How to feel safe in the street?
Street safety is 80% prevention (situation reading, posture, route choice) and 20% physical capacity. Confidence comes from skill, not a product or weapon.
Why it happens — the mechanism
Attackers select targets in under 7 seconds based on body reading (Grayson & Stein 1981). Criteria: hesitant gait, evasive gaze, distraction (phone), isolation. Improving these 4 points reduces targeting risk by 60%.
How the Avikzar System answers it
Yehouda teaches 'street reading' from lesson one: 4 surveillance angles, engagement distance, deterrent postures. Before learning to strike, the student becomes a visually 'hard target'.
Yehouda Avikzar (10th Dan) — Freezing isn't your fault — it's your biology. But not training after experiencing one is your responsibility.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a weapon?
In France it's illegal outside self-defense. And 78% of carried weapons are turned against the carrier. Better: training.
Other reactions to danger
Train the reflexes that bypass freeze
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