| Street attacks are common place these days. No | | | | 6. You will feel fear- learn how to deal with it. |
| one is immune to them; even you with all your self | | | | 7. You will have to focus to survive. |
| defence training are as susceptible as anyone else. | | | | 8. You will have to react very quickly. |
| You can be as careful as you want to be, you can | | | | 9. Your physical response must be fuelled by |
| give of as much confidence as you want but | | | | self-preservation- feelings don't come into it. |
| ultimately, things do often happen that are out of | | | | 10. Most likely no one will help you. |
| your control. Being attacked for whatever reason is | | | | 11. The police will not come and help you. |
| one of those things. Rarely if ever does someone go | | | | 12. The law will be against you. |
| through their entire lives without having at least one | | | | 13. To stand the best chance, you must be able to |
| violent encounter on the street. If it happens, why | | | | control the distance between you and your attacker. |
| shouldn't you be prepared, mentally as well as | | | | 14. Never go to the ground unless you really have to |
| physically? | | | | because... |
| Defending yourself against a wrong doer who means | | | | 15. You never know who else is going to come along |
| you serious harm is not only the right thing to do, it is | | | | and attack you. |
| also the morally superior thing to do. This person has | | | | 16. Always assume your attacker has a weapon, |
| gone out of their way to inflict harm on you for no | | | | especially a knife, so you won't get caught unaware. |
| good reason. As I see it, you owe it to yourself and | | | | 17. Be aggressive- sheep don't beat wolves. |
| to your fellow decent human beings to give back the | | | | 18. Do what you have to do to survive the attack- |
| same amount of harmful intent as you are receiving | | | | better to be judged by twelve than carried by six. |
| and to do so with as much ruthless efficiency as you | | | | 19. Don't be afraid to use your surroundings to your |
| can muster. | | | | advantage- use the walls, the concrete floor, |
| With these things in mind, here are twenty things | | | | anything you can use as a weapon and that will |
| you need to know about street attacks and how to | | | | quickly damage an attacker. |
| survive them as intact as possible. | | | | 20. Your attacker will dictate when the attack is |
| 1. They happen fast and when you least expect it. | | | | over, not you. |
| 2. If attacked, you will most likely get hurt. | | | | Why let someone else dictate your chances of |
| 3. Fighting is not pretty. | | | | survival? It is up to you to be prepared for such a |
| 4. The chances are high that you will have to defend | | | | situation and to control it when it happens. |
| against more than one attacker. | | | | Your life may depend on it. |
| 5. If you want to survive you will have to hit back. | | | | |