Self Defense

Dealing with Armed AssaultAnd

Weapons of Opportunity

Awareness: The Best Defense

• White – Casually unaware of surroundings• Yellow – Aware and alert• Orange – Sensing or perceiving possible threat• Red – Threat positively identified

-Fight: Create Pain, Create Space, Escape-Flight: Escape

OODA Loop

Considerations for Dealing with Armed Attackers

•Give them whatever they want.•Get the hell out of there.

Self Defense and The Law• 18-1-704 Use Of Physical Force In Defense Of A Person• 1. A person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to

defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he may use a degree of force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for that purpose.

• 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a person is NOT justified in using physical force if:

• (a.) With intent to cause bodily injury or death to another person, he provokes the use of unlawful physical force by that other person; or

• (b.) He is the initial aggressor, except that his use of physical force upon another person under the circumstances is justifiable if he withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to the other person his intent to do so, but the latter nevertheless continues or threatens the use of unlawful physical force; or

• (c.) The physical force involved is the product of a combat by agreement not specifically authorized by law.

Instances Where Compliance is Not Advised

• Whenever the attacker wants to move you to a more isolated location (in your car, in an alley, behind a bush, etc.)

• Whenever the attacker seems more interested in YOU than in your property

• Whenever you feel that harm directed at you is imminent and unavoidable

Knives

• There is no such thing as a knife fight.• In close quarters, knives are more dangerous than

guns.• Knives have a limited range, but are deadly in a 360

degree arc around the attacker.• Getting distance and escaping is the only reasonable

method of dealing with an attacker armed with a knife.

• If you cannot be reasonable, you need an equalizer.

Defensive Wounds

Stab Wound to the Abdomen

Viscera Coming Out of a Stab Wound

Multiple Slashes to the Back

Weapons of Opportunity

• Nearly anything you pick up can be a weapon• Develop a ‘Weapon of Opportunity’ mindset

• Examples: Belts, Cars, Coke Cans, Dirt, Magazines, Pencils, Pieces of Paper, Pens, Rocks, Rolls of Coins, Sticks… anything that can increase your hitting power or give you a mechanical advantage.

Guns

• Extremely lethal in a straight line.• Extremely loud.• The maximum effective range of the average

pistol is about 150 feet (50 meters).• The bullet can still travel up to 5400 feet (1800

meters) at an unreliable trajectory.

Gunshot wound to back

Gunshot wound to face

Cover and Concealment

• Cover is anything that you can hide behind that will also stop a bullet

examples: concrete walls, car engine blocks, laying down behind a curb

• Concealment is anything that will hide you from a shooter, but will not stop a bullet

examples: curtains or blinds, a wooden desk, bushes, drywall, laying down in the back seat of a car

Disarming?

• All disarms and drills we go over today are designed to give you an appreciation for weapon lethality.

• There are no guaranteed techniques that will work 100 percent of the time.

• Do not attempt any of this in real life – unless you have good reason to believe that your attacker intends to kill you.

Questions?