1 Man Defeats 3 Home Invaders
The moment of terror that this man must have felt forced him to jump into action.
A 2nd man came in and I thought they were trying to get upstairs to where my wife was…
I didn’t want them anywhere near my wife!
There are a lot of really valuable lessons to learn from this video so let’s go over them.
Lessons
Keep Your Doors Locked!
It is such a simple thing.
It is so easy to establish the habit of locking your door… AT ALL TIMES!
The number 1 way home invaders get into your home is either by you voluntarily opening the door… just because someone knocks – often posing as a delivery person even though you aren’t expecting a delivery.
So how bad would you feel if they just walked in the front door even though you didn’t open it? You weren’t even tricked. Simply negligent.
Aggression for the Win!
This homeowner wasn’t a trained fighter. But when he saw a stranger dressed in black wearing a mask in his home he knew bad things were going to happen unless he took action.
Then 2 more attackers rushed in the door.
By simply being aggressive and going at the 3 invaders he was able to chase them off.
Get to a Weapon
1 of the criminals blocked the door from closing and came back in. The homeowner wisely ran to his kitchen and got a knife.
It is wise to be aware of what natural weapons of opportunity that you have in any given room that you can use.
Assuming you can safely do so it is also wise to smartly stage weapons in accessible spots throughout your home.
Non-Combatants Should Stay AWAY!
The wife rushed outside where her husband was potentially fighting off the 3 invaders.
Unless she is armed, trained, and ready to fight this puts them both in a very vulnerable position.
Imagine for a moment that things start going south for the male homeowner and he needs to run back inside the house.
With the wife outside she will either be in his way or be left outside.
This forces him to stay in the fight instead of having the potential to get inside and lock the door.
The smartest thing for non-combatants to do is escape, get somewhere safe, and call 911.
Don’t Punch with a Closed Fist
I have spoken about this bunches of times but in the chaos of a real fight you are likely to hit foreheads, elbows, and other hard surfaces that are WAY harder than the thin metacarpal bones of your hand.
A broken hand is really going to make fighting against 3 guys close to impossible.
So just use your palm heel.
Conclusion
Training at a martial arts gym is super important to build a variety of skills, tactics, and “can-do” aggression.
But it is hard to recreate a lot of scenarios in a gym. So watching videos like this one, debriefing lessons learned, and then doing to visualization in order to mentally rehearse how to win is super important.
Go get your training in and be prepared against violence!
Until next time,
Brian
