Practice Now, Live Later: Avoiding Victimhood

Avoiding Victimhood, a Skills-Based Approach

Throughout most of human history, things have not been as good as they are now. Poverty and violence have been more of the norm of human existence than our current lavish and violence free lifestyle.

As things get more difficult, the culture of selfishness that pervades America today will lead more people to abandon civilized behavior, and take what they desire by force.

There are several approaches to minimizing the chances of this happening to you, and also several groups of skills that will mitigate or, hopefully obviate, the effects of a violent confrontation on you or those you love.

Some of the most basic are to gain skills with the five ranges of combat. They are-


The Five Ranges of Combat

1. Relson Gracie

2. Rob Kaman

3. Marc Denny

4. Gabe Suarez

5. Simo Hayha

I know, I know, those are people, not ranges. Figure it out. If you can’t, there’s no hope for you anyway. If you can, pay especial attention to numbers 2 and 4, which are the most likely to be the most valuable, in most situations, for most people.

If you are of the opinion that violence is terrible, you are most assuredly correct.

However, if you or someone you love is violently attacked, there are no pleasant options.

It is less terrible to violently stop an unwarranted attack on an innocent victim than it is to allow a violent attack on an innocent victim. Sometimes, those are your only options. You should be prepared to choose correctly

Like all survival skills, the time to master them is now, when you may do so at your leisure, rather than in the heat of the moment, when you require them. If you do not master the skills in easy times, you will not have them, nor, most likely, the ability to master them, in times of distress. That is often fatal.

Practice now, live later.