotstungun.htm both of which provide real “Security Solutions”.

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I once had a talk with a student who pointed out the almost insane notion that anyone could think that they could use a preset string of moves (known as a kata, pronounced kah-tah) to handle something as chaotic as a fight. He said it made no sense to him how any master, who really knew what he was talking about, could pass down “the answer” to such an unknown as a fight.
He’s right. And yet, day after day, in countless schools, training centers, police departments, and military units around the world, there are those who believe that what they are learning will be exactly what they need to win, should they ever be attacked.
Can you imagine, for those of you who have yet to be accosted, what it feels like inside the heart of an attack? I mean, what do you know about the situation that you haven’t been in yet?
Unless you’re clairvoyant and can see into the future - in which case you wouldn’t need self-defense training because you would either…
1) know what to avoid, or…
2) know you weren’t going to survive -
There is a plethora of things that you don’t, and can’t possibly, know about this situation that hasn’t happened yet. Things like:
A) Where you will be attacked (parking lot, building, your car, at-home in-bed, etc.)
B) Who your attacker will be
C) How many assailant’s you will face
D) Whether or not there are any weapons involved (and what type, if any)
E) How you will be attacked
F) What you’ll be wearing or carrying that could help or hinder you, and…
G) Much, much more!
So, how can anyone think that a preset string of moves will be of any use to them in an actual, real-world, attack? Better still, why would they have been passed down for hundreds of years if they couldn’t help?
Well, the short of it, based on my own research, is this. There are two schools of thought when it comes to answering this question. The first is the idea that says…
..”we must make sure that warriors have a way to practice during periods of peace so that they’ll be ready for the next war. So, what we’ll do is string some basics together in a way that they can rely on repetitive practice to stay ready.”
The other so-called “school-of-thought” said, “Let’s look at the most common attacks that we, with our current set of circumstances, will have to deal with. Then, we’ll design a set of example techniques - “fight-scenarios if-you-will - that contain the essence or idea of what could be done in a situation like that. We’ll convey the principles and concepts through techniques that are not so-much “set-in-stone” as they are representations of these principles in action.”
One school recognized the need to practice the basic mechanics - the “brand” of punching, kicking, etc. (the “secrets”) - of their art when there wasn’t a war going on. In fact, most schools of training in Japan are still passed on this way. The school allows the student’s own intuitive and perceptual powers to determine his or her own level of understanding.
However, for many of these martial systems, the techniques ARE the art. That means that they represent that which makes a particular lineage’s techniques and “style” unique among all others. It is not generally acceptable to change the techniques for any reason, as in the case of my friend that I talked about earlier.
The other school recognized that there is an infinite number of combinations if we were to just focus on the mechanics alone. They also recognized that “what” you do is not nearly as important as “when”, “why,” “how,” and under what circumstances you would do anything. Granted, this was more difficult to understand than the basic step-by-step method (which this school DID employ by-the-way), but the idea was that, the principles were much more important than the techniques if one were to win in a conflict.
While the step-by-step, preset model approach does teach students how to apply techniques, from my perspective and experience with having to deal with violent attackers in real-world self-defense situations, it is the later approach - the focus on workable principles and concepts for controlling the situation - that provides the real keys to mastery.
But, it’s not martial arts mastery - the mastery of technique - that I’m talking about. But rather the ability to master and control…
Your Environment
Your Attacker’s Perceptions
The Space and Distance within the fight
The Assailant’s Options
And much Much MORE!
..that allows you to control the very flow of the situation, from moment-to-moment, as it unfolds.
It is this grander-view of the reality of the situation that allows the true martial arts master - the strategic warrior commander, to see beyond the mere punching, kicking, or slashing of the attacker. It is the view that allows us to make sense out of the chaos that is a fight and…
..appear to be magicians and wizards to others with less understanding of the workings of nature and the enlightened wisdom of the trained martial master.

About The Author

Jeffrey M. Miller is the founder and master instructor of Warrior Concepts International. In addition to regular classes for local students, he is called upon by groups and organizations as a speaker, lecturer, and seminar leader on such topics as child-safety, leadership, self-defense, and the benefits of training in the martial art of ninjutsu He may be contacted for media interviews and seminar/speaking information at (570) 988-2228 or through his website at http://www.warrior-concepts-online.com.
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Sometimes in my street-fighting classes, I will get students who complain, whine and moan because I will put them through drills that seem “pointless” to them.

Usually this happens when they are least expecting it. In other words, I will be drilling them on something or maybe have them huddled around telling them something. Then, without warning, I will tell them to grab a training knife in the corner and spar. Or pick a partner, one pinning the other to the ground. Or grab a partner with one getting a training knife and the other nothing.

Then, maybe ten seconds into the drill, I will have them do something else completely different than what they were doing. Maybe have three people “gang up” on one, or have one person get two training knives with the other empty handed.

And I may even do this”change up” again — sometimes as early as five seconds later.

Why do I do this?

Because I believe people should be ready for anything at any time.

For example, imagine walking to your car and some lunatic attacks you. Soon, you’re both on the ground, struggling to get the upper hand.

Now imagine your attacker pulls a knife.

What do you do?

Well, if you don’t know how to adapt to the situation — fluidly, without thinking — you’ll be stabbed, cut up, maybe even killed.

I know that’s not a fun thought, but it happens all the time.

In a real fight people pull weapons. You can slip and fall. Friends can come and help your attacker. And so on.

This is why your chances of winning a fight will almost always completely depend on your ability to adapt to the thousands of unpredictable things that happen in the average street fight.

In fact, you can win just about any street fight if you simply know how to adapt from one situation to the next — without missing a beat.

This is one of the most important fighting martial arts and self defense “skills” you can learn. And the good news is, all it takes is a little practice changing things up at unpredictable times.

Sifu Matt Numrich is one of only a few instructors with Full Certification in Bruce Lee s Jeet Kune Do, and also the Filipino Martial Arts. His students include everyone from Federal Air Marshals and military elites to small children and 65-year old ladies. Matt also offers free weekly street-fighting lessons by email at http://jkdondvd.com

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