Condition Red = Danger, Act Now!

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With any of the defenses shown below an early alternative is simply to leave. 

A middle ground is to talk them down. 

Only after those options are gone which with some attackers might be 2 seconds should have to use force.

Two Attackers

A Weapon

A Weapon

Once you have dealt with the current Condition Red = Scan for more threats! 

Head/Face  

• Quick glances at specific area of your body (Targeting).

• Stares or Looks Hard at you, as if you weren’t a person.

• Head movements in and out like a chicken pecking.

• Color leaving face getting paler.

• Quick looks away as distraction or checking post-attack escape route

• Talking to you and turning head around quickly (checking for your backup and getting ready to “hit and run”)

• Hiding or Touching Face,  Smoothing back hair, removing a hat (nervous moves to hide his plans to attack you)

• Lowering head getting ready to charge (getting body ready to move)

• Loss of verbal ability, grunting or resorting to “yeah!” “So!” “and?!”

• Goes completely quiet from making a lot of noise

Hands

• Opening and closing hands, splaying fingers, clenching fists.

• Jabbing and/or pointing forcefully with one finger

• Hand hidden out of sight, palm not visible or holding arm in funny position (hiding a weapon)

• Hand touches pocket or small of back or anywhere several times (checking he still has his weapon)

Feet/Body

• Movement from one foot to the other, shifting weight.

• Moving shoulders back, and “squaring up”.

• Bobbing up and down or rocking from side to side.

• Stepping into a “Boxer’s Stance” with feet, no matter what he does with hands

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