Victim Behavior

What happens to most folks when suddenly and unexpectedly finding themselves in the thick of an attack? Rory Miller in his recent blog post speaks to the victim behavior most often found in such attacks. Read his post here, i.e. "No Good Answers"

I believe he speaks to the "freeze." Along with the freeze is the instincts to cover up or protect the face. If they are suddenly yanked/pulled the tend to pull away when in reality they should step in and eliminate the threat. Most often the attacked person even if a well-trained, i.e. what is well-trained here I wonder, will fall into the monkey dance using a faulty base, lousy body structure and posture along with other body mechanics and they will leave their centerline unprotected.

Even if the attacked tries to fight back they end up using it without full commitment to eliminate the threat and end up trying to communicate some message to the uncommunicable.

Are these victim behaviors being addressed in your system of martial arts, self-defense, etc.? Hmmm, always get some interesting material to think about from Chiron blog - :-)