I've been in this position literally hundreds of times, but I never considered any of it non-violent. It's violent. I differentiate between things that cause pain and things that cause injury. But any time it's necessary to physically force someone to do something, it's violent.I had to watch a few videos to understand the purpose. My first take was that it was stupid. But if put into the context of being in a situation where you don't want hurt someone "healthcare worker." then I can see the value of getting out of harm's way without harming your attacker
I would be super cautious about using either of those in a healthcare setting. Because to a layman, there's really no difference between that push and a punch.Context is everything and he shows the difference here with the push to the chest vs push to the shoulder
Agreed. It's a silly name."Non-violent self-defense" is probably not the best term for this system. Probably could have used someone in marketing to brand that a little better.