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Personal
Situational Awareness for Self Protection
Too often we witness people, addicted & distracted by cell phones who are oblivious to dangers around them...
Knowing how to defend yourself is important not only in a survival
situation but in your daily life s well. There are plenty of threats and
dangers around you every day. I tell my students that it's silly to only be a
prepper in the purely End Of The World As We Know It sense. Essentially, a
prepper is prepared for anything: bad weather, natural disaster, blackout,
stock market collapse, EMP, the end of the world and any basic personal threat
like attack or home invasion.
It is important to know how to defend yourself and you may be
surprised to find that basic self-defense has little to do with hitting the
right pressure points...
Here are several basic self-defense tips that an instructor will
tell you in a self-defense class.
1.
Always be aware of your surroundings when you are out on foot. The
best way to defend yourself against a threat is to avoid it altogether. Don't
walk around or go for a run with your headphones on. You want to hear what is
going on around you. If you have long hair, pull it back before going out so
that nothing blocks your peripheral vision.
2.
Always survey your destination prior to walking to it. If you are
approaching a gas station, a store, an ATM, a restaurant or any other
establishment (especially after dark), survey it prior to walking there. If
anyone looks suspicious, go the other way.
3.
Only walk or run on streets that are lit. I can't count how many
situations could have been avoided if people didn't walk on dark streets.
4.
If you are parking in a parking garage, park as close to the exit
as you can, away from the elevator.
5.
If running is an option - run. I can't tell my students enough:
self-defense is not about fighting people; it's about putting a stop to an
attack and escaping. If something feels wrong - run. If
someone starts following you at a distance - run. If you are attacked
and manage to temporarily disable your attacker - run. If you are attacked with
an intention of being robbed, then throw your belongings away from
yourself and run. Essentially, whenever an option to run exists - run.
6.
If you are in close proximity and have to fight back then fight
back as hard as you possibly can, hitting the most vulnerable spots: eyes,
nose, face, neck, knee or groin.
7.
Use your feet. Chances are, your shoes are harder than your fists
so if you are grabbed, stomp on your attackers feet as hard as you can.
8.
Use your elbow. Your elbow is the strongest point on your body. So
hit, jam, and jab with it as hard as you can.
9.
Never go anywhere with your attacker. Let them have whatever you
have but don't leave with them. If someone broke into your car and wants you to
drive somewhere (even at gun point), floor the gas pedal and ram your car into
a wall or something (avoiding pedestrians of course) to attract attention and
cause others to run over to check on you.
10.
Don't let strangers into your house, and don't leave the door open
to get a family member either. It's way too easy for an attacker to kill you if
once they breach your doorway. So don't be naive, be cautious.
Of course, it's always best to learn
real CIA-style tactics to disarm and combat an attacker if
they come after you or your family. This way you'll be prepared for any
style of attack, even if they're much bigger and stronger than you.
RELATED RESOURCE
Have you
ever thought about what you will do if the SHTF and friends and/or family start
knocking at your door, asking for help?
During a local, temporary disaster such as an earthquake or hurricane, it would
make sense to help them. I know I would.
That's why a
lot of preppers keep their stockpile a secret, as well they should. However, if
you have a chatty friend or family member who spills the beans about your
preparedness plans, then a lot of people might end up finding out anyway. If
that happens, then you could end up in a situation where you have to turn
people away--people you care about...
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A better economy does not make a smarter
consumer. As Americans' finances recovered from the Great Recession – spurred
by the longest bull market, 50-year unemployment lows and an almost
record-breaking expansion – they got dumber about money matters.
Speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm Finance
conference in Montauk on Thursday, Hugh Frater, CEO of Fannie Mae, and Anand
Cavale, head of consumer lending at SoFi, said one of the biggest money
challenges among millennials is a lack of critical knowledge when it comes to
things like home buying and paying off student debt. Homeownership is up, and
millennials are fueling that growth, Frater said, but they often come into the
process with little knowledge on how exactly it works.
The Road to Riches is This Simple:
Drive a Crappy Car (MarketWatch)
Unless you are driving a Ferrari, a car is not
an investment. A car is basically a huge waste of money. Where else can you
take $40,000 and set it on fire in seven years? And pay a bunch of interest to
the bank in the process?
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3 comments:
From what I've read, 56% of all accidents are caused by distracted people, especially auto related where at any given time nearly half the drivers are either high on something, eating, putting on makeup or blabbing non-stop on their phone...they make it EASY for a thief.
[pun intended] Rudy got it right, most people have their head "in a cloud" and seem oblivious to their surroundings. Another shocker, big cities like Chicago & Detroit have a lot of crime and a lot of hit n run accidents which seem [often] to take place in the wee hours. The person struck is usually walking to or from a gas station all-night store...studies have shown your risk of death goes up at these hours. That's when drunks and hoodlums are out in force so it would be wise to park your butt at home during those hours.
Good tips! As we know, most people are asleep at the wheel :)
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