Rules of Engagement

What are your rules of engagement. Do they adequately provide defense within the social and legal standards, rules and laws? Are they appropriate to the situation and the degree of force necessary to stop the damage and escape and evade to a safe zone? Does your rules of engagement encompass such things as evasion, escape, avoidance and deescalation, etc.?

Rules of engagement are those rules or directives or laws that drive how one defines the circumstances, conditions, degree, and manner in which force, or actions which might be construed as excessive or deadly, may be applied regarding the use of martial arts in self-defense. These are the limits as to the use of force and the application/deployment of certain specific capabilities. 

They are the rules that will allow you to determine what measures are acceptable morally, civilly and legally when engaging in the use of all aspects of self-defense with more emphasis on the physical aspects, i.e. the use of force to disengage and seek safety. 

Rules of engagement are more often used for professionals such as military, police or other policing agencies, i.e. prison/jail officers, etc. It is used here to help explain to martial artists who train and practice to use their skills for self-protection so they may remain within societies rules of engagement for self-defense. 

Trying to think outside the box a bit :-)