Do Not Surround & Corner Your Enemy

Yes, contrary to popular belief, DO NOT SURROUND & CORNER YOUR ENEMY!!!

Normally, movies or television programs tend to show how the police surround the crooks and caught them, or how an army surrounds its enemies and wipe them out. Well, don't believe everything you see.

In actual reality, you should never surround or corner your enemy completely. Why?

It is because, when an enemy is surrounded and cornered, it will be like an injured animal ... fighting for its life with all its might. Yes, if the enemy feels that there is no way he could survive except to fight, he will go all out to fight to the death. Even if you manage to out-number or out-maneuver the enemy, you will still suffer heavy losses.

Remember: A cornered enemy with no way out will fight back with all his might and one enemy can be equivalent to ten. Even if you manage to win, you will suffer heavier losses.

On the other hand, if you "unintentionally" left an escape route for your enemy, then it is a different story. If an enemy knows that there is a way out, he will not fight with all his might. He will just fight first and then if he could not cope, he will try to escape. See?

If the enemy feels that it is NOT a fight to the death, he will not do his best to fight to his maximum potential. One enemy will be equal to one or maybe even half an enemy's might. You could defeat the enemy easily, especially when the enemy is making a run.

As the Chinese saying goes, "Bu4 Yao4 Bi Gou3 Tiao4 Qiang2", do not force the dog to jump over the wall.

Swallow your pride

A city warrior knows that pride means nothing if it gets in your way of survival or life mission.

The value of pride only comes when you are among the "fittest" that DO survived and are among the most successful in your life mission. Now, that is true pride.

The Han Dynasty (circa 206 BC - 220 AD) was one of the greatest dynasty in the history of China. The first emperor of the Han Dynasty was Liu Bang, and he had many able assistants and counselors. Among them, Han Xin played the most important role in helping him eliminate his enemies, especially Xiang Yu, the Western Conqueror of Chu. Without Han Xin, there would be no Han Dynasty.

As a military counselor and the supreme commander of the army under Liu Bang, Han Xin was highly respected by many. In fact, his name brought fear to many of his enemies, even before the battles started. He is a true hero and a man above the others. A true warrior.

After having helped Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty (that was to last for almost 400 years), Han Xin was asked by someone about a very humiliating incident that happened to him when he was a weak young man in his village. It was said that one day he was cornered by 3 village ruffians and well-known bullies. They forced him to fight them and he refused. They gave him a second alternative: to crawl under their legs. It was the greatest humiliation for a man but Han Xin accept that alternative and actually crawled between their thighs.

It does not make sense right? For a warrior and great army general like Han Xin, why didn't he fight back? Well, this was what Han Xin answered:

"I saw no reason to fight. I might have won, or I might have been killed by them for nothing. For me, accepting the humiliating option, was the best and fastest way out of the situation and I avoided making unnecessary enemies. So what if I was known as a weakling. So what if people said I was useless.

Today, those 3 bullies are shaking when they hear my name. If I didn't swallow my pride, I could have been killed and I would not accomplish so much in life. It was the best thing to do and I was right."

See? Because Han Xin has swallowed his pride, he eventually became one of the greatest and most illustrious general in the history of China. Because Han Xin has swallowed his pride, he lived to assist Liu Bang to establish the Han Dynasty, one of the greatest dynasties in the history of the middle kingdom.

In reality, it takes great inner strength and self-restraint to be able to swallow one's pride when it is needed. A true warrior knows what needs to be done and do it because he has to and not because he wants to. Survival first. Pride later.

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