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Issue 6
10/18/08
Houston Premier Reality Based Martial Arts & Combative Fitness & Nutrition Facility.
Combative Techniques, Tactical Airsoft, MilSim and Combative Fitness & Nutrition.
Mr.& Mrs. Traylor Owner &
Founders of D.G.C.F.S. System.
Inside D.G.C.F.S.
A new wind is blowing
Mike’s Fitness Corner
Coming events
Taken it To the street
Airsoft products
I passed my Test
Cont wind is blowing
Links to good places
WWW.DARKGIFTCOMBAT.
October 18, 2008
Your monthly guide to
Reality Based Combatives,
The Next Step in the Evolution of Combat
There is a new Wind Blowing in the Martial Arts Community, in the beginning it was
just a breeze a soft breeze blown against your face. As time progress it Evolved,
Adapted, Grew, and Matured. It brought the WINDS OF CHANGE. Just Like
M.M.A. has done, But R.B.C. has taken it to the next Level. The new term is called
“REALITY BASED”. They are many versions of Reality Based Training, I will list
them later, Most of the time we do not align ourselves with ‘traditional’, ‘classical’ or
‘combative sport’ based systems. We do not do this to be ARROGANT, we do this
so that potential students or clients know that we are Combative in NATURE not
defensive or teach Traditional Martial Arts or M.M.A. Reality Based systems IF
taught correctly are based on what people will face on today’s streets, So this
means Reality Based techniques start in the Gross Motor Skill Set, They are
brutally effective and can be taught to absolute beginners in a matter of days to
weeks Military and Law enforcement does not have years to learn, they sometimes
have hours, weeks or months. This is also TRUE of Soccer Moms, Collage
Students, Business Professionals Ect…. Basically Civilians. Some of the Reality
Based Systems and Pioneers are P.F.S. (Paul Vunak) My Sifu, R.B.P.P. (Jim
Wagner), C.F.S. (Ray Dionaldo) also my Sifu , S. F. C. (Hock Hochheim) again my
sifu and SPEAR (Tony Blauer). These are just a few. Most Reality based martial
arts do not wear the usual Gi. some times They wear B.D.U’s like in my Studio or
Students are encouraged to wear ‘normal’ clothes, often training in t-shirts, cargo
pants and trainers (sneakers). Again the reason for this is reality. Training is some
times informal, they may not bow in, May not have ‘I’m ready’ signals and some
times no-one wears any rank insignia.” At my studio we do” Once they have
completed the initial warm-up and done some pad work the class may then
concentrates on some specific scenarios. This is one small difference between
traditional martial arts and reality based martial arts. All the scenarios used are
based on real-life scenarios that the students might expect themselves to be
involved in at some point during their life, or has known of someone who has been
involved in that scenario. These scenarios can cover anything from walking to your
car, hotel room, car jacking, to a rape. Another key aspect of reality Based training
1 is that these scenarios are made as real as possible. This means that WEAPONS
2 will be used “MODEREN WEAPONS” I.E. edge weapons, guns, sticks and
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weapons of opportunity. Force on Force Fighting, Multiple attackers, just to name a
6 few. We at D.G.C.F.S. we are going to build what we call an elevator room it is built
7 the same size as an average elevator and we fight in that small area, weapons are
9 also used knife, stick, gun, ect…This is what R.B. is all about some times there is
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no answer THERE IS JUST SURIVIE!!!
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What do you HATE about exercising?

You have to LIKE exercising to get a great body, PERIOD. That's the simple,
unabashed truth. If you DON"T LIKE exercising, but you want a great body, you face
a NEVERENDING UPHILL BATTLE. There's almost no way around it!
I mean, if you HATE doing the work, but you WANT a great body, every day
becomes a struggle... a struggle between doing something you HATE, making a
HALF-ASSED attempt, or giving up completely on your goals.
Most Americans fall right in the middle. Most Americans make HALF-ASSED
attempts at getting in shape. Why? Because, committing 100% of your effort to
doing something you don't really like, or don't really want to do, SUCKS. It's HARD!
It's EASIER to make half-hearted attempts!...Which is exactly why lots of folks look
Mr. Morales Owner of Fit 2 Fight for an "edge"; anything that can make the work easier. ...and that, in essence, is the
Gym Co-Founder of R.E.A.C.T. foundation for the diet and supplement product industry. Most diet and supplement
System. Instructor in Hand to product advertising is based on this LIE: "if you use this product, you can get
Hand Combat at D.G.C.F.S. amazing results just like the people you envy, and BONUS: it will be EASY!"
...and you know what the kicker is? Most people KNOW, in their gut, that it's a lie.
Inside D.G.C.F.S. That's why advertising has to be so cleverly designed...I mean, think about it:
advertising has to convince folks of something they KNOW can't be true!
A new wind is blowing 1
Mike’s Fitness Corner 2 Does this NOT make sense? If it doesn't, you've got problems much bigger than not
Coming events 4 being in shape! Anyhow, the only way out of all this stupid vicious cycle is finding a
Taken it To the street 5 way to LIKE exercising! If you can do that, you'll WANT to train EVERY DAY... ...and
Airsoft products 6 next thing you know, you'll start getting EXCITED about eating healthier and doing
I passed my Test 7
Cont wind is blowing 9 all the other "little things" necessary for success! When - and IF - all of that happens,
Links to good places 10 getting a great body REALLY WILL BE EASY... because it won't feel like work! Get
it?! First thing's first, though; before you can find YOUR OWN way of LIKING
exercise, you've got to understand the REAL reasons you hate it now.Most people
THINK they know, but I PROMISE you, they ABSOLUTELY DO NOT! I bet YOU
DON'T, EITHER! There ARE some folks who TRULY HATE EXERCISE, but here's
the DEEPER TRUTH: It's NOT the actual exercise people hate, its feeling self-
conscious at the gym. Feeling WEAK, and out of shape. feeling FAT while you're
exercising and thinking: "Why even try?!?" feeling sweaty, gross, and NOT
FEELING SEXY! feeling hot or otherwise UNCOMFORTABLE! feeling NO instant
gratification from only ONE workout. Feeling SCARED of lifestyle change.
Wishing you were doing something else... something easier; more FUN! wishing you had more self-discipline. comparing
yourself to the folks with the great bodies. Fighting with the constant urge to GIVE UP. admitting to your weaknesses to
yourself. Breaking bad habits, that you ENJOY. Feeling ANGRY that you're stuck. Feeling HOPELESS, from lack of
success. feeling envious of the folks that seem to have it so "easy"…etc. See, it's the NEGATIVE FEELINGS associated
with exercise that SUCK; not necessarily the actual act. Get it?!?
In a perfect world, if you could suddenly LOSE those negative feelings all at once; you'd find that the actual act of
exercising FEELS AMAZING. It's a RUSH... a HIGH! The only difference between the folks who "like" exercising and
those who think they hate it, is: the minds of folks who like exercise are NOT CLOUDED by negative feelings.
Which allows them to feel the RUSH more intensely....and that's why they get ADDICTED!
(Now maybe it makes more sense how some folks can get so PUMPED about doing something that most other folks
HATE!) OK, so that's all well and good... I understand... but knowing that isn't a solution in itself, is it?
No, it's not.So here's a PRACTICAL SOLUTION...Here's how to FIND YOUR OWN WAY of liking exercise:

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1. Determine which one or two of the above negative feelings is the STRONGEST, and most detrimental to YOU.
(Let's say it's feeling ANGRY about having to give up ICE CREAM, and feeling ENVIOUS of that one JERK in the gym
that has it so DARN EASY!)

2. Find a PRACTICAL way to get past those feelings.

(Don't give up ice cream just yet... and don't go to the gym, so you WON'T SEE that JERK!)

3. Go exercise RIGHT NOW, and FOCUS ON THE HIGH!

(You'll have to find a way of exercising outside of the gym, in this case, so that's where you'll have to get creative.Idea:
GO OUTSIDE!)

4. Make progress toward your goal of learning to like exercise, EVERY DAY; don't allow yourself to get COMPLACENT!
Ironically, sometimes you've got to COMPLETELY FORGET about the ultimate goal, and focus on ONLY ONE short-term
goal. In other words, for the time being, you've got to COMPLETELY FORGET about your ultimate goal of getting a
fabulous physique...
You've also got to COMPLETELY FORGET about all other short term goals that are not IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES (like
dieting), and focus STRICTLY on the most important short term goal: learning to LIKE EXERCISE.

Listen: like I said in the beginning, if you don't learn to like exercise, you'll never get an amazing body. Make sense?!?
Putting this into practice will be mentally tough, I know. Will you be able to find the fortitude to do it? For your sake, I hope
so!
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you -
www.Fit2Fight.com
Mr. Mike A. Morales
(832) 373-4030

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 Coming Events
Date 10/23/08 Mr. & Mrs. Traylor will be hold a private seminar for Dinner of the Month Club, Inc. a women’s self
defense class

Date T.B.D. Ray Dionaldo F.C.S. Filipino Combat Systems seminar at D.G.C.F.S facility 12-5pm

Date 03/26/09 Mr & Mrs. Traylor, with Instructors and Apprentice Instructors, are going to California to train with PAUL
VUNAK and get certified as apprentice Instructors and Mr. Traylor Full “C.E.I.” Certified.

COMING SOON (Date TBA) Field survival, combat, and tactical training (Weapons and hand to hand). 150 acre
woodland training facility. Airsoft exercises and live-fire shooting range training. (survival skills, escape and evasion,
ambush/counter ambush, field recon and fire tactics, field hand to hand and weapon combat.)

February 28 – March 1 ‘09 Hock Close Quarter Combatives Seminar.

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 By Clint Bodungen

You’ve heard the saying, “Everyone has a plan until you get hit.” It happens to
everybody. You can have a 10th degree black belt in 10 different arts but if you get
into a real fight on the street or on the battlefield, none of the techniques you’ve
learned seem to look the same or may not work altogether. In fact, a bystander may
not even be able to tell you are a martial artist at all because pretty much all
technique is out the window.
What happens to us on the street during a fight is a natural reaction that has been
happening to humans since our first cave fight. In an effort for survival, the human
body will shut down all but the essential functions to survive. What this means is
that if you are confronted with a seriously threatening or life threatening situation,
your body’s ability to do anything but fight back will be diminished. And when I say
fight back, I mean fight back in the most primitive form; gross motor skills and cave
man like flailing. When your heart beat reaches a certain level and adrenaline is
surging through your body, you start to get tunnel vision, you experience loss of
Mr. Bodungen Co-Founder of hearing, and complex motor skills become nearly impossible. Therefore, so too are
A.R.C.. Instructor in Hand to complex martial arts movements and techniques. So does this mean that technique
Hand Combat at D.G.C.F.S. training is useless? Can we learn to fight effectively on the street using technique
and not resort to a slug fest? Do you remember your first roller coaster ride? I do…
Inside D.G.C.F.S. and I about lost my stomach. I clinched my teeth, held on, and could barely stand it
until it was all over. However, what happened after that? The second ride wasn’t so
A new wind is blowing 1 bad. The third was even easier. By the time I had a few rides under my belt I could
Mike’s Fitness Corner 2 barely feel the G-forces anymore. So what happened? My body adapted. It
Coming events 4
Taken it To the street 5 adapted to these natural human physiologically reactions. Fighter pilots not only
Airsoft products 6 overcome the same physiological reactions caused by even more intense forces and
I passed my Test 7 stresses, they learn to perform highly complex actions. Starting to see where I’m
Cont wind is blowing 9 going with this? With proper training, one can learn to adapt to, and over come, the
Links to good places 10
stresses we encounter during a real street fight or life threatening attack. But, the
key word is “proper” training. You can have all the training techniques down perfect
for years and years but if you will still fall victim to the same crippling human
physiological reactions if you are not training properly. So how do we train to
overcome this? Well, if getting hit causes this reaction on the street, you have to get
hit in the training studio… again, and again, and again, and again, until your body
adapts and gets used to the idea and action of getting hit. You may be saying, “But
we spar all the time.” Sparring is not training for the street. Sparring is training for
points and sport. In order for your body to adapt, you must simulate a real street
fight or attack. You must have an “attacker” not a sparring partner. Does that fighter
pilot just perform a limited set of controlled actions in a simulator to be battle ready?
No, he also goes all out in life-like battle simulations up in the air against opponents
simulating the enemy over and over again. Your training must be the same. Your
attacker must come at you with the force and malicious intent that a real street attacker would instead of “pop shotting”
you, attacking and retreating, and picking shots like a sport fighter. You can, and should, even start off in full pads and
work your way up in intensity and eventually less protection. Do drills that get used to the feeling of taking a hit. Learn to
keep your vision while taking a hit and being attacked. Put yourself in stressful training situations. Do drills that force you
to keep your concentration while being attacked. Do drills that simulate an ambush. Put yourself in situations that make
you nervous. If you become complacent, step it up or change the routine to something that stimulates nervous response
and duress. This is known as pain and stress inoculation. This is the type of training that will force your body to adapt to
those types of stressful environments and perform at a level like never before. Just remember, in order to perform
effectively in a stressful environment or situation, you must train in that environment. If you want to learn to fight in the
cage or score points, go spar. If you want to learn to fight effectively in a real life street fight, train like you are in a street
fight! Next month I will go over these drills in more detail. Until then, train hard and train real!

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 I Passed My Test and All I Got Was This Belt
I remember back in 2003 I was in Virginia taking an Instructor's test. I'd never been on a plane before in my life and was
scared to death flying from Alabama. I was already sick and was running a fever of about 102 but I'd worked hard to get
where I was and nothing was gonna deter me from taking this trip. Two days before my test my shoulder was dislocated in
training, but that wasn't gonna stop me either. The test was 3 days long and sleep deprivation was a big part of it. Both my
hands were cut up from climbing and bleeding. The second night I was crawling over a dumpster when the roof collapsed
I managed to bang off the side of the opening before flipping down in there. When I got up the next morning the left side of
my hip was purple and I'd lost alot of mobility in my left leg. Thank God today I was going to have to spar multiple
attackers all morning. After all that I made it through my test and passed it. I found out afterwards I was the first guy that
ever passed that rank test under this instructor. The fact that my registration number was 001 was kinda a tipoff. I walked
away from that test with much more than a belt. I'd pushed myself to my limits and done so much more than I ever thought
that I'd do. Looking back on it I'm glad the test was so hard because it was an opportunity for me to learn about myself
and it was a life changing experience. I learned what I could do if I just had the determination to go for it and never back
down. It changed the way I approached martial arts and the way I looked at other martial artists, but the best thing is that it
changed me. Before that week I worked on a line in a factory. When I got back 2 months later I was the manager over that
area. That week helped shape the person that I am and made me a leader. I felt like I came away with much more than a
belt I came away with a new life. That's why to this day I'm very proud of my 5th Dan in Ninjutsu. As a director for 2 martial
arts organizations I get to visit alot of schools. I get invited to watch alot of belt tests but with what I've seen being passed
off as martial arts these days I'm probably going to stop visiting because I just can't bear to look at what's happening
anymore. I went to watch a test recently at a Karate dojo. Now the fact is there's good karate and bad karate mostly
depending on the instructor the art itself is fine. Apparently this was a typical dojo. When it was time for them the
demonstrate there blocking skills the attacker would attack unrealistically and never even aimed for the guy's face. They
were just going through the motions. The instructor was letting them get away with it. It was all just choreography and
painful to watch. The throws were awful and when they sparred I had to just excuse myself. Yet at the end everyone just
smiled and clapped and went through the motions like it was the greatest thing in the world. When Instructor’s allow this to
happen they are robbing their students. You don't reward mediocrity. Each one of those students could be good fighters if
they were just pushed to do so, but that isn't gonna happen. I've heard instructors use the excuse that if they made it hard
then they wouldn't have any students. It's just a business to them now and that's very dangerous. I'm not picking on just
one little school understand me when I say this practice has become typical all over the world in every art. This is
dangerous because these people now have faith in abilities that they don't possess which could get them killed or
seriously injured. When something like that happens what do you think happens to all that self confidence you supposedly
gave them by giving them a belt they didn't earn. They just take their tests and keep being lied to and at the end all they
have is a belt. I've been to several dojos where an instructor is teaching a defense against a double lapel grab basically
showing a wrist lock. One of the green belts asks the instructor, "Wouldn't it be easier just to slap the guys ears because
against big guys it's not easy to get them to let go like that?" He was pretty much told he didn't know what he was talking
about because he was just a green belt and the instructor had a black belt. It was obvious to anyone with half a brain that
the green belt was right and I told him so after the class. You see the goal here is to teach people to realistically defend
themselves. It doesn't matter what art you teach if a technique works you should use it and you shouldn't teach
techniques that don't work. I've seen students that were good fighters before they started martial arts and afterwards they
couldn't fight at all. They actually paid money to some jackass for 3 years to train them to get their butts kicked. That my
friends isn't martial arts. It's just BULLSHIT. I know for a fact alot of these instructors have never been in a fight or any
violent confrontation. They just teach what they were taught and put themselves up there as a warrior and believe their
own hype because they dont' know any different. You've got to pressure test this stuff. I used to go see a chiropractor who
was a good friend of mine. Sometimes I couldn't see him because he was constantly at some seminar making sure he
had the latest and greatest techniques and new advancements to make things better for his patients. Guns are also
always being updated to fire better and faster or be more lightweight and do more things. If a doctor refused to use
updated techniques and instead only wanted to use medical techniques and logic from the 1700's would you want that
guy as your doctor? Would he even be allowed to practice medicine today? Of course not. Would you want a cop carrying
a gun that never even shot one? If your a cop would you want to carry a gun from the old west or the new stuff? How
about SWAT teams carrying the old civil war muzzle loaders? Well the fact is martial arts instructors are doing exactly that
and are still allowed to teach without ever having to update anything or even give a damn if what they are doing damages
the public. Then again as I said before some instructors use the excuse that if they taught rough techniques they wouldn't
have any students. Let me ask them a question. Why are you teaching? Is it to provide a public service and help people or
is it to provide a disservice and just get paid? If you care then look at your techniques logically see if they make sense. Go
to some of these websites and look at film of violent attacks and see if your even teaching defenses against them. Most
important of all damn it don't take shortcuts. You don't necessarily have to throw them from the wolves from the start. Start
off a little bit slower and let them build up to the harder training, but make sure they are building not flat lining.

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As the training progresses increase the contact and have them going full blast by black belt time. Take the time and make
sure the student is doing the techniques correctly and don't let them slide and don't reward them when they haven't
earned it.
Make sure that when they get that belt that they have something more. Make sure they have something special that's
going to make their lives better. Make sure that at the end of their test they are left with more than just a belt. Thank you
for taking the time to read this article.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paul Green has been involved in martial arts since the age of 4. He holds several black belts and instructor certifications.
He was the 1999 Alabama Grappling Circuit Heavyweight Champion before leaving sport arts He has also trained at Tom
Brown Jr's Tracker School in Wilderness Survival. Mr. Green is also the founder of the Stonewall Tactical System. This
system has recently been tested in the field by security professionals, with great results; specifically, in the areas of
disarming, extracting people from violent groups, and crowd control. The unarmed combatives of this art draw from street
modified versions of Muay Thai, Catch wrestling, Western Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, JKD Concepts as well as WWII.

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D.G.C.F.S. different is that they are NO RULES in a FIGHT and the only RULE is to SURVIVE! We work on Scenarios;
Scenarios are made as real as possible. This means that we use airsoft guns that shoot a plastic bb at about 330 F.P.S.
Maker Knifes that leaves a mark on you showing you where you got cut and a SHOCK knife that shocks you when the
edge touches your body. This keeps the student in a High duress state, this is essential so that the student knows what
actually happens to their body during a true combative or life-or-death situation, or as close to one as possible.

™ D.G.C.F.S. is the 1st school in Houston to do this type of training for civilians.

™ D.G.C.F.S. is the 1st in Houston to teach (R.B.)

™ D.G.C.F.S. only trains in combatives not sport or train in T.M.A. it is the only school in Houston that will have an
airsoft tactical field for counter home invasion, Shoot no shoot drills, clearing your own home and force on force
training, R.E.A.C.T. Rapid Endurance Assertive Combative Training for Combative Conditioning and Re-
qualification or just to get back into shape.
™ They are people that teach this but on a seminar bases not on a continuing education setting “meaning 3 days a
week class, 2 hour sessions and more class days and hours coming soon.

Throughout this industry, there are many variations and terms for "Reality Based" systems. These are the variations,
terms, and definitions as we have come to understand them, and we train them all:

• Reality Based Self Defense (R.B.S.D.) - Self defense training based on real life situations such as street fights,
attacks, or any other real life altercation where one may be physically threatened. The techniques are not
modified for sport competition; there are no rules, and no forbidden techniques. Most of the techniques are
designed for maximum impact with minimal training in situations where the defender may be threatened by
serious harm or loss of life.

• Reality Martial Arts / Reality Based Martial Arts (RMA / RBMA) - The same as R.B.S.D. but many Martial Arts
traditions are upheld such as "dojo etiquette", ranking systems, or other historical/cultural aspects of the art(s)
from which the system has evolved from. RBMA may also introduce more "control" techniques than RBSD, giving
the defender the ability to choose the level of force applied to the attacker. This system works well for Law
Enforcement Officers that have legal restrictions or for individuals that may be involved in a skirmish where they
do not wish to harm the attacker such as a family member or friend.

• Reality Based Combatives (R.B.C.) / Military Combatives (M.C.) Military Close Combat (M.C.C.) / Close Quarter
Combatives (C.Q.C) - The same as RBSD and RMA/RBMA but geared more towards Law Enforcement or
Military Professionals. More attention is given to techniques for legally restricted officers and "down to business"
techniques for Military Professionals in live combat areas.

We at D.G.C.F.S. do Teach all the above.

D.G.C.F.S. is also an official “International Combatives Self-Defense Association” ICSDA Training Center. ICSDA
Director Of Operations Fernando D. Vargas with ICSDA Recognized D.G.C.F. System & Instructors Mr. & Mrs.Traylor
and the Teaching Staff of D.G.C.F.S.
D.G.C.F.S. is Houston’s Premiere Reality Based Training Facility.
If you’re looking for what will work on the street and learning curve is short l, then you should most certainly consider
reality based martial arts. If however you are looking for a more holistic approach or self perfection and more of a
Traditional / Classical Art then stick to the Traditional Martial Arts.
Mr.Traylor

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