Urban Self Defense One Level Up

Sevelx | November 15, 2015 | Survival

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Situations that rely on self-defense are often unpredictable.

Understanding your risk profile will provide an idea of the skills you’ll need to increase your personal security. Generally, these skills fall into the following categories:

Situational Awareness

Self-defense begins with awareness. This skill includes using color codes to assess threat levels, exit route awareness and scanning the environment for threats and multiple targets. It also includes skill in what John Farnam calls “living a stealth existence,” which involves threat avoidance. If you don’t need to be in a high-risk environment, why go there in the first place?

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Concealment & Marksmanship

In many states, courses that satisfy state training standards do a good job of teaching basic gun safety, but they do not often include instruction in concealing a handgun or tactical marksmanship. These skills include mastering tactical shooting stances, drawing from the holster, shot placement and shooting multiple rounds at one or more targets.

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Emergency Procedures

Regardless of your skill level or the quality of your equipment, emergencies will occur during critical incidents. When they do, you need the skills to contain the problem and get back into action. Emergency skills include reloading, clearing stoppages, dealing with a failure to stop and basic first aid.

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