When you are attacked on the street you may believe that any number of errors occurred allowing you to fall victim but you can be assured one factor is a primary tool of any threat - surprise.
If they cannot not surprise you then may keep looking for some other target that is more easily overcome - by surprise. Rory Miller's Facing Violence states, "Predators attack harder, faster, closer and with more surprise than training partners. Surprise, for my analysis, is the leader of harder, faster and closer. I say this because if they are attacking harder, faster and closer but you were not surprised then they take a chance, chance they like to minimize or eliminate all together, you may have skills that could possibly turn the odds against them.
My mind says that removing the opportunity to be surprised by any threat promotes the odds to your favor you will avoid being a victim. There is a quote I like from an old movie, "Let slip the dogs of war." This quote is a double edged sword where, as is known, both edges cut both ways. If your awareness is foggy then you allow for surprise which is letting slip the dogs of war from a predator - they get in quick, close and hit hard, fast and as many times as possible to do the damage they intended.
Remaining fully and diligently aware means if a threat makes an error in judgement by trying to assault you then you will just have to let slip the dogs of war by turning the tide where the threat meets speed, harder hits, and very close in methods that do the threat all the damage.
In a nutshell use your awareness and training to remain fully aware of your environment then couple all those training tactics to avoid damage, avoid threats, and avoid letting slip the dogs of war - yours or the threats.
Train for surprise! Ok, how, that is the real rub in all these discussions regarding martial arts, self defense and self protection - just how do you train and practice to remove a threats ability to surprise you?
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