A sixth sense if you will and if that will help make it a more memorable memory reminding us that when our gut gives us the funny feeling; that the ole-spidey sense begins a tingling; or that special sixth sense tells you something is amiss that we all listen to that, pay attention and then let our awareness expand to a higher level of sensitivity.
It is a complication of life experiences, a compilation of training experiences, a compilation of training results, changes and creativity that tells us we need to pay attention ergo, gut instincts. Repeating some tips on situational awareness:
A cumulative alertness to threat and the environment. Enabling you to notice pre-incident indicators, odd movements or anomalies given the situation. Cumulatively, pre-incident indicators create a visual unlikely circumstance consistent with either a contrived situation or predatorial behavior." - Kelly McCann
Rule of Three: When you observe three anomalies or indicators, make a decision! Don't wait for more information. - Patrick Van Horne and Jason A. Riley
Anomalies: any variation from the baseline - and what we are primarily searching for is anomalies. Anomalies are things that either do not happen but should, or that do happen but shouldn't. - Patrick Van Horne and Jason A. Riley
SA was originally a military term. The disparity between its original use and today’s self-defense use is that the military had specific meaning that depended on the individual’s military specialty. It is based on that military persons training to spot, consider and decision-action processes. It is clearly defined to the knowledge and resources provided by the military.
In self-protection self-awareness is a chaotic moving process requiring a good deal of knowledge and understanding not just about the self but to the environment and what lives and breathes in that environment to make creative decisions to avoid, escape and evade or deescalate trouble before it becomes active violence.
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