Re: Psychological Preparation for Violence
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:15 am
Thanks, Chris.
As I understand, fights have much clearer escalation phases. I don't agree that this happens only if there's a single perpetrator - haven't you ever seen groups of people testing others before?
However, the rest of the stuff (muggings, robberies) also have escalation phases. I guess it would be more appropriate to call them 'signs' rather than 'phases'. Reading materials from Gavin De Becker and the like has made me more aware of these signs.
Being aware of all that stuff you wrote in your second paragraph, I think you and I can agree that there's a way to do it without acting like Jason Bourne.
Re: tactics & techniques
Personally I don't think in terms of technique. I think in terms of accumulating body information in training, and reacting in reality.
But I'm curious, as a bagua man, don't you work a lot of techniques in training?
As I understand, fights have much clearer escalation phases. I don't agree that this happens only if there's a single perpetrator - haven't you ever seen groups of people testing others before?
However, the rest of the stuff (muggings, robberies) also have escalation phases. I guess it would be more appropriate to call them 'signs' rather than 'phases'. Reading materials from Gavin De Becker and the like has made me more aware of these signs.
Being aware of all that stuff you wrote in your second paragraph, I think you and I can agree that there's a way to do it without acting like Jason Bourne.
Re: tactics & techniques
Personally I don't think in terms of technique. I think in terms of accumulating body information in training, and reacting in reality.
But I'm curious, as a bagua man, don't you work a lot of techniques in training?