Predator Be Gone, Part IV.
Ok. You’ve made yourself into a Tough Target, followed the Principles of Avoidance, but, crap, the guy has entered your PSZ (Personal Safe Zone) and looks like he’s about to do some damage. How could this happen?
There could be any number of reasons why a super-focused predator would attack, so, fact is, crap happens, so we have no choice but to deal with it.
So, question is, what do you do?
And the answer will always be, it’s totally up to you.
In the mere millisecond or so you are going to have to act, it is you who must be willing to act decisively. Probably a disappointing answer if you are looking for a blueprint for self defense.
If you beg for your life and you survive, that was the best strategy.
If you run and scream for help and help comes, that was the right strategy.
If you fight and live to tell about it, that was the right strategy.
However, I will say this.
- The chances for survival goes up exponentially if you
Ø Have a friend with you (a 75% better chance, as a matter of fact).
Ø Have taken a good self defense course (and actually practiced the moves).
Ø Immediately go into a fighting stance and shout with authority a confident “No,” or “Get back!”
Ø If you have to use force, your chances of surviving go up exponentially when you use the element of surprise (which I have detailed many times in past posts), and
Ø Hit open targets and continue hitting targets as they open up until the threat is over!
- I know all this is over simplistic, but, believe me, what I say is true. The decision to beg or fight is up to you entirely. Perhaps you will do both. Yes, that is what I said. I teach this in my Self Defense for Women classes. Tactical Begging actually works because it cues into the predator’s expectations, influences him to lower his guard, which is when you can lash out and:
- Gouge his eyes with your thumb and/or fingers.
- Crush his throat with a Web Strike; Beak Strike or Ridge Hand Strike (see past posts).
- Impale your knee into his groin, and, when his hands and head drops, grab him by the back of the head and drive your knee into his face.
- Drive your temple directly onto his nose and follow that with a knee strike to the groin.
- If he grabs you and pulls you in like he is going to hug you, pretend to go with it, lay your head on his shoulder while you reach around with your dominant hand, hook the fingers inside his jaw bone and drive your thumb into his eye. Follow that baby up with whatever you want to, then, go home.
- Or, when he gets in too close and threatens to light you up, go into a Tactical Begging Stance, forming both hands into a prayerful appearance, then, when he least expects it, drive a horizontal elbow strike into his face and follow it up with a reverse elbow strike to the same face.
You got the idea,
Stay safe.
Hammer