Strategic Engagement of Force

Book excerpt: Strategic Engagement of Force is a compendium of martial arts strategies and tactics. It provides a timeless road map on thinking, acting, and executing with meaning, rather than applying raw force and the mindless trading of blows. Taking the best from the best and combining it into a single volume, Strategic Engagement of Force is a field guide that can be used as a reference and superimposed on top of any martial arts style, system, or program. It provides you the mental skills to make your martial art better. This volume is broken into three logical sections per the title: strategy, engagement, and force. These components provide a balanced three-legged stool of conflict strategy. First, force, and its application, is the most fundamental consideration of warfare. The basic structure of force is reviewed to set the stage for its higher application. Next, engagement, which encapsulates the tactical use of force. Finally, strategy, which focuses on higher forms of thinking, allowing us to use both force and tactics advantageously. Like a good movie that gets better every time you watch it, readers will find themselves immersing themselves in Strategic Engagement of Force again and again.