POSITION really has everything to do with success vs failure, leverage vs non-leveraged and life vs death. In this installation of Life Defense we will look at POSITION making all the difference in self-defense, and life, or Life Defense.
Many years ago, my wife told me about our son running away from her too fast, and too young to have any sense. This little runner was maybe 3 years old and an escape artist. Anthony had learned to work the latch of the backyard gate, and was headed at a full run for the busy road when his mother lurched out of the house door and saw him defiantly laughing and daring her to take another step forward. His mother had to restrain herself as she saw a huge truck approaching his curbside position. One more step and he would be lost.
As she stood her ground the huge truck sped only a few inches from him. I’m sure she prayed he would freeze because one more step would have meant certain death. As the truck roared on by his hair flew up from the warm breeze and he froze and cried. This little boy’s POSITION saved his life. Now Anthony’s a grown up with four of his own, a beautiful wife, a PhD. He brings joy to all of us each day.
In retrospect the little boy held his position, and mom held her POSITION. Their relationship continued even though even slight adjustment would have been fatal.
POSITION determines outcomes in war, business and all relationships. In fact the very word relationship defines a POSITION.
In self-defense we speak of triangulation, off-lining and dropping our position exhaustively. Why? Because modifying POSITION works, just a little different angle on a hold in self-defense puts enormous pressure in just the right place to cause compliance.
In Life Defense of course the same is true. Let’s look at POSITION in the realm of problem solving. Head on a task may seem impossible yet even in math, a subject I am not fond of, solving for “X” is always related to “Y," and changing variables makes all the difference. Change the the number ever so slightly and a new solution applies. A fraction off and a moon shot is missed by thousands of miles.
Then why in life do we see problems as straight on, limited, or no variables as options. We easily adopt terms like “black or white, there is only one way…my way…”
In a self-defense scenario the survivor is the one that sees possibilities and takes them. If we perhaps would take from this podcast just on thing, it might be that there is always unlimited choice. Now that’s a POSITION I can live with. POSITION.
Allen Hughes Life Defense
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