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Tim Larkin self-defense training banned in UK…

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:14:51 +0000

Below is TFT’s response to the UK Home Office ban on Tim Larkin entering the UK… “We believe the UK Home Office decision to disallow Tim Larkin from entering the UK is simply a misunderstanding on their part as to what TFT teaches. Our hope is that they will reconsider their decision, and that everything [...]

15 seconds and you’re winded… regardless of conditioning

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:52:57 +0000

How long do you think you’d last, conditioning-wise, in an all-out fight for your life? A minute? Three minutes? As long as it takes? The people at Force Science put together a study to measure law enforcement personnel’s ability to recall crucial details after a grueling obstacle course meant to simulate a fight with an [...]

Scrub the Scenario

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:50:01 +0000

True story: “So Danny broke the guy’s arm, kicked his legs out from under him as he stripped the gun, and then stomped him between the eyes hard enough to crack his sinuses and sink his head to the ears in the sod. Just as he was thinking he needed to kill the guy, he [...]

7 Tips For Injury Prevention & Management

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:25:36 +0000

After my premier post here at Target Focus Training, I received a lot of comments, and many of them sounded something like this: “Charles I love what you’re saying, but I have (insert injury of choice here)… I’m not sure if I can follow your recommendations, so what would you recommend?” So for all of [...]

The Easy Way Out

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:41:28 +0000

Training newcomers in our weekly sessions can be labor-intensive, especially when they show up with expectations and assumptions that are out of whack with the simple brutality of violence. Most recently I worked with a man who had a laundry-list of worries that was so long he was never going to get to just crack [...]

Everything Is Dangerous

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:10:52 +0000

The potential for debilitating injury is ever-present and all around us; it requires nothing more than the right circumstances and the wrong fall to break something we need to function normally. Today, people the world over will trip and brain themselves, tear out their own knees, catch a hot one in the eye or groin [...]

A Baby Made of Snakes

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:50:23 +0000

“But what if he [INSERT AWFUL THING HERE]?” This question tells me a lot about a person’s frame of mind, and how they see themselves in violence. They’ve chosen second place, victimhood, with a wait-and-see attitude that makes them perfect prey for the best predators out there. Now, this is not a conscious choice — [...]

What Is Strength And Why Do You Need It?

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:11:07 +0000

What Is Strength? There are varying definitions available, but in the global sense, strength is the ability to do work. More specific to our discussion here, strength could be defined as the ability of the neuromuscular system to create force. In strength-coaching circles, strength is classified as one of the many “motor abilities” that permit [...]

First Principles

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:48:59 +0000

Target Focus Training is a “principle-based” system, meaning that instead of starting with moves or techniques we seek to identify and understand the elements at work in every successful use of violence. Once you know why the winners win and the losers lose it becomes a simple thing to discard useless movement and technique and [...]

7 Questions People Ask Me About Fitness

Tim Larkin (Tim Larkin) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:49:39 +0000

For my first post here at Target Focus Training I thought I’d share my responses to 7 fitness-related questions that I’m commonly asked when people learn that I’m a fitness “expert.” These questions reflect several common misconceptions that many people hold about fitness and the process of acquiring it. My hope is that my responses [...]