Awareness and 6th Sense – Colour Code of Awareness from Relaxed to Hyper Alert
• Situational awareness is to recognize danger early before it happened and taking measures to avoid it. Being observant of one’s surroundings and identifying potential threats and dangerous situations is an attitude or mindset— it can be adopted and employed by anyone.
• An important element is to realize that a threat exists. Ignorance or denial of a threat — or completely tuning out to one’s surroundings while in a public place — makes a person’s chances of quickly recognizing the threat and avoiding it slim to none. This is why apathy, denial and complacency are so deadly.
A happened and taking measures to avoid it. Being observant of one’s surroundings and identifying potential threats and dangerous situations is an attitude or mindset— it can be adopted and employed by anyone.
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Think of yourself as a member of a herd. Like lions, hidden predators with criminal minds lurk about searching for those not paying attention, those who’ve strayed too far toward the secluded fringe, or those too tame to sense danger. Always remember: predators often go hunting when and where their prey least expect them.
• . The endless varieties of traps of criminal minds have one common goal: to isolate the victim. That is your tip-off! Absolutely never let anyone isolate you – in your home or anywhere – not even for a moment!
Examples of deception – Ted Bundy – use a few good examples…
• Wearing a business suit and claiming to be a police detective, serial killer Ted Bundy approached 17-year-old Carol Daronch in a shopping mall, told her that her car had been burgled, and insisted she come see if anything had been stolen. She asked him how he knew where to find her. “I’m a cop,” he replied.
• He asked her to lead him to her car and they found it still locked and undamaged. “Now we have to go to the police station to file a report,” he said as he led her to his car, an old Volkswagen bug. Suspicious about his odd police car, she asked him for ID. He quickly flashed a gold badge. Hesitantly, she got in with him but when he drove past the police station and headed out of town, she erupted furiously. Barely controlling and stopping the car, he tried to put handcuffs on her but she fought back ferociously and managed to escape. One of the few who did out of dozens or even hundreds...
Our primary survival instinct, fear, is inevitable in a crisis. Stress control isn't a matter of being fearless but of controlling fear.
• A gunman robbing a Brooklyn nightclub in December 1996 ordered five people to lie facedown then began shooting them one by one in the back of the head.
• But one who’d laid down in fear, Evelyn Davis, suddenly chose to fight back, heroically jumping up and attacking the executioner. She seemed to prevail when his gun jammed, but he pulled out a knife and stabbed her to death.
• Yes, she died anyway, but with a roar rather than a whimper. At least she tried, and her courage broke the spell of fear paralysis for two other captives obediently waiting to die – allowing them to escape. She saved their lives, and probably would’ve survived herself had the others chosen to help her rather than flee – abandoning her.
• The spirit of hope can make or break you. Extreme danger releases maximal adrenaline which needs to burn off its tremendous energy through fight or flight. Hope – the belief that you have a fighting chance – focuses your adrenaline’s superhuman strength on saving your life.
• A crisis is hopeless only if you give up hope. Hope gives you a fighting chance.
• Besides, what other choice do you have? If someone’s going to kill you, you might as well go out with a roar rather than a whimper – especially since that roar just might save your life after all.
• Your will to live must overpower his will to kill you.
• Expect the worst, hope for the best, fight with mad-dog ferocity, and never give up, never give up, never give up. All in all, you must DO or die.
Kidnappings…The Attack Cycle
• 1 - target selection,
• 2 - planning,
• 3 - the attack,
• 4 - escape and exploitation.
Remember !
• An attempted kidnapping leaves you with two basic choices – with no guarantee either way:
• Risk escalating the violence right away by fighting or fleeing and BETTER survival odds,
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• cooperating with a (deceitful) kidnapper and WORSE survival odds.
• Trust your Intuition!!!
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Important Survival Reminder
• A Gunman’s Command
• What are your survival odds if you ignore his command and flee? Most people don’t know that handguns are very difficult to shoot accurately beyond "point-blank range" of 0-3 feet, especially at a moving target. According to police, police officers in gun battles miss with 76 percent of "close-range" shots (3-9 feet); while criminals miss with 96 percent. Hollywood and TV distort reality.
Our Course includes both mental and physical training, both equally important!
Physical Training in Self Defence
• Defense against opponents armed with bladed weapons and impact weapons
• Defense against firearms
• Self-defense for women
• Safe guarding your room/home
This is a short summary of our course, with much more to be discussed...