by Sammy Franco
ranges of engagement—See combat ranges.
ranges of unarmed combat—The three distances (kicking range, punching range, and grappling range) a fighter might physically engage with an assailant while involved in unarmed combat.
raze – To level, demolish or obliterate.
razer – One who performs the Razing methodology.
razing – The second phase of the Widow Maker Program. A series of vicious close quarter techniques designed to physically and psychologically extirpate a criminal attacker.
reaction dynamics—The assailant’s physical response or reaction to a particular tool, technique, or weapon after initial contact is made.
reaction time—The elapsed time between a stimulus and the response to that particular stimulus. See offensive reaction time and defensive reaction time.
rear cross—A straight punch delivered from the rear hand that crosses from right to left (if in a left stance) or left to right (if in a right stance).
rear side—The side of the body furthest from the assailant. See lead side.
reasonable force—That degree of force which is not excessive for a particular event and which is appropriate in protecting yourself or others.
refinement—The strategic and methodical process of improving or perfecting.
relocation principle—Also known as relocating, this is a street-fighting tactic that requires you to immediately move to a new location (usually by flanking your adversary) after delivering a compound attack.
repetition—Performing a single movement, exercise, strike, or action continuously for a specific period.
research—A scientific investigation or inquiry.
rhythm—Movements characterized by the natural ebb and flow of related elements.
ritual-oriented training—Formalized training that is conducted without intrinsic purpose. See combat-oriented training and sport-oriented training.
S
safety—One of the three criteria for a CFA body weapon, technique, maneuver, or tactic. It means that the tool, technique, maneuver or tactic provides the least amount of danger and risk for the practitioner. See efficiency and effectiveness.
scissors hold—See guard position.
self-awareness—One of the three categories of CFA awareness. Knowing and understanding yourself. This includes aspects of yourself which may provoke criminal violence and which will promote a proper and strong reaction to an attack. See criminal awareness and situational awareness.
self-confidence—Having trust and faith in yourself.
self-enlightenment—The state of knowing your capabilities, limitations, character traits, feelings, general attributes, and motivations. See self-awareness.
set—A term used to describe a grouping of repetitions.
shadow fighting—A CFA training exercise used to develop and refine your tools, techniques, and attributes of armed and unarmed combat.
situational awareness—One of the three categories of CFA awareness. A state of being totally alert to your immediate surroundings, including people, places, objects, and actions. (See criminal awareness and self-awareness.)
skeletal alignment—The proper alignment or arrangement of your body. Skeletal alignment maximizes the structural integrity of striking tools.
skills—One of the three factors that determine who will win a street fight. Skills refers to psychomotor proficiency with the tools and techniques of combat. See Attitude and Knowledge.
slipping—A defensive maneuver that permits you to avoid an assailant’s linear blow without stepping out of range. Slipping can be accomplished by quickly snapping the head and upper torso sideways (right or left) to avoid the blow.
snap back—A defensive maneuver that permits you to avoid an assailant’s linear and circular blows without stepping out of range. The snap back can be accomplished by quickly snapping the head backward to avoid the assailant’s blow.
somatotypes—A method of classifying human body types or builds into three different categories: endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph. See endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph.
sparring—A training exercise where two or more fighters fight each other while wearing protective equipment.
speed—A physical attribute of armed and unarmed combat. The rate or a measure of the rapid rate of motion.
spiritual component—One of the three vital components of the CFA system. The spiritual component includes the metaphysical issues and aspects of existence. See physical component and mental component.
sport-oriented training—Training that is geared for competition and governed by a set of rules. See combat-oriented training and ritual-oriented training.
sprawling—A grappling technique used to counter a double- or single-leg takedown.
square off—To be face-to-face with a hostile or threatening assailant who is about to attack you.
stance—One of the many strategic postures you assume prior to or during armed or unarmed combat.
stick fighting—Fighting that takes place with either one or two sticks.
strategic positioning—Tactically positioning yourself to either escape, move behind a barrier, or use a makeshift weapon.
strategic/tactical development—One of the five elements of CFA’s mental component.
strategy—A carefully planned method of achieving your goal of engaging an assailant under advantageous conditions.
street fight—A spontaneous and violent confrontation between two or more individuals wherein no rules apply.
street fighter—An unorthodox combatant who has no formal training. His combative skills and tactics are usually developed in the street by the process of trial and error.
street training—A CFA training methodology requiring the practitioner to deliver explosive compound attacks for 10 to 20 seconds. See condition ng training and proficiency training.
strength training—The process of developing muscular strength through systematic application of progressive resistance.
striking art—A combat art that relies predominantly on striking techniques to neutralize or terminate a criminal attacker.
striking shield—A rectangular shield constructed of foam and vinyl used to develop power in your kicks, punches, and strikes.
striking tool—A natural body weapon that impacts with the assailant’s anatomical target.
strong side—The strongest and most coordinated side of your body.
structure—A definite and organized pattern.
style—The distinct manner in which a fighter executes or performs his combat skills.
stylistic integration—The purposeful and scientific collection of tools and techniques from various disciplines, which are strategically integrated and dramatically altered to meet three essential criteria: efficiency, effectiveness, and combative safety.
submission holds—Also known as control and restraint techniques, many of these locks and holds create sufficient pain to cause the adversary to submit.
system—The unification of principles, philosophies, rules, strategies, methodologies, tools, and techniques of a particular method of combat.
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tactic—The skill of using the available means to achieve an end.
target awareness—A combative attribute that encompasses five strategic principles: target orientation, target recognition, target selection, target impaction, and target exploitation.
target exploitation—A combative attribute. The strategic maximization of your assailant’s reaction dynamics during a fight. Target exploitation can be applied in both armed and unarmed encounters.
target impaction—The successful striking of the appropriate anatomical target.
target orientation—A combative attribute. Having a workable knowledge of the assailant’s anatomical targets.
target recognition—The ability to immediately recognize appropriate anatomical targets during an emergency self-defense situation.
target selection—The process of mentally select
ing the appropriate anatomical target for your self-defense situation. This is predicated on certain factors, including proper force response, assailant’s positioning, and range.
target stare—A form of telegraphing in which you stare at the anatomical target you intend to strike.
target zones—The three areas in which an assailant’s anatomical targets are located. (See zone one, zone two and zone three.)
technique—A systematic procedure by which a task is accomplished.
telegraphic cognizance—A combative attribute. The ability to recognize both verbal and non-verbal signs of aggression or assault.
telegraphing—Unintentionally making your intentions known to your adversary.
tempo—The speed or rate at which you speak.
terminate—To kill.
terror—The third stage of fear; defined as overpowering fear. See fright and panic.
timing—A physical and mental attribute of armed and unarmed combat. Your ability to execute a movement at the optimum moment.
tone—The overall quality or character of your voice.
tool—See body weapon.
traditional martial arts—Any martial art that fails to evolve and change to meet the demands and characteristics of its present environment.
traditional style/system—See traditional martial arts.
training drills—The various exercises and drills aimed at perfecting combat skills, attributes, and tactics.
U
unified mind—A mind free and clear of distractions and focused on the combative situation.
use of force response—A combative attribute. Selecting the appropriate level of force for a particular emergency self-defense situation.
V
viciousness—A combative attribute. The propensity to be extremely violent and destructive often characterized by intense savagery.
violence—The intentional utilization of physical force to coerce, injure, cripple, or kill.
visualization—Also known as mental visualization or mental imagery. The purposeful formation of mental images and scenarios in the mind’s eye.
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warm-up—A series of mild exercises, stretches, and movements designed to prepare you for more intense exercise.
weak side—The weaker and more uncoordinated side of your body.
weapon and technique mastery—A component of CFA’s physical component. The kinesthetic and psychomotor development of a weapon or combative technique.
weapon capability—An assailant’s ability to use and attack with a particular weapon.
webbing - The first phase of the Widow Maker Program. Webbing is a two hand strike delivered to the assailant’s chin. It is called Webbing because your hands resemble a large web that wraps around the enemy’s face.
widow maker – One who makes widows by destroying husbands.
widow maker program – A CFA combat program specifically designed to teach the law abiding citizen how to use extreme force when faced with immediate threat of unlawful deadly criminal attack. The Widow Maker program is divided into two phases or methodologies: Webbing and Razing.
Y
yell—A loud and aggressive scream or shout used for various strategic reasons.
Z
zero beat – One of the four beat classifications of the Widow Maker Program. Zero beat strikes are full pressure techniques applied to a specific target until it completely ruptures. They include gouging, crushing, biting, and choking techniques.
zone one—Anatomical targets related to your senses, including the eyes, temple, nose, chin, and back of neck.
zone three—Anatomical targets related to your mobility, including thighs, knees, shins, and instep.
zone two—Anatomical targets related to your breathing, including front of neck, solar plexus, ribs, and groin.
About the Author
With over 30 years of experience, Sammy Franco is one of the world’s foremost authorities on armed and unarmed self-defense. Highly regarded as a leading innovator in combat sciences, Mr. Franco was one of the premier pioneers in the field of “reality-based” self-defense and martial arts instruction.
Sammy Franco is perhaps best known as the founder and creator of Contemporary Fighting Arts (CFA), a state-of-the-art offensive-based combat system that is specifically designed for real-world self-defense. CFA is a sophisticated and practical system of self-defense, designed specifically to provide efficient and effective methods to avoid, defuse, confront, and neutralize both armed and unarmed attackers.
After studying and training in numerous martial art systems and related disciplines and acquiring extensive firsthand experience from real “street” combat, Mr. Franco developed his first system, known as Analytical Street Fighting. This system, which was one of the first practical “street fighting” martial arts, employed an unrestrained reality-based training methodology known as Simulated Street Fight- ing. Analytical Street Fighting served as the foundation for the fundamental principles of Contemporary Fighting Arts and Mr. Franco’s teaching methodology.
CFA also draws from the concepts and principles of numerous sciences and disciplines, including police and military science, criminal justice, criminology, sociology, human psychology, philosophy, histrionics, kinesics, proxemics, kinesiology, emergency medicine, crisis management, and human anatomy.
Sammy Franco has frequently been featured in martial art magazines, newspapers, and appeared on numerous radio and television programs.
Mr. Franco has also authored numerous books, magazine articles and editorials, and has developed a popular library of instructional DVDs and workout music. As a matter of fact, his book Street Lethal was one of the first books ever published on the subject of reality based self-defense. His other books include Killer Instinct, 1001 Street Fighting Secrets, First Strike, War Machine, War Craft, Ground War, Warrior Wisdom, Out of the Cage, Gun Safety Handbook, When Seconds Count, Self-Defense Tips and Tricks, Heavy Bag Training, The Body Complete Body Opponent Bag Book, and Maximum Damage.
Sammy Franco’s experience and credibility in the combat science is unequaled. One of his many accomplishments in this field includes the fact that he has earned the ranking of a Law Enforcement Master Instructor, and has designed, implemented, and taught officer survival training to the United States Border Patrol (USBP).
He instructs members of the US Secret Service, Military Special Forces, Washington DC Police Department, Montgomery County, Maryland Deputy Sheriffs, and the US Library of Congress Police. Sammy Franco is also a member of the prestigious International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) as well as the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET) and he is listed in the “Who’s Who Director of Law Enforcement Instructors.”
Sammy Franco is a nationally certified Law Enforcement Instructor in the following curricula: PR-24 Side-Handle Baton, Police Arrest and Control Procedures, Police Personal Weapons Tactics, Police Power Handcuffing Methods, Police Oleoresin Capsicum Aerosol Training (OCAT), Police Weapon Retention and Disarming Methods, Police Edged Weapon Countermeasures and “Use of Force” Assessment and Response Methods.
Mr. Franco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. He is a regularly featured speaker at a number of professional conferences, and conducts dynamic and enlightening seminars on numerous aspects of self-defense and personal protection.
For more information about Mr. Franco, you can visit his website at: www.SammyFranco.com
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