What Would You Do Under Attack? With Dr. Jeremy Butler

So what do you think is some of the best ways that the average person can protect themselves?

Making personal safety education like a part of your life is really the starting point, right? So finding what excites you the most.

So that could be you choosing to learn weapons, you know, learn like firearms, safety firearms training.

That could be martial arts and self-defense training.

So going to a local martial arts school that values self-defense because the one thing about martial arts, it comes in a variety of different forms.

So there are some styles that really are more about personal development, character development.

There are styles that are more about sport.

And then you have the styles that are self-defense focused.

And I'm even hesitant to say styles because even within one style of martial arts, your focus could be different depending on the instructor.

But my point being, if we're talking about personal protection, wherever you find yourself, you want to make sure that that is the value system of that instructor or that location.

So, again, we have firearms as one option that many people embrace when it comes to learn to protect themselves.

There's the martial arts and self-defense training.

And then there's the more holistic approach.

So this could be safety measures like home security systems, right? Thinking more broadly, you know, having cameras in your home, reading books on personal safety, or, you know, listening to the Secure Family podcast, right? And those more, you know, those more broader overall personal and public safety strategies and methods and tactics.

And so my opinion is that, and my recommendation is that you invest in all three of these areas.

And then you find that point of focus that you enjoy the most.

Because for some people, realistically, for example, if they said they want to do firearms, but often teaching my self-defense workshops, you don't want to own a firearm if you're afraid of it.

If you're not comfortable with using it because you're not training with it, if you're not comfortable with the idea that you might actually have to pull that trigger, your life depending on it, then maybe a firearm isn't for you.

Maybe you want to find a different means of personal protection.

So to me, it's like, For each of those three areas and having each of those three areas in your toolbox, but then you find what your point of focus is, what truly works for you in that exploration.

Yeah, I like that because you're saying to people like, yeah, you're going to have to get out of your comfort zone some to do this sort of thing.

But if there is something that you are just deathly afraid of, like a firearm, that sort of thing, and that's a great example, then they're not going to retain that information.

They're not going to want to do it.

And so that's why I think finding the thing that ignites you inside to want to protect yourself and how you want to do that is a really valuable thing.