"As far back as man has kept record of training practices, lessons learned in combat and training, we can see that there is, and must be, an integrated approach to combatives.

It has always been a FIGHT, not a gunfight, fistfight, knifefight or stickfight. It's a fight.

James Riggs understood this, as did George Swift, Piazzarro and every other Conquistador, Knight, Bezerker, Mongol, Samurai and, and, and...

Bottom line, this is not unique to any one culture or system, rather it is a Truism that is readily apparent to anyone that has studied combatives, past and present, and anyone that is willing to test their skills against a resisting opponent."

Paul Sharp