Post by Stephen on Aug 22, 2009 21:47:28 GMT -5
Every attack, no matter its nature, involves five parts. These are:
1) Intent
2) Target
3) Opportunity
4) Weapon
5) Delivery system
Before someone commits an attack they make the decision to do so. They may have decided five day or five seconds ahead of time but it was decided. This is intent. For any attack there must be a victim, the target. The attack will come when the opportunity has been presented to the aggressor. Some sort of weapon is involved. It could be a fist, a knife, a computer virus, etc. Finally there is the delivery system. The body and arm throw the punch, the bank delivers the foreclosure notice, etc.
The beauty of this concept is that for an attack to truly be successful it must involve all of these factors but for a defense to be successful it only needs to remove one of them and it doesn’t matter which one. The goal of CSP in self-defense is to work towards eliminating as many of these factors as possible.
Here is an example of how these factors could come to play. You are walking down the street carrying your groceries, not paying attention when a man jumps out of no where, punches you in the jaw, grabs your bags, and runs off. Here is how we can work against this using the concept of the five parts of attack. If you had been aware and paying attention to your surrounding you would most likely have seen him coming. This could have worked on two factors. An aware person is not usually an easy victim thus it may have robbed him of the intent to go after you (of course, if you had been carrying a shot gun instead of the groceries that may have served to remove the intent as well, hence the reason security guards should be highly visible). Also, if you had seen him ahead of time you could have gone a different route thus removing the opportunity for the attack to occur. Now say you didn’t see him ahead of time but were still aware so he did not surprise you so you either a: ducked thus removing the target- your face; or b: kicked him in the groin first and thus damaged the delivery system – his body; or c: blocked (and hopefully counter attacked in a highly aggressive manner) thus reducing the effectiveness of the weapon – his fist.
This concept can be applied to any attack ranging from getting beaten, to cut off in traffic, to identity theft, to espionage. It is the core principle in CSP and scenario training. By working out different scenarios ahead of time, trying to problem solve what could go wrong when and where, we are more prepared in case an incident does occur.
1) Intent
2) Target
3) Opportunity
4) Weapon
5) Delivery system
Before someone commits an attack they make the decision to do so. They may have decided five day or five seconds ahead of time but it was decided. This is intent. For any attack there must be a victim, the target. The attack will come when the opportunity has been presented to the aggressor. Some sort of weapon is involved. It could be a fist, a knife, a computer virus, etc. Finally there is the delivery system. The body and arm throw the punch, the bank delivers the foreclosure notice, etc.
The beauty of this concept is that for an attack to truly be successful it must involve all of these factors but for a defense to be successful it only needs to remove one of them and it doesn’t matter which one. The goal of CSP in self-defense is to work towards eliminating as many of these factors as possible.
Here is an example of how these factors could come to play. You are walking down the street carrying your groceries, not paying attention when a man jumps out of no where, punches you in the jaw, grabs your bags, and runs off. Here is how we can work against this using the concept of the five parts of attack. If you had been aware and paying attention to your surrounding you would most likely have seen him coming. This could have worked on two factors. An aware person is not usually an easy victim thus it may have robbed him of the intent to go after you (of course, if you had been carrying a shot gun instead of the groceries that may have served to remove the intent as well, hence the reason security guards should be highly visible). Also, if you had seen him ahead of time you could have gone a different route thus removing the opportunity for the attack to occur. Now say you didn’t see him ahead of time but were still aware so he did not surprise you so you either a: ducked thus removing the target- your face; or b: kicked him in the groin first and thus damaged the delivery system – his body; or c: blocked (and hopefully counter attacked in a highly aggressive manner) thus reducing the effectiveness of the weapon – his fist.
This concept can be applied to any attack ranging from getting beaten, to cut off in traffic, to identity theft, to espionage. It is the core principle in CSP and scenario training. By working out different scenarios ahead of time, trying to problem solve what could go wrong when and where, we are more prepared in case an incident does occur.