Podcast 139 7 Self Defense Myths

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Today: 7 Most common myths of self defense. Do you fall into these traps.

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1 – I’ll never see it coming.

  • You might if you look around
  • Take a tactical pause
  • Get your head out of your phone

2 – I can take care of anything; I’ve got this tool/training/equipment

  • Sometimes your number is just up
  • There is always someone better, stronger, faster no matter how good you or your equipment is

3 – I need a better gun, pepper spray, knife, or whatever.

  • Spend all your time thinking of that an not training
  • Be Really good at a couple things
  • It’s not a match, people can’t study your style before hand

4 – BLANK is the only way to win

  • One art, one move, one shot, one technique
  • Don’t get locked in
  • One gun
  • One Caliber
  • One anything

5 – This is what my fight will look like

  • We can run probabilities but you never know
  • Don’t fixate on a certain kind of person
  • Don’t fixate on a robbery that will happen like this
  • Don’t train for only one fight

6 – It won’t happen to me, or it won’t happen here

  • Nice neighborhood
  • I don’t go those places
  • I don’t interact with those kind of people

7 – I carry a gun only when I need it

  • If you know you need it, don’t go there!
  • Only way to always win is don’t fight

 

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Stay Safe,

Ben

 

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3 Replies to “Podcast 139 7 Self Defense Myths”

  1. I really identified with the comment about “needing” a new gun.

    I realized at the end of last year that I was putting more energy, time and money into collecting guns and looking for my next new gun than I was becoming proficient as a shooter. Nothing wrong with being a collector that’s not what I wanted to be!

    I made a commitment to change that – I sold all of my guns except for my grandfather’s revolver and my carry gun and have spent the last six months really focusing on quality practice and LOTS of dry fire.

    I feel like I’m finally making substantial progress as a shooter and all that shiny new equipment is a lot less appealing than it used to be.

    At the end of the day, if I ever need to use my defensive skills what I carry won’t matter nearly as much as how prepared and proficient I am.

    1. That’s awesome Tim! I hope you had some money for ammo and a training class or two also.

      I find myself in that trap all the time. I need something new, or really want to change my carry gun, or need a new truck gun. Mostly I want a new optic for my truck gun but haven’t been putting in the time working with this one.

      Hopefully I’ll be that strong to do what you did and get rid of my extra crap and buy more ammo and training.

      Thanks for the comment, keep up the good work.

      1. Oh yes, absolutely… my shooting budget is all about ammo and training now 🙂

        I feel like I got lucky with my choice of carry gun – I went with an H&K VP9 and the gun is just perfect for me. Out of the box it doesn’t need anything, aside from the Trijicon HDs my old eyes wanted on it. It is a big enough gun to manipulate easily but not too big to carry.

        The VP9 really changed how I looked at other guns… and it deserves a lot of the credit for helping me to focus on the training instead of the gear 🙂

        Thanks for the podcast!

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