09.09.2022

Armed for hostility

Armed for hostility

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By being ARMED for Hostility

The importance of your personal security is down to you.  The acronym A.R.M.E.D. is a very easy and succinct tool that enables a way of sequencing your personal security encounter thought process.

 

A – Awareness – of our surroundings.

 

R – Recognition – of a perceived threat.

 

M – Motivation – of self or others to conduct or have an encounter.

 

E – Evasion – early identification enables evasion.

 

D – Defence – As a last resort used hard, fast and with lots of aggression.

 

Risk Taking and Character play an important part in how you read situations, these will all play into an attack if the situation is misunderstood or mistaken anything can be placed out of context. 

 

A question to ask yourself is what type of character am I? What makes me tick, from a psychological and personal trait perspective?

 

Threats are from people, hazards are from the environment! Where is your vulnerability?

  • Vulnerability
  • help
  • risk
  • People and Culture
  • Personal Safety

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