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Life DefenseLife DefenseSHIELD PainAs Nico SHIELDED the blows reigning down toward his face with his forearms, he simultaneously bucked his hips up to disrupt the much larger 8th grader to upset his balance and thus neutralize his powerful blows. Nico, a 6th grader, thought for just a moment what pains he would be in if his HAPKIDO instructor hadn’t shown him the SHIELDING technique for when a larger opponent was on top attempting to knock him senseless. Still SHIELDING hurt, he couldn’t deny it, and now he was ready for a change of scenery. All at once Nico buck...2022-01-3001 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDISSIPATE ImpactJerri looked at her opponent’s intent as he all at once drove straight for a hard tackle after she’d made a less than polite response to his rude comment. Jerri had a couple of older brothers of her own and both were wrestlers so she’d seen it coming. As the much larger boy dropped his level Jerri carefully timed his tackle and fell her full body weight on his advancing head and mid back. Her graceful DISSIPATION to all his speed and power sent him face first into the grass between them. Thunk! By the time her aggres...2022-01-2201 minLife DefenseLife DefenseMAINTAIN Freedom!Micah saw the man’s big hand reach out to grab his. Instinctively the 10 year old boy circled his hand and shouted, “Hey, what are you doing!” And stepped away a few steps MAINTAINING his freedom. The man at the gas station that was perhaps looking for an easy target had not found one in Micah, and all the surrounding bystanders were now looking as the man walked quickly away. Micah had practiced his HAPKIDO online with his cousins who now live in California, and hand redirections were more than a game they played in traini...2021-12-0501 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCREATE!Sitting at his desk Fernando thought back on his failed printing business and sighed. Was everything in his life like this? Having an alcoholic, and abusive step father had once defined his life. Now, still in his mid thirties he had spent some of the previous years of his life blaming everything on the circumstance this man had obviously put him in. As a teenager he’d taken up skateboarding, a good excuse to get away from the house and even better for explaining bruises that showed up every couple weeks at this man’s hands. However, when...2021-11-2104 minLife DefenseLife DefenseRELEASE Now!“You’re holding too tight…Ouch let go of me!” Sandra was starting to panic as her date’s short squeeze had turned into a way too tight bear hug. “LET GO OF ME!’ Sandra said in a commanding tone, and just like her self defense instructor Jess had taught her, Sandra drove her hips back into his center, smashed her knuckles into the back of his hand, and drove forward with her hips breaking his hold. “I said no, and no means no!” Her startled date turned bright red, quickly apologized and drove her home, accompanied by her friend....2021-11-1402 minLife DefenseLife DefensePIVOTAL-POINT...Where Everything Moves!PIVOTAL-POINTS: How things move! Kim was a little surprised when Su grabbed her sweater and pushed hard toward the locker room wall. However, her reaction was immediate and effective. Just as Su pushed, even before her hand could get a solid grip, Kim moved gracefully accommodating her energy, exerted on the PIVOTAL-POINT of her shoulder, and propelled Su in a tight circle, gently guiding her to the ground with the aide of Su’s PIVOTAL-POINTS located in her shoulder, elbow and wrist. Kim was all at once calm, and grateful for motion she’d learned at h...2021-11-0702 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDISCERN and Evolve!Jack said he’d lost track of how many towns he’d lived in over his 16 years of life. However, he knew it was 5. His dad was career Navy, and since his last transfer, found himself off the ships and serving as a Hospital Corpsman in South Korea. Seoul South Korea? Enough was enough. Jack had spent the last 4 years of his life studying HAPKIDO, a Korean self defense system, and His Kwanjang (school owner) had actually trained in Kuri-Shi, not too far from where he was staying. Jack’s dad was pulling a double shift...2021-10-3004 minLife DefenseLife DefenseWhen Stuff Doesn't Work... VARY!She pulled hard against his grip, Jill then began to panic. “This guy is way too strong, and in order to break free I’ll need to VARY my defense, and do something else.” The large attacker was either drunk, or strung out, but following her into the restroom was not normal even for this club. A coupe of women hurried out, and yet neither one appeared interested in helping her. At least that’s how it seemed. “Maybe they think he’s with me,” Jill thought. “Either way this was not going well.” Jill’s voice got suddenly commanding and very loud, “Let...2021-10-2503 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDEFLECT, Survive and Win!Travis was alternating between viscous fists aimed at Rory’s head, and getting him in a last minute chokehold to even the score card in the last few seconds of the middle weight, mixed martial arts, headliner fight. Rory however, had different plans. Each time Travis reared back he would buck his hips against Travis’ mount position, knocking him off balance, and each time Travis would reach out for the choke, Rory would guard his neck using small DEFLECTIONS by making little circles with his hands. Travis all at once got really anxious as he glanced up at the timer, and...2021-10-1703 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDIVERT, a Shared VisionThe woman walked up boldly to Mary in an attempt to intimidate the young mother of 3 after the community meeting. She stepped rapidly toward her with raised hands, gesturing in a threatening manner, and ear pricing screams to match. Mary had been willing to discuss, debate and listen to what she had to say inside, even after she was shouted down on the steps of her own city hall on the way out. Suddenly she was a little surprised by all the strange faces that were out on the streets of her town tonight. Mary’s 3 little gi...2021-10-1104 minLife DefenseLife DefenseSYNCHRONIZE Power!The football player started at the snap just as he’d been coached and drove forward with his powerful legs. His offensive counterpart also dug in deep lurching forward, his job was to overpower his defensive opponent, and block him from getting through the offensive line, and sacking the primary offensive keystone on his team, his quarterback. However, just as their powerful bodies met over the line of scrimmage the defensive player SYNCHRONIZED with the offensive player’s powerful blocking push, and slipped past him easily. Within 3 seconds the whistle was blown, and the offensive lineman’s quarte...2021-10-0403 minLife DefenseLife DefenseHow AWARE Are You?The man yelled something from across the dark street as I was leaving the bar in an older area of downtown Columbus Georgia. As the interim CEO/ consultant for a multi million dollar property company, I had just inspected the business, and met with the bar’s owner, and it was later than I had thought evidenced by the almost empty, dark street. As I stepped off the curb toward my parked car a stranger yelled some friendly greeting obviously meant to get my attention from across the street. At the same time coincidentally another man slowly ci...2021-09-2704 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCIRCLE...RE-CENTER and RE-SET!The young man slowly CIRCLED, surveying the battlefield where seconds earlier he had successfully derailed the attack of a school yard bully. Mikey, and a couple of his gang stopped Steven on his way home from school, and the huge “haymaker punch” Mikey threw was with knockout intention, however Steven was used to that move and had practiced it over and over again in his HAPKIDO sessions lately. As Mikey’s CIRCULAR “cowboy style punch” swung wide, Steven stepped inside and hooked Mikey’s head and elbow to tie him up. Mikey’s frustration was evident as he cursed, str...2021-09-1902 minLife DefenseLife DefenseHow OFF-BALANCED Are You?The hulking attacker stepped aggressively toward Sue. He had a threatening grimace on his face as he bellowed out profanities describing what he was planning on doing to her in the next few moments. A well practiced Judo enthusiast, Sue had one goal in mind, to throw this guy on his head. However, in order to get him to move she knew there was one thing she had to do first… OFF-BALANCE him! His step was deep and aggressive, just what she needed, as Sue side stepped she could feel his over commitment and stepping be...2021-09-1303 minLife DefenseLife DefenseWhat Are Your VITAL-POINTS?The man was feeling a little too comfortable with his reluctant date as he pulled her into the couch. Michelle however, was very familiar with this situation from her grappling class and instead of resisting the momentum of the pull went with it, and slammed her knee into his goin/ tailbone, instantaneously landing with both elbows to his solar plexus full force, assisted in part from his powerful pulling motion. Both of these strikes were directed to his VITAL-POINTS and they worked! The dull thud and deep groan was gratifying to her in a weird sort of...2021-09-0604 minLife DefenseLife DefenseUTILIZE Time the Ultimate Weapon...UTILIZING time as a weapon of self-defense is a new concept to most. The reality is that time arguably doesn’t exist, and is a construct invented by our emerging country the 1800’s, to standardize arrivals and departures at America’s new railway stations. Before this, time was more or less relative. Time varied from town to town, county to county, and country to country, and was more general, more fluid, less exact, and less exacting. Consider that time has been used UTILIZED as a weapon against us for years, controlling our lives hour by hour, and minute...2021-08-3106 minLife DefenseLife DefenseHow COMMITTED are You?How COMMITTED are You? After her long run in the park Sarah stopped to catch her breath. It was a little later then she liked to run, and the early Fall had branches from the tall trees casting shadows across the running path. Along with the quickly dimming sky, she was a little troubled. Must start earlier she gasped. All at once she felt a strong pull on her hoodie, and simultaneously felt a powerful hand grabbing her pony tail, yanking her head back violently, and propelling her rearwards. Sarah COMMITTED instinctively by stepping with...2021-08-2303 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCOORDINATE and Power Up Your LifeAs Frank, the older classmate, reached to grab Johnny, the much smaller Johnny felt Frank’s large hands just barely beginning to attach to his blue hoodie, intent on driving him backwards into the lockers as he had done so many times before. All at once Johnny had a calm fall over him, and heard a voice in his head… COORDINATE, COORDINATE, just COORDINATE! Everything seemed in slow motion, just as his instructor had told him it would. Johnny had been training all summer for something just like this and all the painful, sweaty, repetitions of his HAPK...2021-08-1603 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDROP and Connect PowerfullyThe dark corner seemed extra dark tonight as the moon was new and the sky very, very cloudy. It didn’t help to have the overhead street light burned out as well. “Great,” the middle aged executive muttered under his breath as he approached his hotel. Reaching out to swipe his room key into the after hours, rear hallway door, Mickey suddenly felt weird, like someone was watching, and so he hurried to slide it and get safely inside. His intuition was spot on, someone had been watching from just around the corner and was approaching rapidly, and ju...2021-08-1003 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDISRUPTION Changes EverythingIt was 12:20pm as Bobby, an 8 year old boy at Cherry Hill Elementary, peered through the glass at the clock on the wall. Could he avoid humiliation and pain 10 more minutes by hiding from Victor and his gang until the bell that signaled the end of lunch break? Then all at once it was too late, “Hey Bobby! We’ve been looking for you everywhere…. Where’s that money you promised me? Don’t tell me you spent it on lunch. You don’t need lunch. You’re too fat anyway. Fatty!” As Bobby turned to the sound of...2021-08-0203 minLife DefenseLife DefenseNEUTRALIZE Life ThreatsNEUTRALIZE Life Threats The young woman had been taken to a secondary location by the would-be killer intent on her torture, and pre-planned death. Opening the trunk of the car parked in a desolate area miles from any help he pulled her up to carry her down to the basement of the old abandoned house. Unexpectedly she used his force to propel her upward and outward as she swung the rusty tire iron squarely across his head knocking him backwards as she landed atop his massive body. Still conscious he reached up to pull her...2021-07-2703 minLife DefenseLife DefenseRESPONSE, What Will You Create?The man was standing in line at the stadium to get a hot dog, and a cold beverage. The younger man approached, drunk and aggressive. For whatever reason he came in hard and strong for a tackle at waist level. The older defender reacted from his wrestling days by RESPONDING with a sprawl feet and legs shooting back out of reach as his forearms shoved hard against shoulders of the younger attacker stopping his intended progression. Surprised the drunk attacker struggled to keep his balance and could nether progress by reaching the defender’s legs for a ta...2021-07-2002 minLife DefenseLife DefenseENGAGE Yourself in LifeENGAGE Yourself in Life To ENGAGE is to live in self-defense and Life Defense. In a real sense of the word ENGAGEMENT is commitment to live. By ENGAGING we say that we are here, and we are relevant, and we are not going away. In the struggle for life in a self-defense scenarios the very act of ENGAGEMENT says this. In life and Life Defense the same is true… The kick boxer moves in for the attack, as he kicks his hips turn powerfully in an attempt to break the balance and damage the opponents ab...2021-07-0602 minLife DefenseLife DefenseGLOBAL MINDSET WARRIORSConsider that looking for a GLOBAL MINDSET is achieved through looking at common PRINCIPLES that we as humans share. Many would label this an impossible task referencing  PRINCIPLES as subjective and culturally specific. Our premise is that certain PRINCIPLES are shared and are not subjective. This common ground actually is the genesis of creating a GLOBAL MINDSET. One PRINCIPLE borrowed from physics is the PRINCIPLE of GRAVITY. GRAVITY is the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. Google Defy g...2021-06-3011 minLife DefenseLife DefenseBLOCKING Out Your Life!BLOCKING in self-defense is the world of NOT letting things into your space that are harmful. In Life Defense BLOCKING serves the same purpose. Let’s see how… The kickboxer was in his last round. Pummeled all night long by punishing fists meant to knock him out. The last round was starting to get to him, yet remarkably he was not winded, and still strong on his feet. His younger opponent was starting to tire however from the massive amount of energy expended in delivering powerful knock out punches over and over again to the older fighter’s mass...2021-06-2903 minLife DefenseLife DefenseSPACE, Your SPACESPACE, Your SPACE A young girl no more than 12 years of age is alone in a park starring dreamily at the dimming sky as the sun sets. She has remained a few minutes longer than her friends, fixated on the beautiful sunset. Suddenly she senses the predator’s gaze, and before he can approach CREATES SPACE, a PRINCIPLE of self-defense and Life Defense, by running across the street into a cell phone store, alerting the staff and borrowing a phone to call her parents… In Life Defense we are a little obsessed with SPACE, creating it...2021-06-2202 minLife DefenseLife DefenseLEVERAGE LifeLEVERAGE is all about, maintaining position, of vital points to move virtual mountains in self-defense and life or Life Defense… The attacker circled round and round looking for an opportunity to pounce and drive fists into the defenders head. Then all at once the defender allows him into his guard, and just when the attacker thinks he will dominate the conflict, he is completely controlled and becomes harmless. How? The attacker misunderstood the LEVERAGE that the ground is, while the defender understood the LEVERAGE afforded by position, and vital-points of contact. In life ho...2021-06-1502 minLife DefenseLife DefenseREINFORCE Your LifeREINFORCE Your Life! In the world of Self Defense we multiply our power by connecting or REINFORCING our hands to ourselves, or to the opponent. Often we REINFORCE our efforts using multiple techniques, and PRINCIPLES simultaneously. We purposefully gather other people to our cause REINFORCING our efforts in defending our lives. In life we do this by sheer chance sometimes, REINFORCING things that make our lives work better, or to be more productive, and yet, the PRINCIPLE of Life Defense gains its power from purposeful training and implementation… The attacker throws a hay ma...2021-06-0803 minLife DefenseLife DefenseFOCUS Your LifeFOCUS Your Life! In the world of self-defense we talk about FOCUS, and especially the different kinds of FOCUS. In Life Defense those different FOCUSES powerfully effect our lives! The sniper is stationed rooftop eyes looking for hours on a small pinpointed spot between two tall buildings. This will be where his people will be most vulnerable, and his job is to protect them. NARROW FOCUS. The tourist enters the crowded plaza just at dusk. She has lost her tour group somehow, and scans the crowd of strange faces till all at once...2021-05-1802 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCONNECT and Power Up Your Life!CONNECT is a powerful PRINCIPLE of self-defense and Life Defense… Out of the dark the attacker comes with threatening gestures and angry tones. His arms fly out from his body demonstrating his intent of violence. All of a sudden he grabs the defender by the throat and shoves her hard toward the red brick, graffiti laden wall just 3 steps to her rear. With ease the young woman steps backward, and with one graceful motion, CONNECTS her forearms over the top of the attackers hands, pinning his wrists to her upper chest. The attacker’s aggressive, forw...2021-05-1103 minLife DefenseLife DefenseEXPAND and Take Control of Your LifeEXPAND, and Take Control of Your Life! In the world of self-defense we use the PRINCIPLE of EXPAND when holding someone down in a MOUNT position. We like to reference a “drunk uncle” showing up at your daughter’s wedding reception and knocking over the punch bowl, insulting the guests and maybe taking a swing at the best man. Although most likely not a tremendous threat, he might appear greatly menacing to your friends, neighbors, and Aunt Martha, and could actually hurt himself or others in his altered state. Consequently, perhaps you struggle with him, taking...2021-05-0301 minLife DefenseLife DefenseALLOW Powerfully!ALLOW Powerfully! ALLOW is by default a type of permission. In self-defense ALLOW has a physical aspect of ALLOWING an attackers energy to continue, without impeding. This simple non-resistance may prove to overextend an attack and create an off-balancing effect as in a push, or painful consequence as in ALLOWING in response to a tackle, slamming the attacker to the ground face first. Today in our discussion of Life Defense we will examine how the PRINCIPLE of ALLOWING is a powerful choice in both deed and discussion. Let’s look... What actually happens wh...2021-04-2703 minLife DefenseLife DefenseREPLACE WEAKNESS with POWER!REPLACE is a PRINCIPLE of Self-Defense and Life Defense. Today in our discussion of Life Defense we speak of REPLACING weakness with power, to accomplish anything! In Self-Defense, REPLACING an attacker’s lethal center and power is highly effective in throws and grappling. Additionally our very motion is most powerful when replacing the strength of our arms and shoulders with that of our center and legs. An example would be driving a strike all the way from mother earth, through your, legs and center delivered by your fist, vs relying on what can be generated by the ar...2021-04-1902 minLife DefenseLife DefenseELEVATE My LifeIn self-defense an ELEVATION of level, as in a throw, changes an opponents attack from a grounded, powerful push, pull or grab into a compromised, unstable and fully redirected catapult of the attacker’s body to the hard earth. Additionally in battle, ELEVATION gives high ground perspective in a firefight putting lower level opponents at a severe disadvantage as ELEVATED positions of shooters have access to rein down deadly accurate shots on unprotected positions. Today in our examination of Life Defense we will see how ELEVATION of thought gives defenders an extreme advantage in the ba...2021-04-0502 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCONTROL FEARIn the world of self-defense CONTROL is a central, powerful PRINCIPLE. CONTROLLING environments, fear, exposures, and even attackers themselves results in success to live another day. In Life Defense the same is true in every part of life. We talk a lot about environments, exposures and others when discussing potential conflicts that might need CONTROLLING. However today we will focus on ourselves. In self-defense the fear that escalates to nearly incapacitating levels is a real thing. Many of my participants have related to being forced, or assaulted physically, emotionally or mentally in different situations. 2021-03-2903 minLife DefenseLife DefensePREVENT: The First RuleA mantra of Life Defense is, “What we PREVENT never happens…” We will explore PREVENT in the world of self-defense and Life Defense this week and how this simple yet effective PRINCIPLE of Life Defense works. In self-defense much is said and trained as PREVENTION. In fact, one of the most effective techniques of self-defense is to PREVENT something before it happens. Hence the saying, “What we PREVENT never happens.” If you stay close to well lit, well patrolled areas of town, hanging with sober, long time, trusted friends, in groups, returning home before 10pm, to sleep behind dea...2021-03-2202 minLife DefenseLife DefenseYour POSITION Your AdvantagePOSITION really has everything to do with success vs failure, leverage vs non-leveraged and life vs death. In this installation of Life Defense we will look at POSITION making all the difference in self-defense, and life, or Life Defense. Many years ago, my wife told me about our son running away from her too fast, and too young to have any sense. This little runner was maybe 3 years old and an escape artist. Anthony had learned to work the latch of the backyard gate, and was headed at a full run for the busy road when his...2021-03-1603 minLife DefenseLife DefenseREMOVE It Now!What happens when you find yourself grabbed, controlled or restrained? In self-defense an attacker will grab you and pull you into what might be a struggle for life itself. Let’s look at how REMOVING this death grip both in self-defense and in life or Life Defense is the key to living another day! In self-defense REMOVAL from a grab is essential and is practiced over and over again. The attacker grabs the wrist of a weaker defender, as in abduction, and pulls them away as the defender typically fights against the much stronger attacker in vain. Th...2021-03-0802 minLife DefenseLife DefenseUNIFY: Come TogetherThe Beatles classic song “Come Together” ends in a refrain of “come together” repeated over and over again. I remember listening to the warm crackle of the needle on vinyl…Ahh such sweet sounds…and why shouldn’t they emphasis this PRINCIPLE of Life Defense. It works! …today in this cool, almost Spring morning we will be looking at the PRINCIPLE of UNIFY in self-defense and in Life, or Life Defense and how it works in your life. UNIFY in self-defense is sometimes applied against a rear bear hug. The attacker comes from behind wraps his arms around...2021-03-0103 minLife DefenseLife DefenseSYNERGY: 2 X 2 = 6SYNERGY is a common term used in self-defense and Life Defense. Basically SYNERGY becomes available as soon as we stop fighting and start using the potential, great multiplier. Every time we work together in any fashion with something, or someone else, we have potential SYNERGY. Described in self-defense it might look like an attacker pushing a smaller defender, when at the last moment the defender SYNERGIZES motion with the much larger, stronger attacker and the attacker in essence stumbles on by. Perhaps the attacker then decides to laugh at themselves and they both go on their way...2021-02-2301 minLife DefenseLife DefenseANTICIPATION: Create Your Future!In the world of self-defense we constantly look at, or ANTICIPATE potential threats, create training scenarios, and make future decisions based on this ANTICIPATION. Let’s look at the comparison between how we ANTICIPATE conflict, in self-defense to create a safe outcome, and how we might ANTICIPATE creating productive outcomes in every part of our life using Life Defense. The attacker rushes toward you lunging with a huge push meant to off-balance, surprise and intimidate you with almost certain fists to follow. Yet you have ANTICIPATED this common attack many, many times before and practiced this thousands of...2021-02-1602 minLife DefenseLife DefenseREFLECT Your LifeREFLECT in self-defense has to do with mirroring the motions, extremities or speed of an attacker. In the case of a front choke the defender mirrors or matches the hands of the attacker to easily push them harmlessly out of the way while escaping. There is also the REFLECTIVE listening and response a defender uses in LEAPS L.E.A.P.S. an acronym for the technique of “Listening, Empathizing, Asking Questions, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing police officers are trained in, and to use when talking down aggressive persons in volatile situations. In Life Defense we ca...2021-02-0801 minLife DefenseLife DefenseSHIELD: Surviving the FightIn the world of self-defense we learn to SHIELD, block, or protect in some manner as potentially harmful blows rein down on us. A scenario of an attacker in full mount position, legs straddling a defender is a dangerous and deadly scenario if the defender does not know how to SHIELD. In self-defense this is usually done with the hands and arms connected to the head SHIELDING powerful blows as the attacker, with extreme leverage strikes over and over again. To the lay-person watching this may seem brutal and scary. When in fact, there is much, much...2021-01-3102 minLife DefenseLife DefenseLife Defense: DISSIPATE AttacksIn this discussion we will consider DISSIPATION as a Life Defense PRINCIPLE to be used in lessening the effects of an attack in self-defense, and inevitable, daily attacks in Life using Life Defense. First let’s look at a self-defense example. In self-defense when one person attacks with a tackle they are charging at the defender, wrapping their arms around their waist or legs, and driving them to the ground. One of the most effective self-defenses against a tackle is to block the charge by placing forearms on either side of the attackers shoulders, while “spra...2021-01-2403 minLife DefenseLife DefenseFREEDOM is Evident!FREEDOM is seen, experienced or “EVIDENT” in each person. The test, or “EVIDENCE” of FREEDOM might be diminished to what they say, what political party they represent, or even particular individual branding. Each of these may scream FREEDOM and yet it’s not that. FREEDOM is EVIDENT in what people do. In the US we have people that speak of civil rights, the ability for people to vote in a FREE election, or stand in front of 100s of flags taking oaths to defend our Constitution and yet their actions may or may not reflect their commitment to FREEDOM...2021-01-2103 minLife DefenseLife DefenseADAPT and Live!All life ADAPTS. In self-defense and in Life Defense ADAPTATION defines who lives and who dies. In self-defense if one defense doesn’t work we move to a different one. Example: someone grabs us in a bear hug from behind. We drop our weight and begin unifying our body. This usually will break us free from the hold as we move through our hips and circle out. However, if the attacker is much larger as in a man kidnapping a youth, and begins to lift the child off the ground, they must ADAPT, or be ta...2021-01-1802 minLife DefenseLife DefenseFREEDOM and the OFF-LINE PRINCIPLEIn self-defense we use the PRINCIPLE of getting OFF-LINE from an attack. This is in contrast to fighting toe to toe, or taking an attack directly, straight on. This allows a much smaller, weaker defender an advantage in any conflict. Recently FREEDOM of speech in the US, and around the world has been denied to many people. As the rush of powerful platforms, and governments seek to eliminate this basic human right the response of some living in the US has been to virtually “step OFF-LINE” and move to other platforms. This is OFF-LINING. The end...2021-01-1803 minLife DefenseLife DefenseFREEDOM to SpeakIn life the very definition of money in its most simple state represents LIFE FORCE. It is what you give your life or time for in exchange for payment. Whether by the hour, project or salary, when LIFE FORCE is given we are compensated by money which we exchange for others LIFE FORCE for food, clothes and a place to live. This LIFE FORCE is also given in a free society as taxes for which we approve through our voice, debate and eventually law that we agree to abide by. When our voice, or our...2021-01-1403 minLife DefenseLife DefenseOFFLINE: Redirect and Triangulate PowerOFFLINE is a little different word for most of us. OFFLINE in regular terms might mean to shut off a computer and hit the hay. OFFLINE in a real sense is super powerful and even by the foregoing definition is a redirection of power and a TRIANGULATION that creates new possibilities. You see even when a switch is switched off on your computer the power is actually diverted back to the grid and becomes available for a light or mixer to be used. When we “hit the hay” we are actually redirecting our body and func...2021-01-1102 minLife DefenseLife DefenseFREEDOM: Love is More Powerful than HateLOVE is powerful and consequently HATE is weak. Jesus said, ...Love your enemies... Matthew 5:44 Whether you believe Him to be the literal Son of God or not doesn’t really matter. His words themselves are powerful. In self-defense we see first in purpose then in application this to be true. In self-defense LOVING your enemy or attacker vs HATING is also known to be more powerful. When a defender allows HATE to consume them they physically, mentally and emotionally “give away” or waste energy. Muscles tense, strategies and defensive techniques go out the window and bl...2021-01-1102 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIORS of FREEDOM: PRAY D29 CH29In times of trouble, in times of concern, in times of chaos, TRUE WARRIORS of FREEDOM PRAY. Throughout time Children of God from all beliefs and corners of the planet have called on God by many names, in their own way, and in their own language. Some kneel, some stand, some PRAYERS are aloud, and some are silent. However, the PRINCIPLE is the same. We PRAY. Consider that every word we speak echos into the ether forever… Even without a belief in God your words have power, more power than a million friends or likes could ev...2021-01-0902 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIORS: Defensive Healing D28 CH 28There is no conflict without HEALING. Let’s define HEALING..."To correct or put right an undesirable situation..." In self-defense an injury can mean death to a defender if they cannot or do not defend. Period.  Defense then becomes the number one concern for a defender. Defense is essential to keep breathing long enough to HEAL. I promise to defend all my brothers and sisters rights to FREEDOM and look forward to a day when the attacks subside and we can truly HEAL as a n...2021-01-0802 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIORS: Stop the Steal D26 CH26That’s right! We needed to stop the steal of any election and this one was no different. It is not a matter of who won the election, it is a matter of election integrity. Everyone should be up in arms about the obvious steal of the 2020 presidential election. That’s right, it is overwhelming that the 2020 US election has been stolen. Yesterday, I attended one of the 50 or more rallies around the country to stop election fraud. Why should anyone care? Everyone should should recognize that without a free and fair election our country is d...2021-01-0803 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIORS: Are Family Oriented D24 CH24The movement to destroy FAMILY from our central way of life is evident in media, and government and as an agenda of weakening the very thing that we as humans are. FAMILY. We are being brainwashed that FAMILY as a way of life is an outdated, cumbersome and even stupid, and definitely an un-enlightened way of being. The commitment to FAMILY worldwide has seen drastic drops in popularity and even the size of FAMILY has been under attack from governments like China. Millions of babies each year are killed in the name of...2021-01-0602 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: A Nation of Believers D23 CH23There’s been a movement to take God from our country. They labeled it “separation of church and state" years ago, and I believe has been misused ever since. Thomas Jefferson was one of the greatest advocates of religious FREEDOM. His“Act for Establishing Religious Freedom” in 1779 became law Jan. 16, 1786. The bill was a milestone in religious liberty and church-state separation. Note that the “separation of church and state” and “religious FREEDOM” are used together frequently when referencing this subject. Religious FREEDOM and rights to worship how where and who we may, or to not worship at all...2021-01-0603 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: The Warrior Culture of America D22 CH22Could it be said that America is a WARRIOR culture and what does that mean? Born of revolution from England, one of the most powerful nations on the planet at the time, and defined as a central government through the civil war that took 620,000 lives, the foundation of America as a nation was born. American WARRIORS have been at war since our inception for maybe 30 something years all totaled, including two World Wars. All for what? FREEDOM. Once again, we are not perfect and politics has led us perhaps away at times from this cause, however at the...2021-01-0502 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: DEVOTE YOURSELFDEVOTE yourself to something! In self-defense we literally DEVOTE to a technique, motion or counter, and if we half-heartedly do it any other way the chances of failure go exponentially up. DEVOTION to training also cannot be overemphasized. In Life Defense a TRUE WARRIOR’S DEVOTION means “mat time” there’s no getting around it, and that might look like training, education, business experience or just fighting your way to the top of the game by learning all there is to know about the particular “game” you hope to win. Either way DEVOTION plays a part. So if...2021-01-0502 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: Stand or Kneel? D21 CH21What do you STAND or KNEEL for? In the world of FREEDOM both STANDING and KNEELING have direct reference to the DEVOTION you have in your beliefs and what can be accomplished or what you are willing to give yourself over to. Let’s take a look. Our DEVOTION to the STAND we take, and the STANDING up we are willing to do has made all the difference in the formation and longevity of our great nation. STANDING for FREEDOM has never been easy. Yet TRUE WARRIORS have stood in the past and will STAND in the fu...2021-01-0302 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: The First Day D20 CH20The fate of a nation, our nation, has always been in our hands. We must as FREEDOM SEEKING TRUE WARRIORS accept this to be a fact. If we abandon this gift it is because of our acts. No other country can have power over us unless we give up. DEVOTION is a PRINCIPLE of Life Defense. Without DEVOTION to TRUTH we become a nation of lies. We start fresh today and have an opportunity to DEVOTE ourselves and right this country once again, or not. It is up to us. We create our future. I promise...2021-01-0102 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: 2021 the Battle Continues D19 CH19Those that have lived through 2020 may feel like it is the worst year ever, yet compared to concentration camps, world wars, genocide and mass starvation throughout history we can honestly say we’ve seen things like this before. Yet, we find ourselves in a civil war and perhaps the next world war brewing going into 2021. What should we do? What if I told you that it’s not what happens to us, it is what we do with it that matters! The year 2021 marks only the continuation of our CIVIL WAR for FREEDOM. We will not find...2021-01-0102 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: What Will You Create in 2021? D18 CH18It’s really up to us! We create our lives and reality we are totally responsible for what that is… As TRUE WARRIORS of America head into 2021 let us not forget. We are a country born of FREEDOM seeking TRUE WARRIORS who are willing to put it all on the line for what we believe, and not compromise our FREEDOM to foreign influence or enemies both inside and outside our country. We stand for our Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights and Amendments. I am proud to be an American, and I promise to stand for our...2020-12-3002 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: Re-Education of America D17 CH17It's time to stop listening to RE-EDUCATION. When discussion, conversation and debate are no longer present what's left is RE-EDUCATION... I will shut off the media, pull my kids out of schools and leave platforms that do not hold my values and do not promote FREEDOM! Allen Hughes Life Defense Welcome to the Civil War for FREEDOM! #lifedefense #allenhughes #civilwarfreedom --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-12-3002 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them D16 CH16You will know them by their fruits…every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit... Opportunity is FREEDOM and has proved its “fruits” to be abundantly good. The US is the most successful country of all time and proves that a free country is the only way to accomplish this magnitude of innovation, business, prosperity and abundance. I will stand with TRUE WARRIORS in defense of FREEDOM, and look to the fruits of FREEDOM as proof that FREEDOM works! Period. Allen Hughes Life Defense Welcome to the Ci...2020-12-3001 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIOR: Fear is the Enemy D15 CH15TRUE WARRIOR: Fear is the Enemy D15 CH15 “Today is a good day to die!” Crazy Horses’ battle cry at the Little Big Horn is not only historic, it turns out fearlessly being prepared to die is also a good way to live! Sun Tzu wrote in the Art of War, “Put them on dying ground that they may live.” In other words if there is no retreat soldiers will fight for their life and live. In this time where we are threatened with restrictions and ordinances, political agendas and pandemic manipulations know this, they...2020-12-2901 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIORS are Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: DAY14 CH14Do you feel UNCOMFORTABLE yet? Do you just want things to be nice once again? Do you long for the days when people were nice and didn’t disagree much, or if they did we just all agreed to not talk about certain things like politics or religion at family get togethers? ...It’s time to reject the lies, reject the platforms, and causes you don’t believe in. It’s time to BE COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE. Nice and submissive will get you killed. You cannot be nice to thugs. Period. Stand for FREEDOM! I will spe...2020-12-2902 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTRUE WARRIORS LOVE: DAY 13/ 40 DAYS for FREEDOM!TRUE WARRIORS LOVE: DAY 13/ 40 DAYS for FREEDOM! TRUE WARRIORS of FREEDOM LOVE! A wise man once said the greatest of all commandments is to LOVE God. He followed up that the second was to LOVE each other.  LOVE is such a misunderstood word. In modern times it sometimes takes on interesting meanings in music, and media that confuse the term.  I promise to LOVE my brothers and sisters and will take actions that protect all our FREEDOMS to LIVE. No matter the cost. ...2020-12-2904 minLife DefenseLife DefenseFREEDOM of Holidays: DAY 12Merry Christmas Eve Eve! That’s what I say every year and this silly play on words expresses my belief and excited anticipation of this holiday I hold dear. I also say Joyous Christmas, and I’ve been known to say Happy Holidays. Additionally, if I know someone is say Jewish I might say, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah! I really don’t know the greeting for my Buddhist friends and so I just say, Merry Christmas! I promise to uphold beliefs of all Americans to worship how, where and what they may as long as their belief...2020-12-2402 minLife DefenseLife DefenseAmerica: A World of FREEDOM DAY 11The cause of Life and ultimately FREEDOM is a TRUE CAUSE fought by TRUE WARRIORS. This is a war for our families, homes and beliefs. Freedom is Life, and we are in the battle for our lives. The simple PRINCIPLE here is that first before being an American we are fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers. Government was formed to protect our rights. When it fails at this most basic level it no longer represents our families, and is no longer a government for and by the people. It is instead tyranny. I promise to:2020-12-2303 minLife DefenseLife DefenseAmerica the Beautiful DAY 10Here’s my promise today: “I promise to create my future by learning from the past, not as some made up version that never was, rather how it really was. I promise to learn from past struggles and battles and honor the future by practicing skills of a TRUE WARRIOR each day and live the Truth of FREEDOM defending it for all!” God Bless America! Allen Hughes Life Defense Evangelist --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-12-2203 minLife DefenseLife DefenseStop the Steal DAY 9Went to my first political rally and there was almost nobody there... Without consensus or agreement, FREEDOM will be lost. We must not allow this to happen. It is with this in mind I make the following promise: “I will not accept the results of any election that is in question until all questions of a legal and fair election have been solved. Period! I will stand for, write, protest and never be silenced until it is clear these measures have been met beyond reasonable doubt.” God Save America! Allen Hughes Life...2020-12-2002 minLife DefenseLife DefenseAgree or Disagree DAY 8PROMISE: “I will not accept the results of any election that is in question until all questions of a legal and fair election have been solved. Period! I will stand for, write, protest and never be silenced until it is clear these measures have been met beyond reasonable doubt.” God Save America! Allen Hughes Life Defense Evangelist lifedefense.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-12-2002 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDISRUPTING THE LIE! What’s in a Name?Using the PRINCIPLE of DISRUPTION is different than disagreement, argument, or making people wrong. DISRUPTION is a PRINCIPLE of Life Defense. In self-defense this would be either a strike, kick, push, or bump to breaking balance. DISRUPTION immediately causes off-balancing, refocusing and clarity. If you want to get someone’s attention you punch them in the nose (DISRUPTION), and immediately they are off-balanced, forced to re-focus and gain clarity! Instead of punching someone in the nose, in Life Defense a simple word can DISRUPT people enough to create results. Since everything is created in word, we...2020-12-1803 minLife DefenseLife DefensePROTECT FREE SPEECH!When will I do this? TODAY! “I commit to PROTECT my right to free speech by REDIRECTING all my friends and followers to platforms that honor my beliefs!” If you agree I encourage you to take action today and PROTECT your rights to free speech today by taking action and leaving a comment here today! Allen Hughes Life Defense Evangelist lifedefense.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-12-1703 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCIVIL WAR! What's Your Plan?Chapter 5 Day 5 CIVIL WAR! What’s Your Plan? “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” This quote by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Cheif of Staff of the Prussian army before WWII, sums up where FREEDOM SEEKERS may find themselves today. Look to your left, and look to your right, not politically rather actually, and this group of 3 will make a difference. The difference in this civil war could be made by not doing anything. No-action has made the difference as many times as action in the world we live in today. ...2020-12-1602 minLife DefenseLife DefenseWhat is Life Defense: The TRUE WARRIOR in 2021Questions to ask, and answer yourself... 1. What is Life Defense? We say, "Life Defense is the self-defense for life…" 2. What does that mean? 3. What or what attacks you? 4. How does that effect your life? 5. Is there ever a time that you are not in opposition, stress, challenge, growth, work, achievement, pleasure or even fun without opposition or conflict, and why? 7. Can you achieve anything without opposition or conflict, and if you could, would you want it? 8. How much then is opposition or conflict wo...2020-12-1504 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDAY 3: The Two Sides of the Battle!Chapter 3 Day 3 The Two Sides of the Battle! Which Side Are You On?  As we discussed before most battles are based on someone wanting what another has and deciding to take it. Our premise is simple, people on one side of our country say the others side has what they want, and they want to take it. One example might be pointing a finger at the 1% and saying, ‘They have stuff I don’t have and I want it.” Although overly simplistic, this easily illustrates the point. It goes something like this, “...2020-12-1402 minLife DefenseLife DefenseThe Civil War for FREEDOM Day 2In this podcast Allen Hughes presents what actually is occurring and why we are truly in a civil war. Consider that: 1. Equally divided as to political ideologies. 2. Those two ideologies are quite different. 3. Supposedly we have hundreds of thousands dead and no politician could have prevented that. Pointing fingers has never saved a life. 4. Foreign entities are taking sides. 5. Large companies are supporting political agendas. 6. Media is polarized and has not only swayed the outcome has done so with special considerations and will drive future outcomes. 2020-12-1305 minLife DefenseLife DefenseThe Civil War for FREEDOM (Day 1)The concept of battle is not a new concept, and in fact it most battles happen for the same reasons since in the beginning of time. Someone has something someone else wants and decides to take it. Our current civil war, and I will attempt to enroll you that that is exactly what this is, is no different. Americans have freedom and about half of us would like to keep it and the other half would like to take it away. We will let you decide on which side is which. However, this is not...2020-12-1204 minLife DefenseLife DefenseRE-SOLVE Your LifeRESOLVE or RE-SOLVE could easily be separated into RE-SOLVE. RE as in redo, re wind, re figure means to do again. SOLVE is to find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery). In self-defense we RE-SOLVE, and in fact our complete purpose and industry is all about RE-SOLVING, by effectively dealing with problems. The problem being someone attacking us and our RE-SOLVE is by definition how we deal with the obvious problem of flying fists, choke holds, knives and guns. In my life I’ve ha...2020-12-0803 minLife DefenseLife DefenseMAINTAIN: Your FreedomMAINTAIN in self-defense is all about MAINTAINING position, balance, safety, and center. When someone attacks us what we MAINTAIN is what we keep. We keep our position and the rushing attacker cannot take us down. We MAINTAIN our balance and we do not trip or fall. We MAINTAIN our safety and bad stuff doesn’t happen to us. We MAINTAIN our center and we can move powerfully! MAINTAIN in Life Defense is the same: What we MAINTAIN we keep. MAINTAINING our position can be translated to MAINTAINING our rights as citizens, community members or...2020-12-0106 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCREATE Your Life!CREATE in self-defense is always actively happening. In the first place, we create our environment by the choices we make. If one chooses to go into a risky environment, staying out late at night, attending parties where people are possibly under the influence, venturing there alone, without telling anyone where they’ve gone and when to expect to return, that person has literally CREATED an environment that includes the possibility of danger, injury and even death. Aside from the environment we are CREATING at any given moment we also CREATE what an attack means. Meaning a defender do...2020-11-1705 minLife DefenseLife DefenseRELEASE: Your Re-Lease on LifeRELEASE in self-defense falls squarely as one of the most important things that can be learned, especially as a weaker or smaller defender, to defend and preserve life. The ability to release in some arts such as Hapkido may contain upwards of 100 variations just for wrist RELEASE alone. RELEASES may come in many forms, and use many principles of self-defense such as circling, dropping, and either expanding or contracting movements. Example: a man grabs a woman around the waist in a park to abduct her and transport her to a secondary location. This is a very serious...2020-11-0903 minLife DefenseLife DefensePIVOTAL-POINTGoogle says, PIVOTAL-POINT is something “of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else: the alliance that played a pivotal role in the revolution.” In self-defense PIVOTAL-POINTS are found to be just that. In relation to the whole body a hip joint, an elbow, or a shoulder joint can move a much larger opponent exponentially compared to the same force used in a general chest, leg or body area. We learn very quickly that all parts of an opponents body are NOT created equally. Applying pressure to certain areas of the body...2020-11-0304 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDISCERN: The Meaning of LifeDISCERN in self-defense comes in many forms. We DISCERN a circumstance when an attack is imminent, such as a sideways glance and aggressive movement. We DISCERN when, and how we need to react when someone else is being attacked. We DISCERN when our weirdo meter goes off and when someone, or something just doesn’t seem right. DISCERN can be a life saver in almost any situation of self-defense and it has of course a parallel application in LIFE DEFENSE. How do we DISCEN between a joke and harassment? What is the difference between a well meaning su...2020-10-2603 minLife DefenseLife DefenseRECOVER Before, During and After the BattleRECOVER in self-defense is essential in several different ways. The deliberate act of RECOVERING is obvious to anyone who has been through a physical attack. Boxers, and MMA fighters take weeks off to recover in between fights. RECOVERING within the conflict/ battle is also highly important. A Jiujitsu fighter will sometimes seem as if they are resting for long periods of time when pinning, or maintaining position in a match. They are. The great Brazilian professors teach this easy, relaxed pace to their students for that very purpose. RECOVERING in Life Defense of course parallels...2020-10-1902 minLife DefenseLife DefenseBe AWARE or BEWARE of Your FocusBe AWARE or Beware of Your Focus Be AWARE that your focus is, by definition, and for the most part all you can see. I am an aortic dissection survivor. After countless interviews with other survivors I have found an extreme AWARENESS, or focus on survival following this life threatening event. Our stories are very similar. Most of us are very lucky to be alive, and by some miraculous experience we still are! For that reason alone we seem to have an AWARENESS of death, dying and life that others may never quite understand, and...2020-09-3003 minLife DefenseLife DefenseDROPPING is Transformational!In this episode Allen Hughes talks about the transformational quality of DROPPING. In self-defense when we DROP our level, weight, or position the relationship is transformed immediately. DROPPING is not a gradual thing, it happens all at once. That is why it is so powerful! In the case of a rear bear hug the defender drops all their weight, all at once, and that 150-200 pound weight transformation is profound in the relationship. Now the attacker is off balance, could be thrown, and immediately struggles to hold on. In Life Defense we DROP our level...2020-08-0304 minLife DefenseLife DefenseNEUTRALIZE and Live!NEUTRALIZATION in Life Defense is actually more likely to save your life than self-defense. That's right, the likelihood of being killed by an assailant, terrorist, or war is about 10Xs less likely than heart issues. Said a different way, it takes 10 years of conflicts like, war, assault and terrorism to amount to one year of deaths caused by heart conditions.  The principle of NEUTRALIZE used in Life Defense then actually has a better chance of saving your life than self-defense! Allen Hughes talks about his favorite subject of Life Defense and how just NEUTRALIZING simple things like c...2020-07-2005 minLife DefenseLife DefenseHow ENGAGED are you?Allen Hughes takes a look at ENGAGEMENT and what it really means. In Life Defense, and in self-defense, ENGAGEMENT becomes an entry point into commitment and Being or Love. The question then is...How ENGAGED are you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-06-3005 minLife DefenseLife DefenseLEVERAGE the Power of LazinessHave you ever wanted to get something done with the least amount of effort and have the greatest result? If so, you are powerfully lazy! Allen Hughes defines this LEVERAGE as the proven, easiest way to accomplish more almost every time, and is the most powerful world to live in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-06-0905 minLife DefenseLife DefenseThe Danger Zone“In life we spend way too much time in the danger zone.” In this early morning episode Allen Hughes talks about the medium distance in self-defense being the fight area and how DIMINISHING space in some relationships may create safety and opportunity.  Where are you spending your time? If you are not fully engaged with relationships you are interested in, whether it's work, friends, or love you might find yourself in the danger zone. This is the area that you can be hurt because of your lack of engagement. In Life Defense, just like in self defense, this...2020-05-1803 minLife DefenseLife DefenseCONNECT: Plug into Power (podcast)Allen Hughes talks about the parallel universe of self-defense, specifically grappling, and how close CONNECTIONS, to pivotal points, reinforce and increase our power and control over an opponent.  Life Defense translates easily to life! Make CONNECTIONS, to pivotal people, reinforce those relationships and increase power and control over stress, conflict and life! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-05-0103 minLife DefenseLife DefenseALLOWING is PowerfulAllen Hughes talks about the powerful elements of wind and water and their ALLOWING nature. “Be like water!” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-04-2102 minLife DefenseLife DefenseEXPANSION is LoveAllen Hughes describes EXPANSION of close relationships of trust as being a self-defense as well as a Life Defense principle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-04-2001 minLife DefenseLife DefenseIs Your Life EXPANDING?In life things that are EXPANDING are growing and creating new freedom and life. If they are decreasing they are dying. Allen Hughes talks about the parallel between self-defense and Life Defense and asks the question are you living and dying? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-04-2004 minLife DefenseLife DefenseREPLACE : Broken for WorkabilityREPLACE broken or workability is Allen Hughes’ topic for this evening. It’s really easy to see what doesn’t work in real life self-defense. Likewise, Life Defense mirrors the same philosophy. What’s not working in your life? REPLACE it for something that does. Simple. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-04-1003 minLife DefenseLife DefenseREPLACE: Stop Blindness!Stop blindness! In addition to seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and feeling there are at least 3 different "types of vision." Focused vision, wide vision and feeling vision." In this episode Allen Hughes will discuss how self-defense vision directly transfers to Life Defense vision. Open your eyes and let's get started! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-04-1005 minLife DefenseLife DefenseRules Were Meant to Be Broken:Your RELATIONSHIP with PrinciplesRules were meant to be broken. In this episode Allen Hughes discusses our RELATIONSHIP with rules and with principles. Life Defense is based on PRINCIPLES! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-04-0303 minLife DefenseLife DefenseTake CONTROL!Take CONTROL! In this podcast Allen Hughes discusses how CONTROL is something that is given. Regardless of title, rank, or seniority true commitment happens when a group chooses their leader and the leader serves. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-03-2603 minLife DefenseLife DefenseLife Defense: UNIFYLife Defense is the self defense of life. In this episode Allen Hughes talks about UNIFY and how it empowers people. Experience UNIFY through the eyes of a self defense expert. Life Defense is the self defense of life! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allen-hughes/message2020-02-2607 min