as the old adage goes it's not the size
of the coyote in the fight it's the size
of the fight in the cat wait what
today we're going a little off script
here at active self-protection I am your
host as always John Korea today we have
an interesting self-defense encounter
from Surfside Beach Texas today's video
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us today's video this homeowner caught
this encounter on his home security
counters and shared it with the local
news so we have it in its entirety with
audio let's listen in
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our Intrepid Kitty got away with what
looks like maybe minor surface wounds
the coyote had to go somewhere else for
his dinner the new stories that I have
Linked In the description said that the
owner actually banged on his window when
he saw it happening and that's part of
what scared the coyote off Kitty lives
to fight another day all right in the
comments today are you a dog person or
are you a cat person man I grew up with
dogs I love having dogs but in my world
we have three cats if you want to see
more pictures of my goofy cats you can
go on Instagram on my personal Instagram
at Minister malison follow me there for
pictures of my cats and devotions okay
in all seriousness yes this is a
defensive encounter I do think we can
learn something from it but also
recognize I mean a coyote is a predator
it is you know a meat eating carnivore
and so does it have a right to eat yes
but of course does a cat have the right
to protect itself yes and I realize it's
kind of weird talking about rights with
animals instead of just with humans but
let's think about this from a defensive
perspective that Hey listen that dog is
a lot bigger than that cat that coyote
is you know multiple times the size of
that cat but sometimes you're just gonna
have to fight and this cat decides no I
if we're going to it I'm going down with
violence and I think there's actually a
lesson there for us as well we might be
outgunned we might be outmatched we
might be outsized but if our life is at
stake and clearly this cat's life is at
stake hey I'm gonna make you pay full
retail for this and that's a matter of
attitude and we always say attitude
first and then skills and then plan at
active self-protection for exactly this
thing and that is that listen if you
know it's going to go down you make that
guy pay full retail you make him at the
end of you go golly they were really
hard to kill because listen in that case
you might win the fight and this cat did
win the fight and I love how the cats
danders up and he's using Claws and
teeth and whatever I'm outmatched here
but I'm gonna give this this coyote a
what for it I also love the fact that
he's using a barricade that that little
you know uh chair thing there acts as a
boundary that kind of gives him some
space and I think that anytime we can
use boundaries as human self-defenders
they can give us absolutely an advantage
specifically because we're tool users
when we have long range tools like
Firearms of course this cat doesn't but
when we do that's great now I do think
here again using everything you got
available keeping that sucker at Bay and
I think he's gonna try to get away but
recognize that that if you can get out
of the danger zone that's great but only
if you can do so in a way that he can't
attack you because what it did here is
it exposed the cat's backside and tail
to the coyote and the coyote use that to
grab that cat by the tail and drag it
back where they can attack him again so
when we talk about Escaping The Danger
Zone and getting out of there and
getting yourself to a place of safety I
100 believe in that but only when you
can do so in a way that you can do so
safely because otherwise you're going to
get dragged back into the fight you've
given your back to your opponent and put
yourself at significant disadvantage
like this kitty cat did here
Fight Continues though and I love that
he is continuing to try to get going but
this is where it really kind of goes a
little bit South for him and thankfully
the Coyote's just kind of trying to drag
him off of the fence at this point or
that railing instead of really munching
him and really doing some significant
harm to him so one of those reasons that
we say once the actual fight starts man
you want to do everything you can to
keep from giving your back to your
opponent because all of the pointy bits
of the cat are on the other side they
are on the front side of the kitty not
the back side of the kitty so again
turning your back on your opponents
great way to get hurt I really admire
the attitude of this cat cat though and
I love the idea that says oh okay I can
get somewhere where he can't get me so
he gets way up that pole there I don't
know if this cat was declawed or
something like that kind of looks like
maybe that was the case I sure hope not
but but recognize that he thought I can
climb and this coyote can't climb and so
I can get myself away and if I can get
myself away this is a stronger strategy
than continuing to trade blows with this
much larger coyote that might very well
eventually be able to overpower me so
this is again one of the reasons that we
say when you have to use defensive force
your job as a private citizen is to
break contact and so just like this
kitty cat gotta break contact you and I
want to break contact at our earliest
opportunity of course if that kitty had
the means to stop that threat by by
putting that coyote down and out that
probably would have been very wise as
well because that kitty's life was at
risk and that's why we are firearms
carriers and Firearms enthusiasts here
at active cell protection as defensive
tools we use them as Shields and not as
swords but this cat I think did a darn
good job I think that it showed
incredible attitude had its tools at its
disposal eventually formulated enough
plan to use its skills and covered its
ass