"If you had to choose, which is THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL element in a good program of Self-Defense?"
It's not an easy choice, but since it's my poll: I would choose situational awareness, avoidance being the easiest way to stay safe. After that, if it happens, it's an open question how it ends. I'd rather it didn't start....
I'm better at this since I've had my CCW. I was worried it would allow me to be blase' about danger. I find the reverse: I now try to avoid any hint of trouble, before it was to keep from being killed or hurt, now it's that plus wanting to avoid a split-second judgment upon which a life depends, as well as the potential of years in prison. I try to stay alert, and when I sense danger, to pay attention and not ignore it - especially when on foot at night, the time I CCW the most.
It's not an easy choice, but since it's my poll: I would choose situational awareness, avoidance being the easiest way to stay safe. After that, if it happens, it's an open question how it ends. I'd rather it didn't start....
I'm better at this since I've had my CCW. I was worried it would allow me to be blase' about danger. I find the reverse: I now try to avoid any hint of trouble, before it was to keep from being killed or hurt, now it's that plus wanting to avoid a split-second judgment upon which a life depends, as well as the potential of years in prison. I try to stay alert, and when I sense danger, to pay attention and not ignore it - especially when on foot at night, the time I CCW the most.
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