Craig Douglas of Shivworks talks about how to manage a strangers aproach
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025
- Douglas of Shivworks talks about how to manage a strangers approach.
Craig gives you 3 techniques on how to manage a strangers approach, including what to say, how to move and how to prepare your defenses. For further information please visit www.shivworks.com
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Here's my story. I watched this video for the first time two days ago, thought about it, then moved on to cat and airplane videos. This afternoon I'm loading groceries into my trunk when a panhandler approaches from my left saying: "...excuse me, but..." Before he was closer than twenty feet to me my hands were up, I was in orange, and told him: "stop-stay back" perhaps a bit more aggressively than was polite. I turned strong side away from him and backed up. As he turned and walked away muttering profanely I looked in the opposite direction, another panhandler was walking away in the opposite direction. Your advice may have saved me from some big trouble. Thanks.
great story!
Craig is the best in the biz
yes he is!
The best learning point in this video was arcing around the approaching person to get your 6 O'clock into your peripheral vision. The assumption is that you haven't been maneuvered into a funnel which prevents you from moving away.
Inside arm's length I worry most about being stabbed.
Yes. You’re also creating an angle taking you off center for striking more effectively; just like they teach in boxing.
Such a pleasure to watch Craig Douglas work. Thank you for hosting him on Trigger Time TV.
Every video I've seen with @southnarc has been very educational. He is the MAN when it comes to real world defensive technique.
Michael C darn right. He spent decades undercover so his techniques came from the real world. He threw out a lot of garbage that he was trained on and invented useful techniques and protocols.
I like the arching technique and hands up approach, probably some stuff I could have used a couple of times in my life. Two other things I would add that are important are: 1. Make eye contact early on to let them know that you have seen them but not so much that it gives them a reason to start a fight with you and 2. If possible, put an obstacle between you and them, even something as simple as a shopping cart. This can help if you aren't sure what their intentions are or if they have a weapon.
Great addition to the trigger time lineup.
yes Craig is pretty damn cool!
I like how he has converted Law Enforcement tactics to civilian use. Many of us LE instructors in the civilian realm have been doing the same things for years... definitely like the terminology! 👍
thanks for the feedback!
Great video. Doug is the real deal and has great content in his classes.
Thank you Craig for putting this strategy into three do-able parts. I will be practicing your movements with my husband and friends. Acting out scenarios is an incredibly helpful tool.
Great video. Two years ago I was standing in line waiting to get into Udon Noodles restaurant in Honolulu. Some 20ish guy (I was 56 at that time) and his friend cut line right in front of me and my wife. I said to him, “The end of the line is back there,” thinking they would just move on after getting called out. Instead, the guy turned with an aggressive look on his face and took a step toward me. My hands were already in position to protect my face/head, so I just put my fingers behind his clavicle bone and rolled them around and down. He instantly dropped to his knees and screamed out to let him go. The other people in line started shouting at him to “Get to the end of the line.” As soon as he and his friend went to the end of the line, we left because my wife was upset and I didn’t feel comfortable watching my back all night waiting for retribution. The bottom line: Don’t allow anyone to get inside your bubble.
Is there a video with such a move; To see what you did.
Was it worth it? Why not just let it go & spend the rest of the evening in peace with your wife? A couple of minutes longer standing in line is not worth someone (possibly your wife) ending up in a hospital or worse. You never know ahead of time how it's going to end.
@@furiousstyles7998 l mean a video if anyone teaching it.
Jugular notch attack. Kelly McCann.
@@stevepriest7341 Oh my goodness, this is what he meant? I thought some kind kyoshu small pressure point type of attack. My bad. Thanks for clearing it up.
Sure that can work as done in video.
It all starts with a decision to learn long before the event. When you are oblivious to danger (ie head in phone screen with it illuminating you) and then you wonder how you got surprised. It's to late for anything but compliance and prayers. Great content, and thank you
To me angles is everything, there's so much things you can do at an angle, excellent..
Great topic, thank you. Two other elements for consideration: 1). turning your strong (weapon side) away and 2). arcing to the opponents strong side to give yourself positional advantage if he reaches for a weapon.
Most combat/practical M. arts that i'm familiar with (such as boxing) teach moving to the weak side of an opponent to avoid their power & weapon hand.
great suggestions
@@1973Saved but wouldn't you want to be closer to that side so you can try to stop them deploying the weapon or if they deploy it, you don't have to get around the other hand? I guess there's advantages to both approaches and you can't really know what type of weapon they might have or which hand they might use. I guess it also depends which side looks like it might provide a better escape route and a lot of times people will approach when they can corner you or use obstacles to their advantage.
A very succinct and informative video.
Great content, thank you. For what it’s worth- #3 drop the body and head into the hands- don’t bring hands up. By doing so you are decreasing your relative attack area and loading your legs.
Found this after reading Craig Douglas' chapter in the book 'Straight Talk on Armed Defense'. Great read with tons of useful information. Loved this video as well. Thanks for the lesson.
A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.
Excellent video💯
Barney already taught me everything I need to know from the day Griffith show
funny!
Everybody missed the point. Winston Caesar (and tell me he doesn't have a middle name to match) is the greatest name of any assistant ever.
Winston Churchhill Caesar.
Winston Bacon Caesar
thats funny!
One addition. If you know for sure that there will be a problem. If you also know that there is more than one of them, then you may need to move towards the main problem to create space from the other problem. I will admit that this means you will be offering violence to the main problem. But, maybe they should not be trying to assult you in the first place!
scarmenl I know it's just a movie but the fight scene in the first Jack Reacher always makes me think if groups of guys act that way.
I think I have seen the movie you are talking about. My comment comes from my past. One guy in front of me and just by luck caught a glimpse of the other two setting up to my left rear. So I walked up to the guy in front like I was going to walk right past. When I got in range I kneed him in the nuts and in the face when he bent over. I them pulled him around between the other two and myself. At that point I had time to pull a gun and after that nobody wanted to play anymore.
Part of what I'm saying is that just having a gun will not always give you the best in a situation, you have to be aware of what is around you and what they are doing. In a lot of cases just acting in that manner will prevent a goodly amount of trouble. Crooks don't want to deal with somebody that comes across like they know what they are doing.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
Are there breathing techniques you can recommend to avoid tension and freezing during such situations?
3:20 , "Whoa, just take it easy man".
Great info
Anyway to be less vulnerable when opening your front door to go in. Vulnerable to assault from the rear and if the door is still closed you can't back up.
I know this is old but situational awareness. By the time someone gets that close you are in more danger. Especially carrying a firearm and a knife. 21 foot rule isn't always possible with a unknown attacker. Toughing distance is immenant.
Getting off the X
I love carrying my clinch pick
Winstons swoll af
2X I have ask a person approaching me to stop, they didn't I drew my fire arm as I step aside.
They stoped both times at about 20+ feet, thanking God they turned and left.
My heart was pounding, they were a hair from being killed.
But very sure so was I.
Aware and ready to do what ever it takes to survive is rule 1
Fortunately for you, you were allowed to carry a firearm, I'd be thanking God for that also, (that we have a 2nd Amendment).
Hi buddy. Im a boxing teacher. Youre right about circling away. That's what a boxer does. But you ALWYAS have to keep eye contact. When you blocked that punch you set yourself up for a second punch or knee. Keep direct eye contact whilst blocking that punch.
How to look like a psycho at the 7-11 lol.
Seriously though. Good stuff.
Hello
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If they come that close STRIKE THEM! Draw down. Always worked for me. No good guy is coming that close to you. Why defend when you can strike first. Articulate that you were in fear fir your safety! Seriously!
I don't know. This doesn't always apply to every situation. A narrow sidewalk or clinch points. You can't hit anyone that comes too close. You easily become the guy that the other guy should have watched out for and avoided you.
@Alan Simon
Yup, or you could cross to the other side of the street, if they cross also you know for sure that they're up to no good. It's worked for me.
@@Spazzycat14 You MEANT to say, "You CAN'T hit EVERYONE that comes too close." (If you meant to make sense.)
@@michaelshapiro1543 Yes. I meant to say that... A year ago...
@@Spazzycat14 : And I read it this evening. Amazing, this writing stuff.... Are you sure you mean "you can't hit ANYONE that comes too close"? Surely there may be someone who earns that attention...😉
Yes arcing is good, but showing Him your hands up high and empty are not necessarily good.
Empty raised hands takes precious time to get what you need, especially if His hand or hands are already loaded. I prefer Sabre Red in my hand, thumb on the trigger ready for business, or hand on my fire arm. Their response then usually means THEY arc or show you heel dust as they get the hell away.
The only problem with Craig fence is that is defensive and it should be always offensive that's why your hands must be always higher than your opponent its range finder for your strike
My hands are always higher than my opponents, because I keep them constantly raised in the surrender position at the first sign of trouble.
I would arc to be behind his right, and probably, strong hand.
1) GUN OUT
you cant shoot everybody!
Watch and enjoy but don't ask Ultimate Grand Master Douglas questions; he can't handle the pressure test of skepticism from other men and women who are still working the streets.
What about a dude filming in public that trys to disengange a situatiin while continueing to film.... asking on behalf of all non threatenting 1st amedment auditors that just want our right to film in public to be respected.......
Missed a P
Best part of this video is that he used a black guy as the bad guy. Very true in life
William Lopez that’s just America.
@@davidbright597 Nope, that's anyplace that there's a lot of "minorities". Check out France, Sweden, or Ireland for example.
Southnarc. Shivworks. !