A textbook example of the most effective defence
Many of my recent articles have concerned the topic of defence : why it is important, and how it is to be used - together with a connected, appropriate counter . Well I recently came across an example of "textbook" defence: a response that typifies everything I've been writing about. To some readers it might seem odd that it concerns firearms and not "hand to hand combat". I don't find it odd at all: the principles of effective defence are universally applicable. They are part of the Daoist concept of wu-wei . Consider this video: In it, you'll see a store clerk being held-up by a man armed with a handgun: only the robber doesn't realise he's up against a highly trained, combat-experienced Iraq war veteran . It doesn't go well for the robber. You can read a detailed textual account here . What's the first thing you notice from the video? Fantastic situational reflex by the veteran: As the robber starts to bring...