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We in the martial arts who profess adamantly that what we do is self-defense must first and foremost become informed because to make decisions in such a volatile and dangerous situation, self-defense, we must make informed decisions, i.e., basically a decision based on facts or information AND understanding of the facts or information AND understanding our personal and professional threats via our threat assessments AND the threat assessments based on facts or information and understanding.
I often write and speak of threat assessments and those articles, posts and comments are available on this blog and wall. I also speak and write to the type of things we need to look for as to facts, information and other pieces of data that must be understood in order to make a valid, effective and viable threat assessment. You really have to know the threats out there you may face and that means you have to KNOW what to look for; be prepared to discover and look for what you DON'T KNOW and then be prepared in the event that something you DON'T KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW to pop up suddenly and with utter surprise.
Lets talk about one small aspect of both martial arts and its effectiveness in self-defense, i.e., the type of self-defense critical to effective self-defense and defense, i.e., what you do and use out there if attacked and what you do, say, feel and present especially as to character and personality along with skills when you are under attack by the legal system of self-defense defense. Being properly armed, your armament for every day use while out there or in your own home IF your threat assessment dictates certain arms, armament, necessary to maintain your safety and security (YOUR as in YOU, FAMILY and POSSIBLY OTHERS).
If you live and work in an environment that has higher levels of danger then you need to address both those and how the legal system in that area responds to threats and conflicts BECAUSE those along with the TA (threat assessment) will dictate not just what weapons or weaponless armaments you will take with you. Lets also address that part of that assessment is not just the criminal communities but also the legal communities and the social structure that influences your assessment. If you live in those area's maybe having a weapon on your person is necessary assuming we are all able to AVOID or ESCAPE-n-EVADE socially driven conflicts and violence.
If a weapon is necessary, lets say a knife in this case, then you have to be able to make an informed decision as to what kind or type of knife will get the job done while getting the job done when the legal system rears its head to take a bite out of your self-defense defense. The cool tactical combat knife may be what appeals to you viscerally and emotionally but how will it be perceived by the legal system, society and those who sit in judgement from the first responders to the prosecutor to the court system itself. It matters when the rubber meets the road in the legal system AFTER what you used is USED.
Should you go weaponless if the TA indicates that is the best choice then it comes down to perception of all the training you take to get the job done. It means that if perceptions of both the psychological and physical seem combative in nature where both the verbiage and actions taught can be more aggressive and possibly over the top as to appropriate force then maybe it is not a good way to go. For instance, knowing when to go; knowing when to no-go; knowing when to avoid; knowing when to escape and evade is really a great strategy to know BEFORE you resort to those military special ops types of techniques or methods you learned in your cool tactical secret Ninja dojo.
Informed decisions then becomes a critical part of what, how, why and when you start your self-defense program be in martial or other in nature BECAUSE it is the whole and not just the fun parts that make up self-defense and self-defense defense.
Something to think about; something to mull over; something to consider and something to make sure exists as part of the program when you take self-defense training.
Note: this is not all inclusive but merely a taste of the possibilities so do the research, study the materials and then make... "INFORMED DECISIONS" BECAUSE your LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT!
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