Gavin de Becker, Left of Bang, Patrick Van Horne, Situational Awareness, Threat Assessment, Uncategorized

Left of Bang

Hi Everyone! Several members of my team and I just completed a webinar with Patrick Van Horne, author of the highly recommended Left of Bang. It was an hour well spent. During the webinar, Patrick covered what he termed “assessing universal and uncontrollable aspects of nonverbal behavior.” These include clusters of behaviors where people will fall into one of four groupings: Dominant, Submissive, Comfortable, or … Continue reading Left of Bang

RobertFebruary 25, 2016February 25, 20162 Comments

Gavin de Becker, Islam, Muslim, Politicians, Uncategorized, Violence

Trumping Distractions in order to Deal with Violence

I remember once reading a very good article from a well respected combatives instructor from the UK. He was making the point that experienced criminals often use distraction to enable them to very effectively and violently assault their chosen victim. He was making the point that we thus need to train ourselves to avoid falling prey to such distraction, and so increase our chances … Continue reading Trumping Distractions in order to Deal with Violence

RobertDecember 13, 20151 Comment