Concentric Circles of Self-Defense - ADDENDUM

"Awareness - Avoidance - Deescalation/Manners - Body Mechanics/Legal Ramifications"

After a bit of contemplation of my concentric circle of self-defense I arrived to the conclusion that I needed to combine "Deescalation and Manners" as well as "Body Mechanics and Legal Ramifications." I did this because those seem to fit with one another to form a more balanced strategy toward self-preservation.

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I also changed it to "legal ramifications" simply because when body mechanics or physical intervention is required to protect then you "will" deal with legal ramifications, i.e. prosecution and possible civil suits, etc. I stress these two as to ramifications as they will be the most obvious yet if one instructs SD it will be most apparent before an encounter the physical/medical/psychological ramifications in acting will also be of concern.

In this example tho the most direct and immediate concerns are of priority while the others related to violence will remain yet be of a concern toward ethics, etc. that must be decided long before learning this model of self-preservation.