The SPEAR System® Airbag Metaphor

A useful metaphor.

You're in danger. You need to get out of danger.

Your car is your body

Your mind is your strategy

Fear is the fuel

The sudden attack is a metaphoric car accident.

The startle flinch is your airbag.

If you learn to convert the flinch into a protective, then tactical response you have weaponized the flinch and improved your personal safety.

One more layer to the metaphor:

Your martial art is the car you like - the style we choose resonates with our personality.

Your skill at your martial art is your driving skills.

Sudden violence is like a car accident.

In a violent car accident, it's the airbag that'll save you - your driving skill at that moment is not a factor in an accident where someone slams into you. In other words, the airbag that deploys in a car accident is the flinch in a fight.

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