Lets start this one off with, "anger." We are human and we get angry, it is a fact of life. When you teach self-protection do you query your students about their anger? Here are some questions that Marc MacYoung and Janna Meek presented in their latest book:
1. Do you know what makes you angry?
2. Do you know the processes of anger?
3. Do you get angry slowly or fast?
4. Do you let anger go slow or fast?
5. Do you hang on to your anger?
6. Do you like to punish people who make you angry?
7. Do you confront people who trigger your anger fast?
8. Do you confront people slowly?
9. Last, not the least of, “Do you have any self-control that you exercise when you get angry?”
These types of things, I refer to as emotional maturity, determine how well you will remain within the requirements of the legal system for self-defense defense. These self-traits can and do put you into the zone of participant in the creation and escalation of the situation and use of excessive force. If angry, you won’t think so but guess what, the witnesses and videos will show and report that things were different.
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