You may face various kinds of threats during your life. Some threats are serious, must be addressed immediately, and violent. Some do not need to be treated immediately, but still have the potential to be dangerous. Evaluate the decision and determine what steps you should take to keep you safe. Act quickly, calmly, and rationally.
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Method 1 of 3: Analyzing the Situation
Step 1. Calculate the urgency of the threat
Determine how sure you are that the threat will actually carry out its threat. A written threatening message is very different from someone standing in front of you holding a knife. Your reaction depends on how close you are to the dangerous situation.
Step 2. Evaluate your situation
If danger is imminent, look around you quickly and calmly; try to find a tool that you can use for self-defense or an escape route. If the threat you are facing is abstract, try to understand the situation better. Make sure you understand why you are accepting the threat and the potential risks.
- Why are you being threatened? If you don't know, ask. If you can't ask, guess.
- Do they want something from you? Consider giving them what they ask for. You never know how reckless someone is and it doesn't make sense to get killed just for money.
- Who is the leader? If you are facing a group of people, the leader of the group is your first target.
Step 3. Evaluate the area
Are you familiar with the area? Are you caught on CCTV? Do you have a chance to escape? These things will determine the action you will take.
Method 2 of 3: Dealing with Non-Emergency Threats
Step 1. Talk to the person
If you know the person threatening you, try to solve the problem before the situation gets worse. Make arrangements if you face blackmail or are asked to give something away. Discuss your situation face-to-face and try to come to a mutual agreement.
- Find out if the person's reasoning is true. Maybe the threater accuses you of doing something you didn't actually do.
- Don't be too proud to apologize. A good apology can sometimes defuse a very tense situation.
Step 2. Handle blackmail
Extortion is a threat even if it is not done by force. Your response will depend on the influence the threat has and the potential risk you must take. Make sure you don't give up before evaluating all the solutions you have. If you feel confident, define your attitude.
Step 3. Tell someone
Make sure you don't face it alone. As soon as possible, involve people you trust: teachers, parents, friends, spouses, colleagues, the authorities. If faced together, you will get a greater opportunity to solve problems better. Point out threatening messages directed at you and make sure your trusted people know who sent the messages.
Step 4. Use a restraining order
If there is no other way to defuse the threat, consider taking your matter to the police. You must prove the veracity and urgency of the threat and report it. Indonesia does not have a restraining order mechanism in general. This mechanism is only available for cases of Domestic Violence
Once the court has issued an order to stay away from the victim, the bully can't approach you anymore. Court decisions may not stop the threat when he is desperate and desperate, but it will create legal barriers
Method 3 of 3: Confronting Emergency Threats
Step 1. As much as possible, don't respond violently
Try to deal with it by giving up what the robbers ask for, running away, or talking to them. Maybe thugs can be more rational than you initially thought.
- Make a compromise or a deal. Find ways to defuse the tension of the situation so that everyone can leave the situation calmly and unharmed.
- Determine if you have a route to escape. If you and the thug are face to face, you can run towards the back. Run into the crowd to save yourself.
- If there is no other way than violence, you may have to defend yourself. Be prepared, but don't make this your first choice.
Step 2. Defend yourself
Be realistic. If you are outnumbered or outnumbered, try to find a way that doesn't involve violence. Remember that violence is not the best method of dealing with robbers. Once you have used violence, it can be difficult to defuse the situation.
If you are in a CCTV surveillance area and you plan to fight back with violence, make sure the thug makes the first move. However, if you are outnumbered and the thugs are clearly armed, you can make your first attack
Step 3. Attack the leader first
Try kicking the groin, elbowing the ribs, or hitting sensitive areas. No need to consider style or sportsmanship; if you use all your strength, the thugs will fall quickly. Now you need to think again.
- Run now if possible. Move away quickly through the gap you just created. If you're lucky, the other thugs may still be distracted.
- If you can't escape, put something between you and the gang of thieves. Use one of the gang members. Grab one of the bandits, stand behind him so he can't reach you, and hurt him so he can't attack. Pull the ear as hard as you can with your arm.
Step 4. Fight
Fight at all costs. You have to move fast and don't let them catch you. Your chance to fight will be over if you get caught. Run as soon as you get the chance.
- Kick the back of your knees towards the floor as hard as you can. Ideally, you should break their body parts. Do the same to the other thugs.
- Set targets that are hard to predict. The knee is a weak area and is easy to break with a kick.
- A punch to the jaw can knock a person out, but it's the most anticipated move so it probably won't work.
Step 5. Contact the authorities
Tell the police or security about your confrontation. You can also use your mobile phone to call emergency services. Describe the incident as accurately as possible: when, where, and the characteristics of the robbery.
Tips
- If you encounter a thief, so that you don't have to hand over your real wallet, create a special wallet for thieves and keep this wallet in a different place from your original wallet. Keep the fake wallet in the back (or front) pocket and the real one in another pocket.
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Make and carry fake wallets. If you meet a thief on the street, hand over your fake wallet and run. If you throw it, you'll have more time to run. The crook will be more interested in the contents of your fake wallet than you.
- Insert fake credit cards, fake checks, and maybe some real bills. These items will keep the thug satisfied long enough that he won't chase you.
- Keep a fake wallet in your pocket. Keep the original wallet in another out of the way pocket.
- If you need a punch, clench your fists properly: clench your fists tightly, placing your thumbs under, not at your sides. Hold your fist to your face. Your thumb should be under your finger, not next to it. Make a firm fist when you hit. Otherwise, you will injure your own fingers and hands.
- Take self-defense exercises. Practice builds confidence, gives style, and builds strength.
- If you don't practice and have never hit anyone before: try using a low kick like in soccer. Aim for the knees and ankles. Your punches will feel weaker. Practice hitting or kicking in anticipation of a confrontation.
- Study sensitive areas if you want to really hurt someone. Starting from the feet: ankles, knees, groin, stomach, floating ribs, collarbones, throat, jaw, eyes, and temples. Be careful with your throat, eyes, and temples unless you're really desperate and really have to hurt someone. A blow to these areas can be deadly.
Warning
- If you are aware of a possible attack, avoid people/places/things that will trigger a confrontation.
- Try to escape from dangerous situations before resorting to violence.
- If you are involved in illegal activities (drugs, prostitution, gangs), make sure you are with someone you can trust. Don't get involved in a situation you can't handle.
- Always carry a cell phone. You may not be able to use it in the presence of attackers, but a cell phone will come in handy afterwards. Call emergency services immediately if you are injured. It's possible that a wound you get from a street man can carry disease.
