Contemporary Fighting Arts
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Contemporary Fighting Arts (CFA) is a self-defense system conceived by Sammy Franco, who teaches it at his Contemporary Fighting Arts Academy in Rockville.[1] CFA is intended for people who wish to defend themselves against real-life assailants.[2] At the beginning of his three-week classes, Franco describes it to his students:
| “ | If you're fighting for your life, and you're using my program, then you'll be raking the criminal's eyes, and hard, penetrating the eye socket. | ” |
Franco developed CFA after many years of research. The influence came from his childhood—he had been bullied in his youth and his father, a Jew from Sicily, advised him to retaliate in kind. While studying for a criminal justice degree at the University of Maryland, he studied various forms of martial arts and self defense programs, but found them all unsuitable for street combat.[3] Franco emphasises the distinctiveness of CFA from traditional martial arts such as karate, with his students wearing T-shirts sporting the slogan, "No Belts, No Rituals, No Nonsense."
People who have been taught CFA include members of the Montgomery County Police Department, the U.S. Border Patrol, doctors and lawyers.[4]
[edit] Published work
Franco has written nine books and published DVDs to promote CFA. These include:
- Street Lethal (1989, Paladin Press)
- First Strike
- War Machine
- When Seconds Count
- The Widowmaker Program, a self-instructional DVD[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Rick Snider. "Getting the edge in any confrontation", The Washington Times, 23 January 1995, p. C11.
- ^ L. Peat O'Neil. "Defense Ministry", The Washington Post, 20 June 1993.
- ^ a b Paul Duggan. "Girded to the Extreme; Gaithersburg Man Preps Regular Joes to Kill or Be Killed", The Washington Post, 26 March 2006, p. C01.
- ^ Tony Munroe. "Creator of martial art gets a kick out of bucking self-defense industry", The Washington Times, 17 January 1994.
