I had a conversation and an experience that clarified something very important. It has to do with heavy hitters and wanna-bes. And how to spot the difference. Someone commented about how arrogant I am. My response was hell yes. In order to do what I did, I had to be arrogant. You don’t walk into … [Read more…]
Operative Awareness is awareness that is functionally useful. It has an actual effect on your assessments and actions. “Be aware of your Surroundings” is an extremely common sound bite of self-defense. The general idea is that by being “aware” you are less likely to be victimized by a criminal. Many people who promote awareness for … [Read more…]
In speaking of “In the Name of Self-Defense: What it Costs. When it’s worth it,” Anthony M. mentioned that his firearms instructors talked about the “Combat Triad consisting of Marksmanship, Gunhandling, and Mindset.” My response: Good model there. Dropping into a similar mode I’ll say there are three important aspects of mindset (not only three, … [Read more…]
Durban – The family of a combat sport and self-defence enthusiast murdered for his cellphone while walking home in oThongathi (Tongaat) are trying to piece together his last moments. They believe Tyson Morgan, 24, who was trained in ‘self-defence’ and ‘street-fighting’ techniques, might have been caught unawares by his assailants because he was listening to … [Read more…]
When it comes to self-defense, violence and crime, the fastest way I know to a) get your brains blown into a fine pink mist b) spit teeth and blood onto the floor c) park your ass on a jail bunk is to utter four simple words before you ever find yourself in a situation. Those … [Read more…]
I don’t think I’ve broken this out as its own piece before, and doubt if I have the space to go into details. To follow along, you’ll need a basic understanding of Violence Dynamics, which is just a fancy way of saying you know about different kinds of bad guys and how they attack. This … [Read more…]
Violence serves a purpose. Multiple purposes, actually. And the purpose it serves, the goals (and parameters) will drive how the violence occurs. The threat who wants money for drugs will approach differently than the drunk college kid trying to impress a girl and neither will be quite the same as the person from a violent … [Read more…]