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You're less likely to break things if you undermine the perp's ability to resist. The bottom-line is you are faced with a choice: fight harder or fight smarter. Fighting smarter not only is easier, but it hurts less At best you're going to end up spitting blood.

At worst How Most People Fight Unfortunately, many people think that fighting harder is the secret to effective fighting. And why shouldn't they? That's an idea that has been well marketed and advertised. You charge in head-long and overwhelm an opponent. This attitude is further entrenched by much of the marketing surrounding various Mixed Martial Arts sporting events and Adrenal Stress Training.

The simple truth is that the outcome of most conflicts is determined by size and strength. In a head-on-conflict, the larger, stronger and more physically fit participant usually wins the fight. They charge head-on, and the physics granted by their superior mass grants them victory -- especially against smaller and inexperienced opponents.

When it comes down to that show, Damon Runyon was right when he said: The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

So as long as you are limiting yourself to fighting smaller and weaker opponents, size and strength will usually carry the day for you. Sure, it's a lot of work, but if you're bigger and stronger, you can get away with working harder instead of smarter. However, the option to pick and choose who you go up against isn't always there -- especially for police officers and other security professionals.

It is unwise for smaller, weaker and older officers to try to close with larger and stronger opponents using these same tactics. They simply do not have the mass to overwhelm a larger opponent's structure and balance. Not only doesn't it work as well for them if they are closing on a perp, but if they try to meet these same tactics head on, they will be overwhelmed.

While we're on the subject, even big officers meet up with bigger perps now and then. On top of all this, even if you are in good shape, you're still going to get knocked around if you charge straight in. Bumps, bruises, torn uniforms, scrapes, risk of blood born pathogens as well as paperwork and your face ending up on Youtube.

When someone is very good, there is not a big flashy show of whirling fists and feet, just a slight movement, a thud and the attacker is on the ground. Still, someone who is less good, can still use angles. Look at the picture and notice that the opponent has been manipulated into a odd-looking pose.

This is not a straight in attack, it is an example of using angles. What started as a face-to-face position which a high level of threat has been drastically changed with just a hand on the face and two diagonal steps on the diagonal step towards his shoulder with the left foot and continue past his shoulder with the right foot. This is what we refer to as a "crossroads position. If this were a quarrelsome drunk, the suspect could be gently spun to the ground to land on his stomach and in a cuffing position.

If he were on the fight, he could be immediately dropped to the floor, where he could be dogpiled or the officer could withdraw and safely deploy a distance weapon. If the perp were offering the officer lethal force, this position is -- literally -- one step away from the application of enough force to stop the threat. The development of this position could occur while deflecting an attack or a pre-emptive move to control the situation.

In either case, instead of the perp's next move being an attack, he must address the problems the officer created e. While the perp is trying to get it back together in order to resist, the officer is ending it. Here is a bit of shocking news for panic junkies those who insist that any and all technique fails under stress. If you can stick your hand out and step you can do this move -- even in a crisis. The really good news is that you can learn how to reliably create these conditions with a few hours of qualified instruction and a day of practice.

And the reason the attacker cannot resist is not because he is being forced against how his body works, but because the smaller person is moving him in ways that his body does move. It's hard to force someone against how his body works. An easy way to understand what we are talking about is to think of hijacking. When someone hijacks a shipment, they don't turn the vehicle off and unload it there do they? Nor do they stop, tear out the engine and steering mechanisms and install their own.

They use the vehicle's existing systems to move it elsewhere. In effect, the officer is hijacking the perp. The officer is controlling how the perp moves!

The officer is turning the perp's own body against him and putting him where the officer wants him. Sound complicated?

It is and it isn't. You don't have to know how to design and manufacture a car in order to drive one do you? Same thing, you don't need to be a physiologist to be able to move someone's body. But we do need to give you some basic concepts so you know why these things work.

Our bodies are designed to both resist and generate force in certain ways. But, in order for you to move, your body must be flexible in other ways. If this wasn't the case, then you'd move like Frankenstien's monster.

While we can resist force very well along the same lines that we can generate it, we're pretty weak at resisting force along our routes of movement. We simply are not designed to resist being moved along these ways.

Yes, we can muster some resistance, but that resistance can easily be overcome. And with a LOT less force than trying to move us in ways a we aren't supposed to move or b against the lines that we can generate force along. A good example is that it is much easier to spin someone than it is to push them backwards -- especially if they are trying to push forward. This moves him into a very unstable pose that you can exploit.

All it takes is a push on one shoulder and a pull on the other. That creates a rotation around his own body's vertical axis. Also by spinning him, you redirect his movement away from you. This is especially important if the person is larger than you. By redirecting his body, you redirect his force. Pay close attention to what we just said there. We are not necessarily talking about taking control of his movement although that does result what we are talking about is taking control of how his body moves.

A lot of people have a hard time understanding how to turn someone's movement against them, but once you understand how the human body moves, you can take control over it in all kinds of circumstances.

But that's because you're not trying to catch up with his movement, you're catching him and moving him where and how you want him. So, here are two basic rules of what angles are and how to use them. Now the second sounds a whole lot more complicated than it is.

Let us explain why by asking you some questions. Don't worry, we'll also give you the answers. I went over to tell them how much I appreciate the work they do, all the 'foot soldiers' were of course volunteers. We got into a brief talk about martial arts training, Krav Maga, and the work they do in New York City. After telling them about my martial arts training they invited me to join them that evening for their own street martial arts practice, how could I pass up such an offer.

Friends questioned my sanity, going into unchartered territory far from the safe areas. I joined them at their training center; a cluttered room in the Manhattan office. There were no mats, just a hard wood floor. One had to be careful about lockers on the side, a few bikes, and odds and ends. Not your typical workout area but then again, they are not training for a tournament; they are training for the street and this was the perfect environment.

A woman at the front desk maned the phones, receiving reports of violence and calls for help. On the wall were maps of New York City and trouble spots. This was a no frills operation, down and dirty, practical, simple. All that mattered was helping others. They share some of our Krav Maga, Reality Based, concepts. They kept it real, worked on defense against knives and sticks, grappling and striking. They also worked on the street psychology of fighting, including a lot of "acting".

We acted out some typical street scenes that the Angels often encounter, this was very different to my world. I was on my quest to understand violence around the world in its many cultural manifestations. In fact the whole group was quite different than my usual crowd, in a most positive way. This is New York City! I have often found that martial arts brought together people who would otherwise never cross paths.

Each member went by a code name; our instructor was Sensei Crazy J, Jose other members had names like "Hammer". They decided to call me "Papa Smurf". What an honor. One of the best aspects of the training was learning about team work; working as a team, third party intervention, correct positioning of team members. I had learned and read that most of the tragedies occurred when members went out on their own. Team work was key. We learned about gang warfare and mentality. We learned about lines of attack, angles and positioning, It was an experience I would never forget.

Members spoke about being shot and stabbed, as it was a common everyday experience. One fellow, noticing that I am Jewish, said, " I was once shot in the head and a Jewish doctor saved my life.