Contemporary Fighting Arts
- Contemporary Fighting Arts
Contemporary Fighting Arts (CFA) is a self-defense system conceived by Sammy Franco, who teaches it at his Contemporary Fighting Arts Academy in Rockville.[cite news | page=C11 | title = Getting the edge in any confrontation | author = Rick Snider | date = 23 January 1995 | publisher = The Washington Times] CFA is intended for people who wish to defend themselves against real-life assailants. [cite news | title = Defense Ministry | publisher = The Washington Post | date = 20 June 1993 | author = L. Peat O'Neil] At the beginning of his three-week classes, Franco describes it to his students:]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.[cite news | title = Girded to the Extreme; Gaithersburg Man Preps Regular Joes to Kill or Be Killed | author = Paul Duggan | date = 2006-03-26 | publisher = The Washington Post | page = C01] 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.[cite news | title = Creator of martial art gets a kick out of bucking self-defense industry | publisher = The Washington Times | date = 17 January 1994 | author = Tony Munroe] ] References
External links
* [http://www.sammyfranco.com Sammy Franco's website]
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