i think one of the biggest problems i
see with people in self-defense is they
don't know or decide to get in the fight
until they're already in the middle of
it
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hi everyone welcome to today's lesson
here at active self protection i'm your
host as always john korea and it's
saturday that means with me today
stephanie widener our ceo and there are
a lot of lessons in today's video out of
mexico palm pepper spray has recently
reformulated for even more effect 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 this one happens fast this
guy's walking across the street tells
that woman he wants her purse she kind
of does a little dance and he's going to
grab a hold of that grab a hold of her
for a moment and he's going to start
bouncing her off the pavement trying to
get her purse away they're going to kind
of go back behind that bush where we
can't see him very very well but she's
going to keep fighting the guy he's
going to eventually run off and decide
what the heck and like throws his arms
in the air and surrender now you're
going to see her kind of watch this guy
she did not lose her bag she kept a hold
of it and it's gonna pan over as she's
screaming and hollering for help to
these people who kind of come outside
but didn't do nothing to help she
protected herself and we get to think
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noting again this woman kind of all by
herself is chosen as a victim why
because she's in a vulnerable population
she is somebody that this guy feels like
he can overwhelm he can take advantage
of and if you're in that vulnerable
population you have to be ready to
defend yourself and you see him changing
his direct trajectory of travel here to
intercept her that is such predatory
behavior he has chosen his prey and he
is now moving to intersect you can see
that on any nature show that you want to
watch and you need to be aware of that
just because someone changes their
direction and travel doesn't necessarily
mean they're about to attack you but
it's certainly a good indication that
you need to be ready well i need vectors
on her so this is a pre-attack indicator
for sure and this is her time to prepare
herself she is paying attention she is
looking at him and and so seeing that
gives you a few seconds to prepare and
prepare emotionally and then plan your
defense but instead of doing that what
this woman does is she's like oh no it's
not happening to me and so she just kind
of waits and tries to kind of dodge a
little bit but doesn't do anything until
he's on top of her ladies please hear me
that's that second for you to go oh
you've chosen me have you well i'm gonna
make you pay full retail for that and
whether that is get your pepper spray
out or even draw a firearm again women
are given wide latitude and disparity of
force and attacks against men uh make
sure there's objective reasonable
evidence for you to draw that firearm
but to prepare is much more than just to
kind of oh no i'm gonna wait until he
attacks me and we can see how quickly
this attack turns brutal as we
eventually see you're kind of getting
your head bounced up the concrete a bit
and and why that disparity of force is
such a big deal uh you can get even if
someone's not intending to hurt you
brutally you can get hurt uh so quickly
and easily yeah and again
the number one indicator of successful
self-defense is an indomitable spirit
attitude is always first and this woman
i just feel like doesn't get to prepare
to defend herself until she's getting
bounced off the concrete and that's a
pretty big deal now this is another one
that it's kind of a hobby horse that i
like to ride that he is going to throw
her to the ground why because he wants
her purse the purse is where her
valuables are going to be and so he's
bouncing her off the pavement and this
is a reason ladies i do not prefer
off-body firearms carry because even if
she's got a gun in that purse there is
zero chance at this point that she is
going to get to that gun and if he's
able to get that purse off of her which
we see happen very regularly he gets her
firearm too the other thing that we get
a lot of advice from people is to wear
your purse over your head and what is
called cross body carry so that you are
kind of wrapped up in your purse makes
it much more difficult if not impossible
for someone to take your purse from you
particularly if you have reinforced
straps that are intended not to be cut
or broken the problem is and you can see
this here i don't think her purse is
crossbody but she's not getting a hold
of it and you can see how badly he's
able to hurt her and drag her because
this purse she
if it's crossbody you don't have the
choice to let go of it and let them take
the purpose
he's got leverage against her because
grabs a hold that first bigger is
stronger he's got a lever to hold on to
and so he's literally bouncing her off
the pavement so she has a firearm in
here she's not going to be able to get
to it prefer that she have it on her
person let the purse go get to the
firearm and go from there now again
success is a wonderful deodorant right
she kept kept her purse and dude runs
off okay fine i think she gets the
emotional you know courage that comes
from okay i defended myself i did okay
the last thing of course i want to
notice here is it pans back to the
person who is watching from the doorway
nobody is coming to save you your
self-defense is personal and you are the
primary agent in your own rescue
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