the mind, not the body

“Remember you are fighting the mind, not the body. You rarely destroy 100% of the threats’ capability to fight. Instead, you destroy his will.”  - Rory Miller, Facing Violence

Comment: Yes, the mind is paramount in self-defense. I have heard of folks with no training who have survived the threat and lived another day. I have also known a few highly efficient martial practitioners who in the fight, the attack, failed miserably but in truth were successful simply because they are alive, well and out of jail. I am not saying a type of mind-set/mind-state fostered from sound bites and media perceptions for those will get you hurt or killed. I am saying a mind-set/mind-state that has commitment and permission to break the social conditioning toward violence so that you act appropriately. This is a good beginning if you will.