8 Reality Based Self-Defense Assumptions

Any truly realistic approach to personal survival in the context of a real-world violent attack must be based on several fundamental assumptions.  These assumptions should be considered the “measuring sticks” used to validate and prioritize how you train, what you train, and why you train. 

They include:

1. You will be facing more than one attacker (whether you see more than one attacker or not).

2.  The attacker you will be facing is superior to you in terms of skill, experience, size, youth, and strength. 

3.  Any attacker you face will be armed (whether you can see a weapon or not)

 4.  Anyone willing to touch you or verbally threaten you is very capable of TAKING YOUR LIFE!

 

5.  Your efforts to verbally de-escalate an attack may not be successful.

6.  Your attacker will violate your personal safety zone(will get within touching distance) and you will have to STRIKE IMMEDIATELY.  IF YOU WAIT, IT IS TOO LATE!

7.  Your attacker will no longer be a threat to you until they are TOTALLY UNABLE TO GET UP OFF THE GROUND.  This will be achieved when you strike first, strike fast, and KEEP HITTING.

8.  ANY and ALL self-defense systems, techniques and tactics will only be “workable” if they can be utilized  in situations where you are injured, tired, protecting a third party, under conditions of poor visibility, littered or uneven terrain, or in a unfamiliar environment.

One MUST assume that any practical training regimen will take into consideration “worst case” scenarios.  To not do this is utter foolishness and could COST YOU YOUR LIFE!