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Stop Teaching Techniques First: The Timeline of Self Defense Starts Way Before Contact: Article Published in Black Belt Magazine! Feb 11, 2026

Walk into almost any martial arts school and the structure is familiar.
Warm up.
Technique of the day.
Drill it.
Maybe pressure test it.

The assumption is simple and rarely questioned. If you give someone the right technique, they will be safer.

The problem is that most violence does not start where...

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