SELF-DEFENSE; SUB-PRINCIPLE: Pre-Attack Indicators

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Modern self-defense is all about the technique used to combat the technique used. In reality, humans broadcast certain indicators that tell other humans they are on the prowl and the other humans, if properly enlightened, shall be most cautious. The indicators communicate the needs and wants of the person displaying said indicators to others and to achieve the ability to be aware of said indicators and then act in accordance with the indicators becomes important to remaining in the self-defense square.

In some social situations a person posturing is an indicator that they want something and if directed at you they want that something from you. If you are listening you can more often than not avoid violence by giving them what they want. For instance, if one is shouting, waving thier arms around while angrily shouting at you to shut the f%$# up you can avoid violence by simply shutting the f%$# up. This means closing your mouth and controlling your body language so you become non-readable either way and whalla, the situation is deescalated and you avoided blows.

Here are some of those more obvious indicators provided you know, understand and recognize them along with other sub-principles like JAM/AOJ and the five stages sub-principle, i.e., “Person’s voice changes to shouting, yelling or screaming; they change their word choice to insults, slurs or belittling; their speech changes and its cadence also changes where it speeds up or slows down; they make facial changes like frowning, open-mouth snarls or they bark expressions; they lean forward or start rocking; their chin juts out like he is trying to poke you with it; the chin lift; puffing or inhaling and exhaling while trying to swell up bigger; see a change in breathing patterns to a faster pace that may indicate an adrenal rush; there is also the aborted lunge usually just the upper body and the feet don’t move; a big one is the arm drawing back or they raise the hand as if to strike; then there are the arm movements where they use a limb or the finger like someone stressing a point or waving it like a flag and many, many more.” 

Caveat: Don’t assume the list above is all encompassing and comprehensive, it is meant to stimulate a need for more research, study and practice. 

Learning how to detect and evaluate such things so as to appropriately respond is critical to remaining within the self-defense square. Learning them also through reality-based adrenal stress-conditions is also important. And ….

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