Self Defense And Psychological Preparedness
Being psychologically prepared is critical for self defense
during an assault in the street. It is very important to be
ready to repel the assailant (assailants) using all the means
you have. Note that even being in not very good physical shape
these means could be quite sufficient to disable your enemy
(enemies).
For example, if you wear hard sharp-toe shoes, then kicking your
enemy in groin or shank with the toe of such shoe (even if there
are no years of practice behind this kick) immediately makes him
writhe with pain for several moments. And this gives you enough
time to either disable the enemy or simply run away.
Scratching facer using fingernails also causes pain shock to
your enemy and makes him unable to resist for some time.
Remembering how dangerous a furious cat can be for people is
enough to understand this.
In several cases, a furious cat is known to make its owners hide
in one of the rooms and wait for the police to come and help
them. Police officers in this situation often have to use guns
to protect themselves and rescue the owners of the animal.
Now let's take a look at a cat, its weight is about 30 times
less than that of a man. And this tiny thing can resist police
officers armed with firearms. That's one thing. The other thing
is that a common schoolboy, who tortures a cat giving it a hard
time, can cope with it, the cat doing nothing to protect itself.
Now you can see the difference between a man employing
everything he has at hand to give furious resistance to an
assault, and a man who does not resist at all or makes poor
attempts to resist.
So we see, at one hand, the enraged and furiously attacking cat
that a couple of armed policemen cannot restrain, and, on the
other hand, a meek unresisting cat that a little boy can easily
handle. The difference is very substantial. This example clearly
shows that the more furious and fast you resistance, the more
chances you have to win the fight.
I remember a story told me by my disciple about one weak man
small in stature, who succeeded in protecting himself against a
husky trained fellow with the black belt in taekwondo, who
assaulted him.
This small man was so furious and fearless giving his much
stronger offender a hail of blows (weak and unskilled as they
were) as to shock the guy and made him only try to cover himself
from the blows.
One would think what chances had this tiny, middle-aged man, who
has never gone in for any sport in a fight against a young and
well-trained in taekwondo school guy with the black belt. Any
one would say he had no chance. However, it all turned out badly
for no one, but the young insolent beggar.
Why, after all, the winner was that small man, who had no chance
to win. It is very simple. The moment the fight began, he had
his consciousness fully blocked; he acted automatically guided
by his subconsciousness.
At the moment, he had nothing in his mind, but the enemy and the
thought of disabling that enemy by any means possibly. At that
moment, his consciousness was, as it were, at one with the
Universe. He feared nothing since the sense of fear was gone
from him.
He had neither diffidence nor other impeding factors, that's why
all his actions became TRUE ones. Even though he had not much
power and skill, but all he had he putted in each blow. So
that's why, seemingly, with no chance to succeed he won the
unequal fight.
Quite contrarily, his enemy was stiffened with fear and
uncertainty as a result of this sudden and furious repel. Who
could ever dare to attack him, as he was so strong and practiced
fighter, he thought. Certainly not this small man, who, as it
seemed, was supposed to be trembling with fear.
But it turned out so that it was that strong and trained beef,
who had a weak spirit. At the critical moment, his will,
composure and fighting skills failed him. He simply got scared
and confused, and, as a result, was defeated by a weaker and
less skilled opponent.