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The interview with Mr.Traylor

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The Interview with Mr.Traylor

E-mag: Hello Mr.Traylor thank you for this interview I know you are busy man. Now
you did an interview about a year or so correct Sir?

Mr.Traylor : yes I think you are right, thank you so much for asking me for an
interview Sir.

E-mag : So why the name "Dark Gift Combat" the names sounds like ..an occult

Mr.Traylor : “LOL” no that’s not what we are or what we represent.

DARK stands for the dark side of humane nature, the mean side of humanity,
thugs, rapist, killers, ect. They could careless about you or your family.
As far as GIFT COMBAT it signifies, That we are giving you the GIFT to COMBAT
the DARK SIDE of humanity. Thus the name Dark Gift Combat, Yes it also has a
negative overtone as well. Which is DOWN to business for our Military and special
Mr.& Mrs. Traylor Owner &
operation teams. Its like the YING & YANG, Light & Darkness. I also wanted a
Founders of D.G.C.F. System.
name that was so different from what every body else had that when you went
down a list, D.G.C. caught your eye and it leant it self to what we do.

E-mag: WOW, Ok was not expecting such a deep type of answer, ok So you teach
martial arts. Is it like Karate and Kung Fu, or is it like cage fighting?

Mr.Traylor : Will, it is NOT anything like the styles you mention but has elements
of various martial arts and combatives in it. Everything that these styles are NOT
allowed to do, we do, like eye jabs, Head butts, Throat smashes..ect.. D.G.C.F.S.
is designed to end a physical altercation in seconds plain and simple.

E-mag: These techniques are very serious. What makes you qualified to teach
them?

Inside D.G.C.F.S. Mr.Traylor : I have trained with some of the best reality based Instructors in the
Interview Mr.Traylor 1 WORLD, BAR NONE. That and my past experience in martial arts and combatives
Ronald’s Fitness Corner 2 gives me the qualifications.
Coming events 3
Bigger stronger no problem #4 4
Airsoft Products 5 E-mag: Isn't that a bit too violent Mr. Traylor ?
Interview Mr.Traylor 7
Kristine's testimonial 8 Mr.Traylor : To violent? Yes but how important is you life? Violents IS NOT the
Master of the Universe 10
Israeli Combat Shooting 11
ANSWER but when it is it’s the only answer Sir. A mugger or a killer is not going to
Good places to go 13 worry IF what he is doing is to violent. How many times have seen or heard in the
news paper or TV about a killing or a beating, mugging that was NOT Violent?
LOOK don’t just defend your life… FIGHT FOR IT!!! Your life is in your hands,
please do not just hand it over to some PUNK, He does not care about you or your
family or your well being at all!!!! That’s what I think

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Interview Mr.Traylor 1 II. Watch Cholesterol Intake
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Bigger stronger no problem #4 4
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Interview Mr.Traylor 7 diet high in "bad" saturated fats (butter, cheese, red meat, fast foods) increases your
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Israeli Combat Shooting 11
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 Coming Events
postponed PFS Edge Weapon Seminar with Sifu Cruse, Ranking
Date D.T.A. Tuhon Ray Dionaldo F.C.S. Filipino Combat Systems seminar at D.G.C.F.S facility 12-5pm At D.G.C.F.S

Mr. & Mrs. Traylor are gearing up for the 2010 seminar tour, IF you wish Mr. & Mrs.Traylor to come to your
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 Bigger? Stronger? No Problem!

Bigger? Stronger? No Problem! Part 4

Over the last 3 articles I have gone over each part of the above saying
individually and with some good effectiveness, now I want to show one last
technique that encompasses all of them together for that maximum devastation. The
full, “Can’t see can’t fight, can’t breathe can’t fight, and can’t walk or move can’t
fight.”

Mike Reis Founder of Triune Fist

System. 27 years of M.A. experience.

Inside D.G.C.F.S.
Interview Mr.Traylor 1
Ronald’s Fitness Corner 2
Coming events 3
Bigger stronger no problem #4 4
Airsoft Products 5
Interview Mr.Traylor 7
Kristine's testimonial 8
Master of the Universe 10
Israeli Combat Shooting 11
Good places to go 13

1) Ms. Haley is caught off guard by an attacker and slammed against the
wall. 2) Ms. Haley grabs the attackers face putting her thumbs in his
eyes and drives his head backward. 3) She knees to the groin driving him backward and taking ground. 4)
Ms. Haley then pulls the attackers hair to expose the neck and throat and drives and elbow into the target. 5)
She dumps him on the ground and backs away toward the knee. 6) She stomps the knee and leaves the
scene. Hopefully you can see all the variables in each scene and how they all can come together for an
efficient way to taking out someone bigger and stronger than you. Remember to leave the scene; if you
haven’t left the scene you haven’t done it all correctly.
These were just real quick examples of how to use your head rather than brute force by using vital targets
and the proper tools for those areas. Never underestimate your opponent, but don’t overestimate them either.
Remember to train smart and be safe, and that YOU’RE WORTH FIGHTING FOR!
I want to thank Ms. Haley Whelan and Mr. Anthony Macky, both are my Trainee Instructors, for their time and
help.Haley is on my young adult instructor track where she learns to demo, teach the young children, and
helps me in class and is doing an amazing job.Anthony is on the instructor track where he learns a bit more
and is being taught how to help teach both the adults and young children’s class. He too is doing great.

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The Interview with Mr.Traylor

E-mag: What is Dark Gift Combat Fighting System?

Mr.Traylor : D.G.C.F.S. is an accumulation of 35+ years in the Martial Arts, They are 4 Systems with some sub systems
we use, the main ones are
Progressive Fighting Systems
Scientific Fighting Congress International
Philippine Combat System
Apache Knife Fighting
I use these systems and I have put them together so that they flow in a real life altercation. D.G.C.F.S. is designed to end
a fight in seconds NOT minuets or rounds. D.G.C. is Combative in nature. Its purpose and design was for you
“The practitioner to survive a life threaten altercation” We train you for the urban concrete jungle. Not for the dojo
or for point sparing or cage match. D.G.C.F.S. covers all 4 ranges of combat, which are
KICKING RANGE, BOXING RANGE,TRAPPING RANGE,GRAPPLING RANGE. We also cover the 4 Modern weapons
of combat, Which are HUMAN WEAPON, EDGE WEAPON, BLUNT FORCE WEAPON, FIREARM WEAPON

E-mag: So will it work for women?

Mr.Traylor : YES!!! In fact IF my wife cant apply it, I will usually not show that technique. 99% of what D.G.C.F.S. is
designed for is small males and women, I am a small guy 5’8 180lbs So for me to drop a 6’9 290lbs guy I better know
what areas to hit and it does not depend on how strong I am. D.G.C.F.S. is very unique in that. That’s why we have folks
from all walks of life and L.E.O. and Military personal seeking our school and training.

E-mag: How long does it take the typical student for the techniques you teach to become functional for self defense?
st
Mr.Traylor : Well it depends on the individual but for the most part the very 1 class, we work everything in a scenarios
bases and gross motor skill set. 2 hours class helps us to get that across. Working it under duress also heightens the
students skills, What they will most likely encounter on the street NOT the DOJO.

E-mag: Are you training people to be killers?

Mr.Traylor : That’s a stupid question… NO I AM NOT TRAINING PEOPLE TO BE KILLERS. Geez.. Look,.. people need
a way to protect them self and their family, Some buy guns, some buy burglar bars, I just so happen to be able to teach
them how to defend themselves with their hands or knife or a gun or any weapon of opportunity. Now for the military &
L.E. that a different answer.

E-mag: What if a thug decides to come to you to learn a better way to fight? Will you train anybody?

Mr.Traylor : No we do not allow just anybody, The last thing We need is a PUNK THIEF or MUGGER to come in and get
trained on how to counter self defense techniques. D.G.C. has a application that you must fill out in order to be apart of
our class and that was at the recommendation of Special Agent Garza of Home Land security and L.E.O. that we train.

E-mag: If someone wants to learn how to defend themselves, wouldn't a traditional martial art be good enough?

Mr.Traylor : Yes of course it could be, The problems is not that T.M.A. would not work, we use a lot of techniques from
T.M.A. it’s their training method. Their focus is not on resistance training or for that matter reality based scenarios, We use
modern days weapons, weapons that you will encounter in today’s society, we training force on force so you will see that
what we are showing you works, we have an elevator room for close quarter combat both empty hand and with weapons.
We use airsoft guns for weapons disarming marker knifes to show you where you got cut, shock knife for pain so you
respect the blade, We training in the 4 ranges of combat KICKING, BOXING, TRAPING, GRAPPLING. We training to use
weapons in all those ranges, We use an indoor Tactical Airsoft field for your gun training, How to clear your own home,
how to handle a gun, how to retain your weapon, we show weapons of opportunity, improvised weapons. I could keep
going but I think you see how unique our school is.

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E-mag: Ok, so you've distinguished your school as different from traditional martial arts schools. How common is the
material that you're teaching?

Mr.Traylor : Not to common at all, D.G.C.F.S. is among only a handful in the country, It is starting to take off, when we
opened in 2004 we were the only school in Houston and only 5 in the country openly claiming reality based. So now it’s
starting to be common place.

E-mag: Your classes sound very intense. Do police departments or the military come to you for training?
th
Mr.Traylor : yes we had the 4005 military unite, we trained over 250+ military personal, hundreds of L.E.O. from
H.P.D., sugar land, Missouri P.D., H.C.C. ect.. we also in talks with Critical Security Services International about training
all their Body guards and security personal.

E-mag: Are there other schools doing the same thing?

Mr.Traylor : Of course, we are not the only ones NOW. You #%# and #&# ,and so on.

E-mag: Have they hurt your business any?

Mr.Traylor : Not that I am aware of But who knows, I really do not worry about those guys. I have enough to do as it is.

E-mag: Sir may I ask some personal question?

Mr.Traylor : yes you may BUT I may not answer them.

E-mag: Fair enough, Ok I did some research on the internet, I put in keywords and some school came up, I notice that
they basically coped your meta tags and even some of your verbiage, Although your website is clearly the most
dominating website in the key word search basically the entire front page and page 2 How does that make you feel?

Mr.Traylor : That’s old news Sir, All I can say is that maybe they can’t think of the words to say, so they copy and paste,
Its not against the law, so why get all upset, I mean I did at first but then I looked and I now know why they did. We are I
THINK the BEST school in HOUSTON that teaches REALITY BASED, We are SO FAR ahead of the CURVE that I feel
that’s why folks copy & pate our verbiage and meta tags and our logo. To me that is humbling that folks would think that
what I write is worth putting on their site. As you said we are the REALITY BASED SCHOOL to beat. We offer thing they
can’t, we are the PREMIER R.B.M.A. & COMBATIVES SCHOOL.
We are Bless that Mrs. Traylor and I have Aaron Shbeeb, Sami Shbeeb, Nino Castandiello, Saxon Hatchett on our
teaching staff I don’t think any other school has this level of instructors. We are also EXTREMELY HUMBLED by their
willingness to be trained by me. Each of these GENTELMEN are experts in their own system of study. We pull from the
knowledge to make D.G.C.F.S. what it is. D.G.C.F.S. is on top cause of our students and Instructors. We truly care for the
students NOT the money they represent.

E-mag: Wow ok… so are these instructor that claim R.B.M.A. are they qualified?

Mr.Traylor : Don’t know, Don’t care…all I am willing to say some are PAPER HOUNDS, PAPER DRAGONS. On paper
they LOOK LIKE WOW!!! OH MY GOD… but when you go to take a class… will you see the difference. I think Mr. Rob
Marks article Master of the Universe, describes it very will. I LOVE THAT ARTICLE!!!!!

E-mag: What is next for you

Mr.Traylor : Me personally? Continue to train and get better at hand to hand combat and to become a better Instructor.
To be able to articulate the material to my students.

E-mag: What about your business?

Mr.Traylor : Uuuh try to survive this BAD economy, Its is starting to affect our school so it’s a lil nerve racking to say the
least. My wife got laid off from Schlumberger early this year and I see that trend in my students as well. In fact I had a
school call me asking to rent out our facility cause their dojo closed, If I had the time slot I would let them. I know of 3
schools that closed and I see more coming. Folks are scared and worried, I for one do not blame them.

E-mag: You just expanded, and you add Tactical Airsoft training to your school, The only one in Houston, Correct? Also
you are NOW the biggest school in Houston to teach Reality Based also correct. Who else in Houston has what you
have? Does that not help?
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Mr.Traylor : Yes we are and yes it does but just wait a month or so and other school will offer what we offer its just the
way business is, but economy the way it is folks are second guessing about spending money. Heck even the city is cutting
back, They want to use our shoot house but they have to wait a few month for their fiscal year to end before they do
anything.

E-mag: So what does the future look like for you & your family and D.G.C.F.S.?

Mr.Traylor : With GODS help, it’s so bright I have to wear shades!!! LOL ;)

E-mag: Mr.Traylor I have known you for over 28 years we where High School friends you trained me in martial arts back
in the day I have seen you do some crazy things growing up. You backed me up in some fights and took up for my brother
and I when we where will lets just say we not doing right I can only say to you THANK YOU. You have done a lot for me
and my brother, you coming back to Houston is like a breath of fresh air. I have seen you and your wife struggle to open
up D.G.C.F.S. when it was… well a hole in the wall place no A/C no HEAT nothing, no equipment just you and your wife
teaching people, 4 years later WOW one of the largest school in Houston and the only one teaching Reality based Martial
Arts at the level you are doing it at. I wish you and your family nothing but success and prosperity. You and Fabiana have
done a lot for the community offering the FREE Self defense class, Training our Military unites before they get shipped out
training our peace offers and some government agencies which I can not name. I hope D.G.C. is around for along time.
Thank you for such a candied interview.

Mr.Traylor : Wow I do not know what to say Robert….. you caught me off guard …you are family to me and family
protects family everyone at D.G.C.F.S. is family. I to hope D.G.C.F.S. is around for along time I think we truly help people
protect them self and their family from harm with one of the BEST SYSTEM out their.
 Inside D.G.C.F.S. Kristine’s testimonial
Interview Mr.Traylor 1
Ronald’s Fitness Corner 2
Coming events 3
I was traveling in South America in August 2009 and was the target of a mugging.
Bigger stronger no problem #4 4 As a result of my training with Mr. and Mrs. Traylor at Dark Gift Combat Fighting
Airsoft Products 5 System, I was able to protect myself. On a Sunday afternoon, a friend and I were
Interview Mr.Traylor 7 walking down a street in a “good” part of town in Spain. A short distance ahead of
Kristine’s testimonial 8
Master of the Universe 10
me, I noticed two women, one man, and one child standing off to the side of the
Israeli Combat Shooting 11 sidewalk. I assessed these people as being a “family” and not a risk to me. Then, I
Good places to go 13 noticed that the child ran away from the adults and the man started to run after the
child. The next thing I knew, the man literally sprung up in my face.

With absolutely no hesitation, I immediately reacted by using my water bottle as a

weapon of opportunity to hit the man at the same time I screamed NO very loudly.
After I hit him, I got in position to jab at his eyes. At this point, he realized I was not
an easy target for him and he quickly ran away from me.

Mr. Traylor’s situational reality based training worked in the real world for me. I went
to Dark Gift Combat Fighting System for a month this summer. Even though I had
not practiced in over two months, the training was ingrained in me how to assess a
situation and react immediately. I absolutely did not hesitate or stop to think what I
should do. I went into action as Dark Gift Combat trained me. Mr. Traylor also
emphasized in the class that if you can’t carry a weapon, at least carry a water bottle
because that can be helpful in defending myself.

I have ten months of traveling the world by myself still ahead of me. After this
experience, I now know that my Dark Gift Combat training is an automatic reflex..

Kristine Mrs. Traylor and I are humbled by your kind words and are Grateful to GOD
that you are safe and sound. We try very hard to make sure that D.G.C.F.S. is
functional in REAL WORLD altercations. You make what we do, worth doing.
Knowing that we may have stopped a violent crime from happening.
Thank you, FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY to train and impart our
knowledge of combatives with you.
We * BOW* with extreme humbleness and respect.
Mrs.& Mr.Traylor

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 Master of the Universe

I am a master black belt to the 1,000th power with lineage back to the cavemen and I
have mastered all the fighting secrets of the universe.
Basically I am one bad ass dude and if you don’t believe me, well I have a certificate
that says this to be the case.

But, does that certificate or belt ranking really mean anything? Can’t I just kick your
ass without it? Or does that certificate or belt give me the power to do so?

A certificate, belt ranking, etc. means very little if you cannot apply what you know in
By: Rob Marks real time in a real world scenario. I'll take actually being able to fight over someone
certifying me as a fighter any day.
Inside D.G.C.F.S.
We have all heard stories about a master black belt trying to utilize the death touch
Interview Mr.Traylor 1
Ronald’s Fitness Corner 2 getting his ass handed to him by Joe Thug. Who has no training, belt, or
Coming events 3 certification?
Bigger stronger no problem #4 4
Airsoft Products 5
Joe Thug does not worry about technique or trying to look good as he beats your ass
Interview Mr.Traylor 7
Kristine's testimonial 8 and he most certainly does not need someone to give him a piece of paper saying
Master of the Universe 10 he can kick your ass. He just does it.
Israeli Combat Shooting 11 I also have a similar feeling when it comes to who you have or haven’t trained with.
Good places to go 13
You can say that you have trained with so and so, but how does that really help you
in a real world encounter?

Unless that instructor with his attributes and skill set is standing next to you when a
situation arises, it really means very little who that person is or what they can do.

Not saying that you can't benefit from there knowledge or apply there teachings.
Most definitely a good instructor can open up a world of possibilities. But, unless you
are capable of applying what you have learned from them, then who you train with or
who your instructor is... really is meaningless.

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 "Do I want to die?"
Israeli Firearms Methodologies Can Help American Cops Survive Shootings this is a
question that more police officers are asking themselves in the United States. The
FBI reports that 57 police officers died in the line of duty in 2007. Two officers died
by their own gun and sixteen were violently ambushed. The offender profile was a
30-year-old male (only male offenders) 5' 10" and 175 pounds with a prior criminal
record. One half of the shootings occurred in the Southern Part of the U.S. In the last
ten years over half of the shootings occurred at 0-5 feet and another third at 6-10
feet. Offenders injured 15,704 cops in 2006. Are you ready for the violence that is
coming your way? Israelis know crime, violence and death. Their police and military
have fought terrorists on a daily basis since 1948 and they are confronted with
/ firearms more than their U.S. counterparts. I have learned the evolution of all Israeli
Robb Hamic martial arts and combatitives, HaganaH, from its founder Mike Lee Kanaerek. Mr.
is an IAFEFI member since 2003,
former Sheriff’s Deputy, Detective
Kanaerek is a former Israeli IDF Special Forces commando, Black Belt Hall of Fame
and Desert Storm U.S. Army Veteran. member and trainer to most of the elite units of the military, federal law enforcement
He is a Certified Law Enforcement and tactical teams from across the country. I am a certified instructor in Israeli
Trainer (CLET) and is a state and Combat Shooting (ICS), F.I.G.H.T. hand-to-hand tactics, Ground Survival and Israeli
nationally accredited firearms Tactical Knife Fighting. I am a first generation instructor and have learned everything
instructor for handgun, shotgun, rifle, from Mr. Kanaerek personally.I was certified to teach traditional methods to law
patrol rifle and tactics. enforcement and military prior to being indoctrinated to the Israeli way of fighting but
Inside D.G.C.F.S.
Interview Mr.Traylor 1
I now teach ICS because it works. It is a totally different approach for officers to
Ronald’s Fitness Corner 2 respond to deadly encounters and it is completely adaptable for civilian self-defense
Coming events 3 use.ICS has a familiar foundation of muscle memory, instinct and reliability that is
Bigger stronger no problem #4 4 easy to teach to new recruits and veteran officers. ICS saves time and allows the
Airsoft Products 5
Interview Mr.Traylor 7
shooter not to even look at gun sights because; in fact over half of all shootings
Kristine's testimonial 8 happen at less than six feet. No sights are required when you can almost touch the
Master of the Universe 10 offender."The first person to deliver incapacitating shots is the one who wins
Israeli Combat Shooting 11 the gunfight."Firearms instructors often refer to "point shooting" and I think that
Good places to go 13
there is a big misconception to its meaning. Israeli point shooting means simply to
have the shooter point his finger at the intended target as it is strait across the frame
of the gun. That's it. You hit what you point at and you have been pointing to get
what you want since you were a baby. It is ingrained into your subconscious memory
and your instinct can't be re-programmed. There are differences in the Israeli system
when compared to U.S. law enforcement or military training. Israelis don't carry their
gun with a round in the chamber because an officer's gun can be taken in a fight and
used against him. Perpetrators don't usually know much about guns and will simply
pull the trigger if the weapon is stolen in a fight. Nothing happens and this time can
be the difference between life and death in a violent encounter. Israelis are good
with their hands and receive training on how to get the gun back. Israelis deploy rounds only to the head. No body shots.
Training instills confidence in shooters and reliability under stress.ICS training is rooted in stress. Instructors build the
training in stages of dry practice by the numbers, self-initiated dry practice, shooting drills with one round, three rounds
and finally stress drills that involve pushing and hitting the shooter while he deploys rounds to the target. It is certainly
unconventional by U.S. standards but I have witnessed it working again and again with new recruits that have no
experience. Shooters need to be desensitized to stress, pain and violence in their training. This can only happen through
stress, pain and violence in training. We have all heard the saying "you fight like you train." It is our duty as instructors to
bring this level of training to our officers for their survival. ICS is a fluid movement that involves drawing the handgun while
the shooter is moving into his stance, chambering a round while the gun is pushed out, grasped and fired. After a five-
hour class, shooters will be able to draw their gun, chamber a round and deploy three rounds accurately to the head
within 1.1 seconds.
ICS Basics The shooter makes a stable stance by stepping to the off-hand side with that leg only. The off-hand foot is
positioned one half a step ahead of the shooting leg. The shooter bends his knees somewhat and gets into a fighting
stance. The gun is drawn simultaneously from the holster and brought to eye level in front of the shooter approximately
two feet, parallel to the ground and canted 90 degrees (palm facing down). The off hand comes up and racks the gun with
the thumb and index finger as the gun hand pushes forward and repositions the gun to a standard angle (rotating
clockwise). The off-hand comes up to assume a strong grip and the shooter simultaneously places his finger on the trigger
and deploys rounds to the head of the target. All head shots all the time. This is a fundamental shooting system that is
easy to teach and exciting to learn. It is great to teach to veteran cops who want to learn new techniques and is cutting
edge in its effectiveness. It is perfect for law enforcement, military or civilian self- defense. This will be a multi-part series
of articles, the next to feature the training drills and foundation to the technique. Other articles will include advanced
applications, stress drills and gun disarms for the satiations when the officer needs to regain possession of his gun in the
worst-case scenario. TFI
About the author
He is a Certified Instructor for the HaganaH FIGHT program, ICS, Israeli Tactical Knife Fighting, Combat Wrestling and
Ground Survival. He teaches all disciplines within the use of force continuum including Taser. He resides in Austin Texas
and can be reached at robb@israelicombatshooting.com for comment or if you wish to purchase DVD’s of ICS.
http://www.israelicombatshooting.com

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