Dealing with Threats with Altered States of Consciousness
Pain Compliance versus Mechanical Compliance
Fitness
Posture and Stance
Appearance and Demeanor
Attire
Behavior
Positioning and Proxemics
Display of Force Option
Level 1 Conclusion
LEVEL 2—VOICE
Range and Style
The Players
Rate, Tone, Pitch, and Volume (RTPV)
Listening
Strategic Verbal De-escalation
Changing the Emotion
Changing the Social Context
Changing the Equation
Raising the Stakes
Tricks and Tactics—Miscellaneous Stuff
Everything works both ways
Forced teaming
Loan-sharking
Co-opting
Congruence
Incongruence
Non-sequiturs
Boundaries
Ask, Advise, Order, and Check
Altered States of Mind
Cold Conversation Drill
LEVEL 3—TOUCH
Calming Touch
Directive Touch
Distractive Touch
Projecting Touch
INTERLUDE—ARE YOU READY FOR LEVEL 4?
LEVEL 4—EMPTY-HAND RESTRAINT/PHYSICAL CONTROL
Joint Locks
Gifts
Basing
Leverage
Two-way action
Applying joint locks
Hinge joints
Ball-and-Socket Joints
Gliding Joints
Fingerlocks
Practicing Joint Locks
Immobilizations
Pushing and Shoving (and Assisting)
Push from your strength into his weakness
Push with an upward vector
Exploit his momentum
Pain
Hair
Pressure Points in General
Specific Points
Philtrum
Mastoid
Jaw hinge
Lymph nodes
Suprasternal notch
Intercostals
Axillary
Inguinal
Triceps tendon
Inner elbow
Inner thigh
Side of knee
Takedowns
Balance
Momentum takedowns
Leverage takedowns
Sweeps
True throws
Knee pops
Lock Takedowns
Using Level 4 Techniques at Higher Levels of Force
INTERLUDE—THE 4/5 SPLIT
LEVEL 5—LESS-LETHAL FORCE
Hitting Hard
Stay connected
Use your core
Accelerate
Practice
Hand Techniques
Foot Techniques
Contouring
Making It Work When You Are Losing
Causing Damage