The Principle of Defense
Deescalation
HOW MOMS KEEP CHILDREN SAFE PODCAST | Interview with Rick Seigmund
Deescalation is a social skill that is enhanced by one's ability to recognize social norms and when the baseline shifts.
(recognizing this shift raises a red warning flag that you must move from 'Yellow' to 'Orange' in Cooper's colors.)
There are many techniques that can be learned to hone this skill, both in phrases and body language.
Learn Self-Defense
Learning self-defense can help you feel safe. You will also have a better idea of what to do if there’s a threat to yourself or someone else, whether you’re at school, in your neighborhood, or anyplace else.
Goal Description
Learn how to protect yourself and recognize or avoid dangerous situations.
Goal Ideas
○ Know how to contact police or other authorities for help if you are threatened physically.
○ Learn to identify behavior that could become a threat. Learn ways you can help calm down a threatening situation or leave if you need to.
○ Take a self-defense class at a local school or youth center or watch some self-defense videos online.
○ Plan an activity where you and your friends can learn basic self-defense. You could invite an expert to demonstrate and teach self-defense skills.
○ Develop a weekly fitness plan you can stick with. If you’re physically fit, you’ll be better prepared to escape or respond to threats.
○ Create your own goal.
-ChurchofJesusChrist.org (underlines added for emphasis, links added for further education)
The oldest Martial Art promotes the following philosophy:
Winning is not only defeating an opponent, escaping is also winning.
It is because Surviving is winning.
It is because Surviving is winning.
Reaction/Stress Test
'You will only do what you trained to do!'
The best case scenario is that you have trained to respond and have thought out how you would react in a threatening situation.
Getting "off the x" means removing yourself from danger, and you should have exits and the physical capability to escape. This is your first priority.
If you have not given a scenario thought, it will be difficult to decide in the moment when your lower motor skills lose function and tunnel vision or panic sets in.
"Your last resort is to fight and when you fight you have to fight for your life.
Meaning: Your level of violence has to be greater than your adversary"
"Everything goes. It's either you or him."
-Clint Emerson, retired Navy Seal
Meaning: Your level of violence has to be greater than your adversary"
"Everything goes. It's either you or him."
-Clint Emerson, retired Navy Seal
(See also "Active Shooter")
