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FD (force decisions) are those decisions you as a self-defense karate-ka and martial artist are going to have to apply in the proverbial "heat of battle." To exceed the level of force necessary to achieve legal self-defense is to leap into criminal behavior that warrants and will get prosecution.
Martial Artists and karate-ka who teach and learn self-defense along with all self-defense programs fail to recognize force laws and that is why many who apply self-defense find themselves actually breaking the law and facing arrest, prosecution and prison. It is very easy when in the middle of a chaotic pressure adrenal flooded state of mind and body to allow our monkey brains to take us out of the self-defense circle right into legal trouble. This is important!
Rory Miller, author of the book, "Scaling Force," provides for six levels. First is presence, second is voice, third is touch, fourth is empty hand restraint, fifth is less-lethal force and sixth is lethal force. Knowing these six terms is not enough, he wrote an entire book to cover the concept of force decisions to choosing the correct level to use. Also, understand that those levels will often shift around and sometimes crossover depending on each moment to each circumstance in self-defense.
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