Self Awareness / Krav Maga -The Best Defense



"The next part of Self Awareness is Target
Hardening. By this I mean that we present
LESS of an easy target for the opportunist
criminal...

Many criminals will assess early on whether
we are displaying victim behaviour. IF they
decide we are not they often move on to an
easier choice...

The term hard target comes from the Military
where patrols will move around in a
professional switched on manner making them a
LESSER target for terrorists.

Often in Northern Ireland, the terrorist organisations
would set an ambush or booby trap and let a
switched on patrol pass through and wait for
a less aware unit before launching their attack.

Some of the ways we can make ourselves less of
an easy target is to walk with a confident gait
and appear switched on and aware of our surroundings.

Don't outwardly display valuable goods such as
jewellery or expensive mobile phones or cash, and
employ all aspects of personal security such as
locking the car doors IMMEDIATELY after getting
inside - not leaving windows open and unlocked in
our house.

Our aim at all times is to LESSEN our chances of
becoming a potential victim.Avoid unesecary provocation!
Use Krav Maga only in self defense!
I mean only if you are victim ,without any provocation used by yourself!

Rather than listing various traits the attacker
would look for in a potential victim, I would
recommend this exercise...

Spend an hour in a coffee shop in your local town
centre, choose a spot next to the window and observe
people going about their business.

Now pretend YOU were a mugger and choose
who you would mug. Write down the reasons why you
choose that person. was it because they displayed
valuable goods or were they day dreaming and oblivious
to their surroundings?

Once you have compiled your list actively display
the OPPOSITE behavior and you will be making
yourself a HARD target for a would be attacker."
Use Krav Maga wisely only when you don't have another option!