Krav Maga Extreme Survival by Gershon Ben Keren

Author:Gershon Ben Keren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Sticks, Baseball Bats, and Pipes

Unlike knives and guns, long objects such as bats and pipes are cumbersome to carry and difficult to conceal, which means they are rarely weapons that people come to a scene with; they are ones that are acquired from the environment, e.g., a tire iron that somebody retrieves from their car, a piece of piping that they find on the ground, etc. One of the skills you need to have when using improvised weapons is to be able to spot and select them before your assailant(s) does.

In a busy parking lot, finding an empty space can be extremely frustrating, and a driver may find themselves waiting for some time for a car to pull out of a spot. If you were to not realize that somebody was waiting and had “claimed” the space, and pull in before them, you may cause them to become spontaneously aggressive, and even violent. If it’s a hot day and their air-conditioning isn’t working, they may already be uncomfortable and angry and your action could be the trigger that moves them to violence (there are numerous studies that show sharp increases in violent crime during hot weather—if someone is physically uncomfortable they are more likely to react aggressively and violently to events that otherwise may not have bothered them). They may be so incensed that they look for some form of weapon to both increase their chances of coming out of the confrontation unscathed and to deliver as much punishment to you as they can. They may get a tire iron from their trunk, or look for something, such as a brick or a piece of piping in the environment. Although in most spontaneous situations, you will have the chance to attempt to de-escalate, and help an aggressor find non-violent solutions to the situation, once someone has pulled a weapon—whether improvised or carried—they will already be in an emotional state, that will make de-escalation extremely unlikely to be successful.

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