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Thomas Donelson wrote:
I prefer to stand my ground when people are drunk, agitated or otherwise threatening me.
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Would you be willing to elaborating on this?
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Visualizing using the wrist locks I know, gives me confidence to continue to face people who are speaking to me in a threatening manner.
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Confidence is good. I know when I'm confident I don't hesitate as much and I generally look less like an easy target...so it both frees me to act decisively as well as possibly disuading the would-be attacker.
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I visualize situations for sub-teens, where there is a future realtionship with threatening indivdiduals.
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Something I can appreciate since the first words one of my best friends uttered to me was, "touch my shoes and I'll kick your ass," (his shoes were on my seat).
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Respect is a first element of a basis for negotiation.
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Well amen to that! In my opinion, this is an under-appreciated fact of social dynamics.