Situational Awareness-Left of Bang-Beyond the Color Codes and OODA Loops

People are always asking me about what type firearms, or what forms of martial arts, are the best bet for self defense, but the most important and versatile tool you can use to defend yourself and your loved ones is already in your posession, it is attached right above your shoulders. You win 100% of the gunfights/fist fights/robberies/carjackings/kidknappings etc., that you never get involved in. 100% of the fights you run away from.

And most instructors I hear from tell their students to make sure they are practicing "Situational Awareness", paying attention to their color code system, or OODA loops, but a lot of the time never really go in to what that means or why it is important. Kind of like telling someone to make sure they are in a good supported position, executing the shot by the precise steps and following through, which will actually helpthem to make the shot, but not if they are not also explaining what that position is, or what the precise steps are.

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