MY THOUGHTS ON PERSONAL PROTECTION BEFORE THE TOOL
Before we run out and buy the latest of the new self proclaiming wonder guns, knives and rifles there is something we must look at and train for first. You and your brain has got to be the ultimate weapon in any fight. So we must first rain our self mentally and physically, especially us older guys, guns, knives and all are secondary.
I am going to use Jeff Coopers “Principals of Personal Defense” as written in his book titled the same. Just not as long as he has written it, so if you have not read the book I would recommend it HIGHLY!
There are five principals listed:
Alertness; stay alert, know what is going on around you, who is there and why they’re there. Action beats re-action every time, we must always strive to be the active guy and not re-acting to the assailants actions. That puts us at a significant disadvantage yet most people do it day to day. We constantly walk around with our head in our PDA’s, cell phone or fumbling with something and totally oblivious to our surroundings. Train yourself to stay alert, not paranoid but a good sense of being ALERT. Look around, pay attention, know the environment and what should be there and should not. Avoidance is the best way to win.
Decisiveness; be decisive, most men today cannot make a decision to do anything quickly. We are trained to have a meeting, to schedule another meeting or we have to go discuss it with the significant other. In the time that you are being confronted with a emergency situation like your life being at stake is not a time to have a meeting. You have to make a decision and make it happen at that moment. You have to be confident in what you are doing in order to do that and if you see it happening while in the alert mode you are acting or avoiding it all together.
Aggressiveness; yes we have also been raised in a passive society, to be kind polite and courteous. I personally met a guy that was robbed at gun point, when the bad guy said give me your money, he replied, ok how much do you want. Not that is a polite guy!!! Once you have made that decision it has to be aggressive, don’t thumb a guy on the noggin and think that will end it all for you. Put on the war face, look aggressive, and provide an explosive counter attack. Once the fight is on be aggressive and continue to fight regardless of pain or fear, you must fight to win!!!
Speed; be swift in your actions, you may lose the fight but don’t lose any time about doing it. Combined all of the above and following items with training will allow you to be victorious. Be fast and aggressive.
Coolness; be calm and collected as possible, keep your head and wits about you. Pay attention (alert), decisive, aggressive and keep it all together. You cannot just fly in a mad flurry, know what you are doing, this comes from training. Introduce yourself to some stress, boxing, paint ball, something that requires thought under pressure.
Ruthlessness; be ruthless, this person trying to kill you has no pitty for you. Make that decision to be ruthless as anyone can be, in this fight everything is fair, only losing is unfair. That will mostly be on your shoulder to train in these areas and be victorious. It is not as easy as you think to go from normal peace loving dad to a ruthless kick ass machine in the flip of a switch.
Surprise; let the attack be a surprise, never tell someone what you are going to do. Do not telegraph your actions, use your head and keep it to yourself and all of a sudden act. Let them be on the reactionary side of the equation. You can and will dominate the situation, just continue doing it.
I know I have not done Col. Cooper any justice by piece meaning his writings but I am sure some of you have never heard of it before and may be interested.
Another excellent book to obtain and read is MSG Paul Howe (RET), Leadership and Training for the Fight, this is an excellent read!!
Both of these books deal with yourself mostly and what you have to do. No excuses about I didn’t know or no one showed me, because if you take it serious enough you will seek it out and learn, train and be prepared.
Ken Forbus
WWW.FIREARMZ.NET
I am going to use Jeff Coopers “Principals of Personal Defense” as written in his book titled the same. Just not as long as he has written it, so if you have not read the book I would recommend it HIGHLY!
There are five principals listed:
Alertness; stay alert, know what is going on around you, who is there and why they’re there. Action beats re-action every time, we must always strive to be the active guy and not re-acting to the assailants actions. That puts us at a significant disadvantage yet most people do it day to day. We constantly walk around with our head in our PDA’s, cell phone or fumbling with something and totally oblivious to our surroundings. Train yourself to stay alert, not paranoid but a good sense of being ALERT. Look around, pay attention, know the environment and what should be there and should not. Avoidance is the best way to win.
Decisiveness; be decisive, most men today cannot make a decision to do anything quickly. We are trained to have a meeting, to schedule another meeting or we have to go discuss it with the significant other. In the time that you are being confronted with a emergency situation like your life being at stake is not a time to have a meeting. You have to make a decision and make it happen at that moment. You have to be confident in what you are doing in order to do that and if you see it happening while in the alert mode you are acting or avoiding it all together.
Aggressiveness; yes we have also been raised in a passive society, to be kind polite and courteous. I personally met a guy that was robbed at gun point, when the bad guy said give me your money, he replied, ok how much do you want. Not that is a polite guy!!! Once you have made that decision it has to be aggressive, don’t thumb a guy on the noggin and think that will end it all for you. Put on the war face, look aggressive, and provide an explosive counter attack. Once the fight is on be aggressive and continue to fight regardless of pain or fear, you must fight to win!!!
Speed; be swift in your actions, you may lose the fight but don’t lose any time about doing it. Combined all of the above and following items with training will allow you to be victorious. Be fast and aggressive.
Coolness; be calm and collected as possible, keep your head and wits about you. Pay attention (alert), decisive, aggressive and keep it all together. You cannot just fly in a mad flurry, know what you are doing, this comes from training. Introduce yourself to some stress, boxing, paint ball, something that requires thought under pressure.
Ruthlessness; be ruthless, this person trying to kill you has no pitty for you. Make that decision to be ruthless as anyone can be, in this fight everything is fair, only losing is unfair. That will mostly be on your shoulder to train in these areas and be victorious. It is not as easy as you think to go from normal peace loving dad to a ruthless kick ass machine in the flip of a switch.
Surprise; let the attack be a surprise, never tell someone what you are going to do. Do not telegraph your actions, use your head and keep it to yourself and all of a sudden act. Let them be on the reactionary side of the equation. You can and will dominate the situation, just continue doing it.
I know I have not done Col. Cooper any justice by piece meaning his writings but I am sure some of you have never heard of it before and may be interested.
Another excellent book to obtain and read is MSG Paul Howe (RET), Leadership and Training for the Fight, this is an excellent read!!
Both of these books deal with yourself mostly and what you have to do. No excuses about I didn’t know or no one showed me, because if you take it serious enough you will seek it out and learn, train and be prepared.
Ken Forbus
WWW.FIREARMZ.NET
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