Ambush. A surprise attack by persons from a concealed position. To lie in wait for. Many assaults are ambushes. An attacker comes from a concealed position and surprises his target. The element of surprise startles, sometimes freezing the victim. Assailants
Sadly, a google search for adduction, even when adding keywords like locations, brings up page upon page of incidents. It is quite alarming. Many of these incidents occur as people are walking or running. Why? Perpetrators are often driving a
Right. Morally or socially correct Just. Acting or done in accordance with what is morally right or fair. “A power struggle collapses when you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you when you change your intention from winning
Knife attacks are among the most frequent and dangerous weapon assaults. Knives and other sharp objects are easy to obtain, and they can be used in numerous ways. In a previous article, Knife Assaults: 10 General Facts, we offered an overview
Last summer (2018), I was exiting a train at the Bloor/Yonge subway station. It was crowded and as I walked toward the stairs I accidentally bump into a man. I turned to apologize and saw him squinting at me with
In his fascinating book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell explores how people can make immediate assessments or “snap judgments” without consciously knowing why they know what they know. He cites numerous examples including, • In basketball,
Intuition: immediate apprehension by the mind without reasoning. Empiricism: the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Reasoning: Coming to an understanding or conclusion through logical argument. Your “inner voice, a “gut feeling”, a “hunch.” People use
During our Krav Maga classes, we devote a lot of training time to defending against assaults we are unable to prevent – punches, grabs, weapon assaults etc… The preference, of course, is to avoid these situations whenever possible. This involves
An oft-repeated term we use in Krav Maga is “Timeline.” In most cases, a timeline refers to the distance of the assailant. This distance has an integral role in how we defend ourselves. There is a significant difference, for example,