Awareness saved the day for Joanna!

I was having Lunch a few days ago with a Young lady called Joanna in regards to some advertising she was selling, unrelated to Krav Maga. however we very soon got talking in regards to self defence and Awareness when she told me of an incident which she experienced some years ago. she was leaving a house in Sussex after visiting and upon returning to her car with her hands full with bag and books laptop etc. she noticed a man approaching her from in between the cars, however there was a large van parked from which he never come up from the other side, she knew this was strange!

She made her way back to the house from where she came from at which time the guy then walked on .. she left this for a few moments just pretending to approach the house and then proceeded to return to her car. the man seeing this walked back at speed to her!! you can imagine now the situation ? there was a strange standoff! with Joanna at one end of the car and him at the other! after a few bizarre moments the guy fled!! Joanna who has never had a real self defence training.

However having the awareness  of looking around thinking that something was strange and then acting upon this.! really made a difference on that day! we hear so many times in the papers or on the news, "he or "they just appeared from nowhere" more often than not! its the case that we were,nt aware of our surroundings. Just simply being aware makes us all a Hard Target indeed which is what Joanna proved.