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The \u201cface-off\u201d was happening, and even though George didn\u2019t want anything to do with Doug he was right there all of a sudden in his space, standing almost nose to nose. \u201cDid his breath always smell this bad or was it just today?\u201d Then it happened. Doug brought his arms out wide and away from his body, half shouted and half spit out the words, \u201ccommon you f*****g\u2026!\u201d and all at once Doug went for the shove.

George had been waiting for this typical macho display, and expected a shove before anything actually happened. From the shove, George stepped off-line, hooked Doug\u2019s elbow and REPLACED Doug\u2019s center and momentum for where he\u2019d just been standing, looking like some sort of powerful square dance move. George had been a wrestler since he could remember, and the \u2018arm drag\u2019 was just something he did, and had done thousands of times.

With Doug helplessly past him, George circled around, locked Doug\u2019s arms, and REPLACED his center of balance with his own, basically sitting down backwards, and driving Doug\u2019s face into the grass.

Within a few seconds, security had been alerted and George just held Doug in place, face down until they came. Of course the campus police were confused and cuffed them both till it was all sorted out.

REPLACING center, balance, and position is common in wrestling, judo and jujitsu. In life, and Life Defense, the PRINCIPLE of REPLACE also applies. When there is conflict, pressure, or force being exerted, and we REPLACE, balance in motion is established by REPLACING the \u201cnothing\u201d with something.

In life there are no vacuums. Emptiness is filled. A \u201cbad habit\u201d eliminated is REPLACED by something. A harmful relationship is eliminated only to be REPLACED by another of a similar kind if nothing else REPLACES it.

Just as the wrestler must REPLACE the position, weight and balance of their opponent to maintain control of themselves, so it occurs in life. Always.

When something, someone or some activity in a conflict threatens, REPLACE it with something that works, otherwise it will be replaced with something\u2026 REPLACE!

Allen Hughes Life Defense Coach

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