Welcome back to Self Defense Situation - What Do You Do? - Part 39. Most of the time, we see when someone is being attacked, there are multiple attackers. You might not get it instantly. But there are other attackers around the spot. Maybe they are watching or if anything goes wrong, they will get involved.
When you fight in a fighting competition, you know who your opponent is. You know what it looks like fighting over there. But in real life, you have no idea what would happen. You do not know what they are planning to do. You do not even know how many attackers are going to attack you.
Here awareness is the key to defend yourself. As soon as you see something is wrong, you can be more careful. Observe the situation. You will get the signal of what might happen next. You need to be proactive to deal with a situation like this.
Let's watch this video. We are talking about a specific part of the video. I'm going to mention the time below. All video credit goes to Radio VOH Online.
Source and Video Credit
From 9:17 to 10:06 Minutes
In this video, you see how people are robbed on the street. Suddenly there are some bikes around you and somehow they draw your attention. When you get distracted, they will take your bag and run. If you are aware of your surroundings, you can stop this.
So when you face any situation, try to understand it first. If you are able to intercept the attackers' intention, you can protect yourself. For example, in this video, the attackers intend to take your bag. One of them might hit on your bike just to get your attention and distract you. If you figure out what they want, here it is your bag, you can take your bag in your hand or instead of arguing you will move on from there fast.
Do not just focus on single things. Sometimes you see the person gets your attention and keeps you engaging, he is not going to attack you. Maybe there are some of his friends who are going to attack you without giving any obvious indication.
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