Threat/Pre Fight Indicators

 

John Lovell of The Warrior Poet Society talks about Pre Fight Indicators

1) Scanning - When bad guys scan the area, their chin is down They tend to look around using quick, jerky movements. If you meet their eyes they will immediately avert their gaze. 

2) Clinched Fist

3) Fidgety 

4) A Bladed Stance

5) Target Fixation

6) Pretending To Look Busy

7) Change In Demeanor

8) Attempt To Cover Face

Any single threat indicator might not mean anything but when more than one is viewed together the likelihood you are dealing with someone out to cause you ill will goes up. 

Policemag: Pre-Attack Indicators

See:

Left of Bang

Personal Defense Resource List

Personal Defense Resource List

I. Preventing Attacks

A. Avoidance
B. Deterrence
-Victim Selection

-Confident Self Projection

C. Awareness/Identifying Potential Threats 

Left of Bang

- Why Awareness Is Important: OODA Loop

-Color Codes Of Awareness

-Intuition

The Gift of Fear

   

D. Managing Known & Unknown Contacts

The Fence

Managing Unknown Contacts Manual - Craig Douglas

-Types of Violence

-De-escalation

-Assertiveness (Boundary & Refusal Skills)

-Aggressiveness/Mindset

Meditations on Violence

E. Limiting Access/Target Hardening

  

II. Responding to Attacks
A. Unarmed Defense     

B. Armed Defense

C. Psychological & Physiological Effects of Combat
D. Legal Aspects of Personal Defense

The Law of Self Defense

III. The Aftermath of an Attack
A. Legal Considerations

B. Physical & Psychological Treatment

Types of Violence

Kinds of Violence: No Nonsense Self-Defense

Where does interpersonal violence fit in