Principle Two: Decisiveness

[grwd]

It is difficult for a domesticated man to change in an
instant into one who can take quick, decisive action to meet
a violent emergency. Most of us are unused to violent
emergencies-especially those which can only be solved by
the use of force and violence on our part.

Decisiveness, like alertness,
is to some extent a built-in characteristic, but, also
like alertness, it can be accentuated. In formalized combat it
is supplied-or it should be-by appropriate orders from
above. In cases of personal defense, it must be selfgenerated,
and this is the problem.

So, when under attack, it is necessary to evaluate the
situation and to decide instantly upon a proper course of
action, to be carried out immediately with all the force you
can bring to bear. He who hesitates is indeed lost. Do not
soliloquize. Do not delay. Be decisive.

 

[prdator]

This may be best summed by a white water rafting guide the wife and I had on a trip one time. His statement that I have repeated often was,
Hesitation Equals Devastation !!!!!

 

[Glocktogo]

Think all you're going to think before you pull the trigger. Once the shooting begins, it's time for swiftness and violence of action to take over.

 

[thesensei]

Regarding hesitation, I'll just add another way to put it. The founder of my style of martial arts, Ed Parker, said, "He who hesitates, meditates...in the horizontal position!"

 

[dennishoddy]

Think all you're going to think before you pull the trigger. Once the shooting begins, it's time for swiftness and violence of action to take over.

If you don't have the advantage of the first draw.
All the thinking takes place in less than 1 second.
If your drawn on first?

Most don't realize the "din of war" in a gun fight.
With the semi-auto's on the street now,
There is a huge noise level that can intimidate even seasoned shooters that are at the range weekly with hearing protection.

 

[okie362]

Not including a gunfight I whole heartedly disagree....


I prefer to hit them upside the head with heaviest object I can get my hands on immediately. Then contemplate my counter attack in a leasurely fashion. Weighing all my options.