Principle of Flow VS One Punch, One Kill

[Hardball]

Interesting....

Speaking of paranoia? LOL sounds (to me) like he was scared of you... He let you see the deployment and the tool. Perhaps he expected you to be intimidated and didn't get the reaction he wanted?

I call it a test, you pass... Had you "froze up" or wet your pants he may have revealed further intent to rob or assault you?

I wasn't there but a quite neighborhood in broad daylight on a public street in plain sight... Hmmm... I have doubts. I think you scared him. Maybe that CRAZY look in your eye freaked him out and he was preparing to "defend" himself from you?


LOL Who knows?

Good anaylsis. FYI, I was wearing dark shades, skull cap and a bomber jacket because it was cold and sunny today. You know, I got the same impression--That I scared him. And yea, It was humerous except for the pulled knife. It was on of those 4 inch folding knives with the hand grip. Funny, I can't remember what he was wearing but I just remember him being very short. Oh yea, I remember the knife very well. It actually looked brand new and shiney. LOL

[elliotNess]

Boarspear would be proud of you. You are not attempting to sound like a hero; just merely stating the facts for discussion.

[Tant01]

Good anaylsis. FYI, I was wearing dark shades, skull cap and a bomber jacket because it was cold and sunny today. You know, I got the same impression--That I scared him. And yea, It was humerous except for the pulled knife. It was on of those 4 inch folding knives with the hand grip. Funny, I can't remember what he was wearing but I just remember him being very short. Oh yea, I remember the knife very well. It actually looked brand new and shiney. LOL

Yeah, that paints a picture about like I expected. You're a badass! LOL

Good practice to absorb the usefull bits from your encounter. You realize you would have had trouble with a description of this guy. Might not even recognize him if you saw him again? (kinda thing) With fixation on the blade and his stature it's difficult to REMEMBER any detail outside the tunnel vision focused on the weapon...

What do you think you could do better next time?

I try to look at the feet and hips. I can usually say if he had boots or shoes and what color they were. If his pants were typical jeans and if he was also wearing a jacket. (color, style???) etc... Height, build and hair color are good details to recall as well as his eye color if you can see past the dark glasses.

:::COOL:::

[Hardball]

I don't think I could do that one any better. Keeping my eye on the blade seemed to be the best thing. Getting out without being stabbed or slashed or ending up in jail myself. If you were my instructor, what would you suggest?

[The_Judo_Jibboo]

Hardball, you're story reminds me of one my dad told me once when i asked about a tiny scar on his side around his lowermost ribs. He was in a phone booth when this little weasly guy who was clearly tweaking on something put a knife to his side and asked for his wallet. My dad judged at the moment from the guy's demeanor that he was about to snap, and was afraid to even take the time fumbling for his cash. Being that the guy was pretty short he was at convenient elbowing height for my 6'5" dad, which my dad took advantage of, knocking him out with an elbow to the head! my dad then looked around and strolled off, not wanting to deal with the cops

he still doesn't know if the knife penetrated his jacket when he turned to elbow the guy or if it happened sooner and he just didn't feel it because of adrenaline.

[Hardball]

my dad then looked around and strolled off, not wanting to deal with the cops

Yea, that paperwork gets to be boring. LOL

[Tant01]

I don't think I could do that one any better. Keeping my eye on the blade seemed to be the best thing. Getting out without being stabbed or slashed or ending up in jail myself. If you were my instructor, what would you suggest?

We were drilled to recall details like height, weight, clothing, hair color, etc...

Info the police could use to find the suspect later.

Next time say "BOO!" when you walk past him... LOL

[Hardball]

We were drilled to recall details like height, weight, clothing, hair color, etc...

Info the police could use to find the suspect later.

Next time say "BOO!" when you walk past him... LOL

Well, I forgot to mention that I don't dial 911.

[BoarSpear]

Yea you wont believe what just happened on my lunch break. I believe this thread and my paranoid mindset may have just saved me from being shanked. I was taking a lunchtime walk on a rather quiet street here in baltimore. I normally walk about an hour but today it was almost 90 minutes. Get this, I'm walking and another guy is walking towards me. I see him reach in his pocket for what I thought was a gun. He comes out with a very sharp folding knife and pops it open with that snapping wrist motion that some people mistake for a switch blade. I train with training knives all the time so my first reaction was to keep a cool calm head and just keep moving. I think the poor guys timing was off and he pulled it sooner that he wanted to. So, I keep moving and in my typical paranoid fashion I check over my shoulder. Damn, get this--he is checking over his shoulder at me. So I just keep moving trying to get as much distance as possible between us, but still checking over my shoulder. Get this, the guy is still checking over his shoulder. Finally, I knew I was out of harms way because of the distance; but I am now perplexed. What the F&^%k was that all about? Maybe he wanted to attack me but couldn't get up the courage? Maybe he was intimidated by my size? I don't know but, I do know this--it pays to be alert and it pays to check over your shoulder every so often. EDIT: Not a word was spoken by either one of us.

Hehehehehe I've had that happen a few times...sometimes two aware people tracking each other actually set each other off...I think your Hara freaked him out and he popped the blade as a warning to back off.

[BoarSpear]

Good anaylsis. FYI, I was wearing dark shades, skull cap and a bomber jacket because it was cold and sunny today. You know, I got the same impression--That I scared him. And yea, It was humerous except for the pulled knife. It was on of those 4 inch folding knives with the hand grip. Funny, I can't remember what he was wearing but I just remember him being very short. Oh yea, I remember the knife very well. It actually looked brand new and shiney. LOL

Yep it's funny how well you remember the knife, IF you ever see it. I've been in situations where I couldn't remember ANYTHING about the attackers but could identify the models and brands of the knives they carried. I mean really you're kinda busy and the color of his eyes, shirt, pants and shoes are irrelevant to my survival, they might help the police identify him (or his body though. )

[Hardball]

As usual, Boar see's things the way i do. <need a thubs up smilie>

[BoarSpear]

As usual, Boar see's things the way i do. <need a thubs up smilie>

Experience goes a long way. Think about the world as it IS...most men don't know their girlfriend or wife's eye color....or the color of the shirt they are wearing right now without looking down, but in a life threatening situation people want you to turn into queer eye for a straight guy for Christ sake... during combat troops wearing different UNIFORMS and riding in ENTIRELY different vehicles get accidentally shot by people who shoot guys wearing the other uniform for a living mind you...if they cant notice a different uniform how the hell do they think someone SURPRISED in a life and death situation has time to notice details far more subtle than uniform differences. I scan for threats... boots, buckles, and other assorted nasty weapons disguised in the social engineering of the attacker but aside from clothing the helps or hinders my ability to win the fight I couldn't care less what color things are.

[jubaji]

&quot;most&quot;?! wtf? how's everything on the head trauma ward?

...most men don't know their girlfriend or wife's eye color....or the color of the shirt they are wearing right now without looking down.

You've been hanging out with pUke too much.

[BoarSpear]

You've been hanging out with KOTF too much.

Hmmm you managed to attack two forum members for zero reason except your own entertainment, oh thats right you're allowed to troll at will without any semblance of contributing to anything except your own post count and no one bothers you.

[jubaji]

Your problems with short-term memory are not my fault

Hmmm you managed to attack two forum members for zero reason except your own entertainment, oh thats right you're allowed to troll at will without any semblance of contributing to anything except your own post count and no one bothers you.

Oh, are you gonna cry again?


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