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A Limp Down Memory Lane
Recalling Attacks on Me in 2017
© 2018 James LaFond
JAN/19/18
Violence has changed so much, as it is directed at me, partly because I have become older looking and unfit. So I will only consider last year. During all of these aggressions I was seriously impaired by injury. I will use these as my training focus for the coming hunting season, once I am out and about again.
In brackets is the tactic used with any weapon deployed.
1. Black: 1, Northern & Harford, 5:30 a.m., Big goon with injured knee tried to blindside me, cane defense [shoulder load]
2. Black: 1, Eastern Avenue at Mount Carmel, 4:40 a.m., blocked path with unseen weapon, avoided by circling round with cane at the ready, was armed with razor and knife
3. Black: 3, Eastern Avenue and Old Eastern, 4:30 a.m., threatened from car, circled back, defense by evasion, armed with cane and razor
4. Black: 3, 1with knife, 11:50 p.m., Stemmers & Old Eastern, knife defense [hold]
5. Black: 5, Harford & Evergreen, 3 p.m., blocking my path, closing defense, armed with knife
6. Black: 3, Harford & Bayonne, 3 p.m., blocking my path, closing defense, armed with knife
7. Black: 1 youth on bike, Eastern Avenue on Middle River Bridge, 12:20 a.m., shining light in my face and questioning me, knife defense [hold]
8. Black: 2, Stemmers & Old Eastern, 11:50, followed me, umbrella defense, [in guard]
9. Black: 2, Loch Raven & Mussulla, 9:45 p.m. approached me, umbrella defense [brandished, presented as bayonet]
10. Pit Bull: 1, Loch Raven & Cottage, 10 p.m., umbrella defense, [two stabs]
11. Black: 2, White & Harford, 2 p.m., approached in echelon, knife defense [hold]
12. Black: 2, Northern & Glen Oak, 10:20 p.m., approached & threatened verbally, knife defense [low ready]
13. Black: 1 massive bull, Stemmers & Old Eastern, 12:10 a.m., approach, knife [hold]
14. White: 1, Old Eastern by Park, threatened me for disrespect, I silently deescalated, was armed with umbrella, knife and razor
15. Black: 2, Harford and Christopher, 8:15 a.m., converging approach, cane defense [readied for rising butt stroke] was armed with knife and razor
16. Black: 4, Eastern Avenue on Middle River Bridge, 11:15 p.m., fanned out to converge on me, 1 flexing, 1 drawing a knife, cane defense [readied for rising butt stroke on lead bull and he balked
17. White: 3, Eastern Avenue & Stemmers Run, 4:55 a.m., threatened me looking for a fight, silently deescalated, was armed with knife, razor and leaning on cane
18. Black: 1, Old Eastern & Stemmers, 11:55 pm., swift, opportunistic approach, faced him down while leaning on cane with two hands. He went to an ambush position to wait for me to pass and I approached with palmed razor, causing him to run away
19. Black/White: 1/1, Glenoak & Westfield, 10:10 p.m., doubled tied up behind me and tried to circle behind when I turned to face them, cane defense on Skidmark and verbal defense on Cumstain.
20. Black: 2, heavyweight bulls, Eastern Avenue & Old Eastern, 12:20 a.m., approached me shoulder to shoulder, cane defense [braced shoulder load guard, caused them to back off]
Of 20 Aggressions
The above 20 aggressions are broken down from social, to approach and resolution
Darkness or Daylight
3 attacks by day [all half-hearted]
17 attacks by night, mostly determined
Racial Breakdown
17 were black on white
2 were white on white
1 was black & white on white
Socio Economic Breakdown
11 attackers obviously more affluent
6 attackers on rough parity with the target
3 attackers obviously poorer than the target
Fitness, Attacker verses target
19 attackers were obviously more fit
1 attacker had rough fitness parity
0 attackers were less fit
Attacker to Defender Odds
7 = 1-1
7 = 2-1
4 = 3-1
1 = 4-1
1 = 5-1
13 of 20 were mass aggressions
Awareness
1 unaware of attacker [#1]
19 aware of aggression
Approach from Least to Most Aggressive
2 passing
½ waiting
2 blocking
3 ½ following
6 head-on
2 blindside
1 searching
3 converging
0 surrounding
Armed
0 Both unarmed
0 aggressor armed, defender unarmed
7 Both armed
13 defender armed, aggressor unarmed
Verbal
15 neither verbal
4 aggressor verbal
1 both verbal
0 defender verbal
Successful Defensive Postures
If more than one was used the decisive posture will be noted.
passive
0 Fleeing
2 Evading
1 Walking away
1 Backing away [1]
aggressive
10 Standing Ground with weapon
4 closing with weapon
2 Waiting in Ambush
Physical Contact
1 contact
19 No contact
Conclusion
The most prominent risk factors are:
-Fitness, [size, youth, health] 19-1
-Darkness, 17-3
-Race, 17.5-2.5 black on white
-Group 13-7
The most important defensive factor are:
-Armed, 20-0
-Awareness, 19-1 the big blindside aggressor
-Silent, 19-1
-Aggressive posture, 16-4
Notes
1. The only time I made contact [stabbing the pit bull twice] it was not the decisive element, rather my backing away around a tree and into a street was the decisive act
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Bob     Jan 19, 2018

Thanks for that breakdown. What is not clear to me from the figures is whether the possession of a knife was explicitly signaled to the aggressor or whether its deterrent effect was indirectly communicated through confident posture alone? Crocodile Dundee or Folsom Prison?
James     Jan 20, 2018

Never. ever, ever—only an idiot with a knife is explicit about it.

Remember, unless one is an A-list stage actor, pretending to have a knife when one does not, will not translate into a confident posture.
Bob     Jan 20, 2018

Right. But, say, in # 11, "knife defense (hold)" - does that mean you've gripped the knife but it's still in the pocket or is it drawn and hugging thigh/hip? Thanks.
James     Jan 20, 2018

Hold is a term I used in The Logic of Steel, designating a drawn weapon that is concealed in a defensive guard, where the ready is drawn and concealed during an aggressive approach.
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