Tony Blauer

And two guys with a knife would approach and you'd be like, oh man, this is when he interviewed me. And I would give you that fear and you'd see people like viscerally go. And it, cause, cause if I say let's spar, you go, hold on a second, you warm up and you get ready and you stretch and your shadow box, you don't just start. So these things were like fight club with a scenario.

And two guys with a knife would approach and you'd be like, oh man, this is when he interviewed me. And I would give you that fear and you'd see people like viscerally go. And it, cause, cause if I say let's spar, you go, hold on a second, you warm up and you get ready and you stretch and your shadow box, you don't just start. So these things were like fight club with a scenario.

And, uh, in it, I noticed we'd have a, we had a reputation and we do these once a month. That some bad asses from all over Montreal would come in and a lot of them would like turn and frigging shrimp and go fetal and tap. And I go, man, like I thought this guy, you know, you judge a book by cover. But what I realized is nobody understood two things here, how to manage their fear in the scenario.

And, uh, in it, I noticed we'd have a, we had a reputation and we do these once a month. That some bad asses from all over Montreal would come in and a lot of them would like turn and frigging shrimp and go fetal and tap. And I go, man, like I thought this guy, you know, you judge a book by cover. But what I realized is nobody understood two things here, how to manage their fear in the scenario.

But the other thing I noticed is that when people were surprised, they all flinched. And it was like, so I started experimenting with this and I developed a drill called the sucker punch drill, which would be, I'd have a mouth guard on, you'd have gloves on and we'd just be talking. And I'd say, Dan, whatever you want in the conversation, punch me as fast as you can, right?

But the other thing I noticed is that when people were surprised, they all flinched. And it was like, so I started experimenting with this and I developed a drill called the sucker punch drill, which would be, I'd have a mouth guard on, you'd have gloves on and we'd just be talking. And I'd say, Dan, whatever you want in the conversation, punch me as fast as you can, right?

Remember the Ali video that I showed? We show a clip of that or a picture of that on here, where there's a picture of Ali, like the greatest, Freddie Starr, have you seen this video yet? I don't think so. I'll send it to you. Freddie Starr's leaning over talking to Ali in the interview in the UK. And Ali's like listening and drawn in. And then Starr goes, and whap, and he throws a jab.

Remember the Ali video that I showed? We show a clip of that or a picture of that on here, where there's a picture of Ali, like the greatest, Freddie Starr, have you seen this video yet? I don't think so. I'll send it to you. Freddie Starr's leaning over talking to Ali in the interview in the UK. And Ali's like listening and drawn in. And then Starr goes, and whap, and he throws a jab.

And I got a picture of Ali going, total fetal. But here's a guy that's fought Fraser, Norton, you know, like the foreman. And here's like this little... who surprised him and made him flinch. So we show that video because a lot of people, especially male egos go, I'm not going to flinch. This is bullshit.

And I got a picture of Ali going, total fetal. But here's a guy that's fought Fraser, Norton, you know, like the foreman. And here's like this little... who surprised him and made him flinch. So we show that video because a lot of people, especially male egos go, I'm not going to flinch. This is bullshit.

And I go like, you're flinching is your friend when your situational awareness is compromised. You want something to go, whoa, I didn't see that. So SPEAR is an acronym for spontaneous protection or startle response, accelerated response, spontaneous protection enabling accelerated response. I figured out almost like classical conditioning, a series of drills where we

And I go like, you're flinching is your friend when your situational awareness is compromised. You want something to go, whoa, I didn't see that. So SPEAR is an acronym for spontaneous protection or startle response, accelerated response, spontaneous protection enabling accelerated response. I figured out almost like classical conditioning, a series of drills where we

trick the body synthetically into micro flinches and then attach a cognitive correction so we're converting the flinch so instead of us going like most victims of stabbing who don't survive a stabbing they'll get slashed in the arm and then there's always a trail down their back so if you started hitting me I flinch

trick the body synthetically into micro flinches and then attach a cognitive correction so we're converting the flinch so instead of us going like most victims of stabbing who don't survive a stabbing they'll get slashed in the arm and then there's always a trail down their back so if you started hitting me I flinch

non-conscious movement but then i want to get away i go like this and i turn and the person's still coming at you so there's that for there's a forensic line all the time so what we do is we teach people the flinch is going to happen whether you like it or not

non-conscious movement but then i want to get away i go like this and i turn and the person's still coming at you so there's that for there's a forensic line all the time so what we do is we teach people the flinch is going to happen whether you like it or not

then how do you convert it so how do you attach the limbic uh the uh uh amygdala hijack with the limbic system with this cognitive like an athlete what should i do here so it's a micro flinch and then there's a uh like a sequence of drills we do we call finger splayed outside 90. where you drive in and you recruit this core to extremity explosive movement, almost like a biological airbag.

then how do you convert it so how do you attach the limbic uh the uh uh amygdala hijack with the limbic system with this cognitive like an athlete what should i do here so it's a micro flinch and then there's a uh like a sequence of drills we do we call finger splayed outside 90. where you drive in and you recruit this core to extremity explosive movement, almost like a biological airbag.

And we've been teaching it. So I discovered this like an archaeologist in 1986, 87. And I've been refining it like... like to today when, when COVID started, I saved my company by teaching online. We've done almost 800 classes since 800, two hour classes online, all over the place, man. Um, So I just say that because I'm still, I'm so obsessed with it. We're still coming up with wild stuff.

And we've been teaching it. So I discovered this like an archaeologist in 1986, 87. And I've been refining it like... like to today when, when COVID started, I saved my company by teaching online. We've done almost 800 classes since 800, two hour classes online, all over the place, man. Um, So I just say that because I'm still, I'm so obsessed with it. We're still coming up with wild stuff.