Odd experience

[Bigshadow]

Last Sunday night, my family and I were over near Daytona Beach, cruising around and on the way home we stopped for dinner at a Boston Market. We were sitting at the table and this guy had come in (I didn't see him), and he walked past my table, which was not particularly odd although it was not really the main route the counter. However, he had his hands in his pockets and he cut by our table. As he did, I had this feeling that an attack was imminent! My face flushed and stopped what I was doing and watched as he passed. My wife was asking me if everything was OK, and I couldn't even talk initially. The guy ended up at the counter and ordered his food and left (leaving by way of another route). I don't know what set me off, it could have been his body language, and/or his distance from me, he was definitely within MY space. Other people had walked by before and after him, but it never happened with them.

I was just curious if anyone has had this happen. I seriously thought an attack was imminent! I know this may sound stupid or silly, but I am trying to understand what happened, because I really don't understand what set off my alarms. Anyone have similar situations occur?

I can say I don't like that feeling!

 

[AgentSmith]

well i'm by no means an authority on this but my sensei actually was saying something similar the other day when he was talking about his godan test...as he puts it, its not a sixth sense per se but more your subconscious becoming more in touch with subtleties like people's intent towards you and things like that...

personally i think it has something to do with our brainwaves...each wave happens at a certain frequency and maybe what happens is after training, our brains can pick up on those frequencies and match them to experiences we've had...so if someone behind you has malicious intent, a trained head may pick up on those specific brainwaves and find that they match waves that they may have had at some time in their life and identify their intent as malicious...that's just my thoughts though...

 

[rutherford]

My face flushed and stopped what I was doing and watched as he passed. My wife was asking me if everything was OK, and I couldn't even talk initially.

How was your breathing?

:asian:

 

[Bigshadow]

How was your breathing?

:asian:

To be honest, I don't really remember for SURE! I think I was breathing Although, I do remember exhaling toward the end of the situation, but I think my breathing went shallow and maybe quickened a bit during tho. I don't think I held my breath.

 

[Rick Wade]

That was your spidy senses. No Just kidding. That has happen to me to except it was a little more obviousthan what you are describing.

V/R

Rick

 

[SAVAGE]

Paranoia.....:uhyeah: ........no its really your spidy sense:uhyeah: ......no its your sixth sense..."I can see attacking people...walking around with regular people":uhyeah: !

Ok now that I got that out my system...I think you are just more aware..from your post you mentioned things like going ast your table wasnt the quickest way to the counter...the fact that you noticed it sort of set your reactions up to be prepared....coiled springs in your legs and hands.

I would say that you are learning ZANCHIN...it is a part of self defense...many martial artists train for years with out ever realising that that is the core of SD..perception of safety...not just techniques. I am glad you have this ability..it is frightening at first..but like all skills it must be mastered...brought to heel and controlled..Good luck!

 

[Bigshadow]

Paranoia.....:uhyeah: ........no its really your spidy sense:uhyeah: ......no its your sixth sense..."I can see attacking people...walking around with regular people":uhyeah: !

Somehow I knew I was going to be heckled for this!

 

[SAVAGE]

Somehow I knew I was going to be heckled for this!

Sorry buddy...couldnt help myself!

I hope the rest of my post helped!

 

[Bigshadow]

Sorry buddy...couldnt help myself!

I hope the rest of my post helped!

It did! Also, IMHO it was change of thread type in this forum, been getting bored with some of the topics.

 

[Cryozombie]

Sounds like a lot of the "danger sense" stuff that Ed Martin talks about.

Maybe the guy was just a "bad dude" and you picked up on that...

 

[Tengu6]

Yup, I am very familiar with that feeling. One bit of advice, NEVER ignore it or second guess it. Even if you do not recieve any proof of your feelings it does not mean a potentialy bad situation was not avoided.

Read " The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker. That book covers that feeling in depth. While it is important to be aware of this feeling, it is important to use it for what it is, a warning signal. Do not let it paralyze you.

Markk Bush

 

[Jonathan Randall]

Yup, I am very familiar with that feeling. One bit of advice, NEVER ignore it or second guess it. Even if you do not recieve any proof of your feelings it does not mean a potentialy bad situation was not avoided.

Read " The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker. That book covers that feeling in depth. While it is important to be aware of this feeling, it is important to use it for what it is, a warning signal. Do not let it paralyze you.

Markk Bush

Yup, so true! The one time I ignored it, I walked into a convenience store robbery.

BigShadow, perhaps something particular about him set you off but didn't rise to quite the conscious level. I think you did your training credit by mentally preparing. Glad you're safe. artyon:

 

[dianhsuhe]

Interesting timing of your post...

Just tonight while at dinner with my wife and her family (Birthday) we were seated near a booth where 2 guys were sitting and from the minute I saw them until they left, I felt REAL uncomfortable about them...

Hard to put my finger on it but the one guy kept walking/weaving his way through the dining room, more than once, (sit-down Tex Mex restaurant) to where the servers were and it was almost slow motion-

Nothing happened but I got what I call "bad ki" from those guys... Just now I mentioned it to my wife and she felt funny about them also- They looked like average guys but something was amiss...

Just my little .02 cent story-

 

[Henderson]

Intuiition will never lie to you. Most likely, there was something about him to be leary about.

 

[Don Roley]

Intuiition will never lie to you. Most likely, there was something about him to be leary about.

Good point.

Tengu6 has already reccomended the book "The Gift of Fear", and I know that Luke Molitor requires people to read it before they receive a blackbelt from him. Go, read it, NOW!!!!!

A brief rundown of what he says is that the subconcious will pick up things the concious mind will not. You feel a feeling, but can't place the reasons why.

Sometimes, the reasons are not valid. But if your unconcious mind knew them, your feelings would not go off.

Lets say that this guy actually had a weapon on him. Maybe he was a LEO. And as he went by you he was thinking about Osama Bin Laden and how he would love to kill him. His body language would tell you he was armed and was thinking of murder. But you would not know that the feelings were directed at another person.

It is one thing to take precautions when your instincts go off. As long as you don't do anything like draw a weapon on the other person, don't feel strange for acting on your hunches and being more cautious.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

The Gift of Fear by Gavin Debecker is a great book!
Always trust your instincts. I taught a class just last
night to around 40 college coeds and tried to impress
this point to them as well. Good job for being aware
and recognizing that something was not right.

Brian R. VanCise
www.instinctiveresponsetraining.com

 

[Bigshadow]

Read " The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker. That book covers that feeling in depth. While it is important to be aware of this feeling, it is important to use it for what it is, a warning signal. Do not let it paralyze you.

Markk Bush

Thanks Markk, that book is on my list to buy.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Hey David,

It is a great book. I gave it out to my students this year.
One of the best books ever, to read on this subject. It is
good to see other people having their students read this
book to!

Brian R. VanCise
www.instinctiveresponsetraining.com

 

[Bigshadow]

Thanks everyone for the info. At least this pretty much confirms I am not nuts, maybe crazy, but not nuts! :rofl:

 

[Bigshadow]

Hey David,

It is a great book. I gave it out to my students this year.
One of the best books ever, to read on this subject. It is
good to see other people having their students read this
book to!

Brian R. VanCise
www.instinctiveresponsetraining.com

Thanks. I am going on Amazon.com now to purchase it.