Lesson 14: Don’t leave a place of safety to confront a threat.

Self-defense is about escaping danger, not seeking it out. If you leave a safe place to confront someone, it becomes much harder to argue that you feared for your life. But if you move to a more defensible position and wait for the threat to come to you, you may gain a tactical advantage, have more time to assess the person’s intentions, and avoid a fight altogether.