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In recent years we have seen an increase in the crime rate for most city's. In my city, Miami, there has been an increase in violent attacks. These attacks can be avoided if you know a few very simple and easy principles.

Principle #1: Walk with confidence- Predators seek out easy prey... when you're walking with confidence you give off a strong presence that wards off attackers.

Principle #2: Avoid secluded places- If someone wants to attack you... chances are high that they will strike when no one is looking. One easy way to avoid an attack is to avoid secluded places.

Principle #3: Learn some sort of self-defense- Knowing some sort of self-defense and engaging in some close combat training will not only increase your confidence level but it will also give you the tools necessary to survive and win against a violent attacker.

The first two principles are relatively self-explanatory. The last principle is one that requires a lot of decision-making. You see, the martial arts world is riddled with many people trying to shove useless techniques down your throat.

And most of the people you hear about are very limited in their knowledge on proper martial arts training... training that can actually be applied to a real life street fight scenario.

Before starting a self-defense training course or close combat training method of learning, you want to make sure that these courses and methods are based on reality in combat.

Very rarely does someone come after you with a "proper" knife attack that has good "form". It just doesn't happen. When you look at CCTV's and witness first hand accounts of real life violent attacks... you see that most of these attacks are sloppy, fast and many times, very effective.

It is dangerous to train for something that will never happen. It is dangerous to assume your attacker will be fighting you "one on one" and give you a warning before unleashing his fury.

When you are attacked... it is unexpected. Therefore, when you train... you must train for the unexpected attack. One of the keys is learning how to fight is to get a training partner and practice/role play what you would do if you were attacked on the street.

Then, make your training partner surprise you sometime during the day. When he surprises you, your goal is to convert your fear and submissiveness into a weapon of self defense.

As you can see, being aware of your environment is still a very important part of our close combat training.