Krav Maga / Social Awareness
Commentary Driving is an exercise
used by most tactical driving instructors
to FORCE the student to be aware of their
surroundings while driving.
It involves vocalising to your instructor
what is going on around you. For instance,
you would say that you're over-taking a
green car on your left, you can see a white
van to your rear, and 200m ahead is a
junction...
It is a constant commentary of your journey.
It FORCES you to concentrate on what is going
on around you and, as you're vocalising it, it
STOPS other thoughts from entering your head.
Eventually the student will be able to stop
talking out loud but still run through the
commentary in their heads.
Commentary walking is very similar except you
begin with internal vocalisation - you keep a
running internal dialogue of what is going on
around you, who is walking towards you, have
they got their hands in their pockets etc.
You use mirrors or reflections on glass to see
who is behind you and keep a 360 degree state
of alertness.
Some people initially struggle to keep this level
of awareness up for long periods.
With Krav Maga lessons you should learn about
how you can keep up your awareness.
Another awareness drill could be to count people
who have blue jeans on for example, or count people
in red jumpers. Both these drills are designed to
force you to become aware of your surroundings.
As previously stated the MOST important part of
your Self Protection training should be awareness.
It will enable you to AVOID and escape from
situations before they become physical and deter
a potential attacker.
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