How A Stolen Bike Saved My Life - Target Focus Training - Tim Larkin - Awareness - Self Protection

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Tim Larkin here. How did a stolen bike saved my life? I used to live in an LA neighborhood. I left my bike on the porch for a minute to answer the phone. This was back before the Internet and cellphones were a thing. I heard something on the porch and went to check on it. Two guys wererunning away with my bike, and it was a nice bike. I chased them and ended up in a neighborhood I've never been in, running hard and yelling expletives. When they were about 100yds in front of me, they just stopped and looked back at me. In that moment I had a physical reaction in my body that forced me to take a breath. Something forced me to stop and look around. Why are they looking back at me? I was about to risk my life for a bicycle in a fit of rage. I realized I was in a whole other world with different rules, and those guys knew it too. They turned to keep going and I turned back around the way I came. That visceral reaction has served me well in my career and the different countries I've been too. Situational awareness is critical to your self-defense, as is the ability to walk away. Don't be an easy target and avoid the avoidable.

00:00 Introduction
00:56 My First Experience With Situational Awareness
01:25 Urban Myths On Campus At USC
02:02 I Lived By The Shrine Auditorium
02:27 My Bike Gets Stolen In Front Of My Place
03:39 Something Grabs Me And Stops Me Cold
04:20 What Situational Awareness Told Me
04:56 I'm A Whole Other World
05:30 That Physical Reaction And Situational Awareness Has Served Me Well
08:34 You Have To Want To Be Situationally Aware
10:09 I've Told People How Many Times That Bike Has Saved My Life
10:58 When You're Doing Self-Protection You Don't Want To Compete
12:30 Some Good Interviews Coming In 2023
13:09 The Hothead Isn't Situationally Aware And Puts Themselves In Danger
14:20 In Closing & Please Subscribe

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