The Martial Arts Strategy That Enabled The British To Kick US Hind End On Bunker Hill!

When it comes to Martial Arts Strategy, the Romans were the true inventors. They figured out how to stand in lines, interlace their shields from arrows, pike the charging warhorses, and move en masse. The result was that they ended up ruling the world.

Fast forward a few Christmas seasons and we come to the British Empire. The Brits had taken the Roman principles of war and adapted them to musket and cannon, repeating fire, and...they conquered the whole durned world all over again. Then they ran into those cowardly colonists on the other side of the Atlantic, who shot from behind bushes and ran away, and didn't even have the courage and discipline to stand in lines and trade volleys.

Eventually, however, the colonists had to take a stand, and they chose to make that stand atop Breed's Hill, which is more commonly known as Bunker Hill. The British looked up, shook their heads at the daunting charge, but realized that, at last, the colonists could be brought to task. Thus, they readied their muskets, stood in lines, and prepared to charge.

It was a hot day, the sun beat down fiercely, and the order was given. Dutifully, the British began the charge up the hill that would overwhelm these dratted upstarts. For the first half of the charge, things were looking good, then the British soldier got tired, the colonists wouldn't stop shooting at them, and the charge sort of reversed itself.

The generals at the bottom of the hill, watching their troops come staggering down, were very upset. A few of them were even heard saying things like, 'God save the King! They were really upset.

The British soldiers were properly chastised, lined up again, and told to charge. They charged, and, for a while, things looked rosy. Then the weather got to them, the dratted yankees kept shooting them dead, and, once again, the attack petered out.

Oh, the British generals were disgusted, then one fellow said something smart. "Sirs," he said, "Perhaps we could take off these wooley, winter coats, and perhaps leave our fifty pound field packs behind this time? So they did, and they scampered over that hill like lions smelling blood, and the colonists ran like scared jack rabbits.

The lesson here is obvious. Train to be lean and mean, leave your baggage at home, most of all, be honest in your evaluation of your strengths and weaknesses, the terrain, your enemy's strengths and weaknesses, and that sort of thing. This martial arts strategy can be applied life, war, love, or just about anything else.

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