They say a wise man learns from his mistakes. I say a wiser man learns from others' mistakes.
Some lessons to be learned? Just my simple observations.
1. Awareness.
Never be in condition white.
2. Keep your weapon accessible and ready to fight.
All skill is in vain when an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket. One is none. Two is one. And three might just make it.
3. Don't forget about your other weapons.
I will try and not judge (the guy died for his actions-whether in his control or not), but I will share an example that may illustrate what I mean. Don't forget you have hands and feet. The guy was being kicked. If he's close enough to cut me, I'll be close enough to cut him.
There have been examples of people in force on force training trying to perform an immediate action drill at contact distance instead of fighting. They attempt to correct a malfunction while being stabbed/attacked, instead of focusing on the fight. Getting stuck in an OODA loop focused on the weapon instead of focusing on the fight and utilizing the weapon as a tool to assist you in winning the fight. But it's not the only tool. Just a thought.
Your first responsibility after being attacked is to bring the fight to them and put them on the defensive. You know, how dare someone try and bring harm to you! Who do they think they are!? No one has that right! Like the saying goes, get fightin' mad and win the fight. Bring it to its natural safe conclusion for you. Obviously you're not going to shoot someone just for punching you in the arm, but you are going to use the appropriate force option to neutralize the threat presented.
We can second guess all day, who knows, it may have been to the dead guy's advantage to have carried a weapon ready for a fight or when that weapon did not function to have a secondary weapon or his hands ready to aggressively, viciously, and with singularity of thought turn the fight against his attackers. Who knows...the way it ended up for him was his death.
I would hope at the very least such a video inspires to train harder. I know it does for me. I don't want to die that way. If it's my time to go, I'm taking the bastard with me. Otherwise, I will make it home every day. I think that's the mindset you have to carry.
Train, train, train. Always stand with your back against the wall. Keep your weapon handy and your mind in the right place. Stay physically fit and strong.
That's what I would get from this. It's not a complete analysis, but just some quick general lessons to think about.
"In my mind, I'm never going to die in no ghetto. Absolutely never....If he cuts me, the fight is on. If I'm shot, the fight is on. I'm not losing no fight to no scumbag out there in no ghetto. Period. That's it. No son-of-a-bitch out there is going to get me. The only way he gets me is to cut my head off, and I mean that. I'll fight you while I got breath left in me. I don't think any of those animals in that street can beat me....You don't lose the fight." Jim Phillips
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