Unlike many martial arts instructors, who claim to have been street fighters, his past is not a marketing promotion. Nor is it an exaggerated list of victories against legions of thugs through use of his undefeatable martial art style. That is the reality of being a street fighter . Yet, as one who lived despite the blood-splattered streets, MacYoung knows that survival isn't a matter of how tough you are. Nor is it how many stripes you have on a black belt or how many tournaments you've won.
Survival is a matter of knowledge and awareness.
Without those two key elements , you won't make it out of a dark and deserted parking lot. MacYoung grew up among and spent the last 30 years dealing with people who used weapons to get what they wanted. And who would, in fact, not hesitate to use one on another human being for nothing more than a whim. He knows, first-hand, that criminals and abusers are not good people gone bad, but bad people gone worse. These are the people he clashed with, hunted, stopped from harming others and lived to write about it.