being a self-defender means paying
attention to put yourself in the right
place to be able to do the right thing
hi everyone welcome to today's lesson
here at active self-protection I am your
host as always John Korea and I am
Anthony Weidner and today's lesson is
even more
of when you bless the deserving with the
hot sauce Palm is what I use between a
harsh word and a gun and encourage
everyone to do likewise South Africa has
some gnarly carjacking so you know
what's coming this person in a really
nice Audi pulls up starts the gate
opening watch the person pull in behind
them and as soon as the doors open our
Audi driver realizes what's coming makes
a hard right turn and nopes right the
heck out of there and our carjackers
because they've gotten out of the car
they're like uh shoot and they are way
behind they didn't go inside the complex
they got out of there as well no car was
taken we got a couple important lessons
here today I don't know Steph do you
think that owning an expensive car makes
this kind of thing more likely I'm sure
it probably does I think owning an
expensive car seems to make people more
likely to Think Through how they would
defend themselves because this person
didn't hesitate Yeah but whether you own
a really nice Audi like this guy or a
crap bucket let's think about lessons
interesting thing to me on this stuff of
course as soon as you pull into a spot
like this you're in a transitional space
and I know some people to think oh this
is South Africa but we are seeing
carjackings like this happen in Detroit
in Los Angeles all over every major
Metro is experiencing huge increases in
carjackings so you notice here that our
driver gives themselves a little bit of
space in that transitional space in
order to have some ability to maneuver
and I think that was really wise I think
that's really wise in every scenario
even when you're you're stopping
anywhere always give yourself a few
options when you're in your vehicle
don't pull up so closely to something
that you are trapped there he does a
great job of that and he's also
continuing to be aware of the
surroundings that are around him notices
that this car does not continue to pass
on the road but rather slows down and
stops and is ready to react immediately
when the car door is open and how many
times do we say attention buys you time
and time buys you options and so listen
instead of just watching the game or you
know sitting and listening to the latest
Bebop Tunes pay attention to your world
a little bit see what's going on in your
side view mirror in your rear view
mirror and when something's not in order
you gotta do something thing now what
would be not in order I think this is
perfect timing because as soon as he
sees the doors open or she this driver
makes a change you see that hard right
turn and go you don't gotta wait till
they're pointing guns at you you know
something bad is going when they pull up
behind you and jump out of the car we
don't have any idea if they have guns
they may they may not it doesn't matter
but this guy makes a great choice
regardless of what they're doing he
never even has to engage in any type of
defensive issues other than defensive
driving and getting out of there it's a
really great example of being aware of
your world giving you a huge head start
on the problem and I really think this
evidence is pre-planning so this is a
driver who says I'm going to give myself
a little bit of space I know what my
exit plan is if those guys jump out of
the car I'm gone I am not going to stop
in here I'm gonna hit the gas
immediately if those doors open when
those doors open they did so again when
we talk about proper prior planning
prevents poor performance this is
exactly what we are talking about have a
strike point okay if they pull up behind
me doors open I'm gone they could be be
somebody lives in my complex if they
just pull up behind me okay fine but the
door's open I'm out of here and that's
exactly what they did now of course that
caused for a great outcome Boogie hard
drive to the police station get on the
phone with 9-1-1 whatever but also you
got to think about the fact that the
gate is now open and now I think this is
a multi-family housing complex is what
it looks like to me like town homes with
with garages or whatever but especially
in a single family environment you want
to probably get on the horn with your
family as well tell them what's going on
and make sure that they get that gate
closed and they're safe I couldn't agree
more and I think he did a great job they
ended up being after the car so they
took off this guy took some time to to
really figure out where his risks were
found a plan to mitigate those risks so
he was able to react immediately and he
really covered his asp