EXPAND Your Reach

<p>Some self-defense scenarios require more than ourselves to actually complete. To be effective in a situation where someone has gotten out of control, you both have fallen onto the ground, and you&#39;re holding them down to keep them from hurting you themselves, or other people, mount posting is a solution.</p> <p><br></p> <p>One of the common things that happen at social events, especially when alcohol is involved, is protecting a person from breaking things, hurting themselves, or hurting other people. Although they may not be a lethal threat, keeping your uncle Fred from smashing wedding cakes, ripping bridal gowns, or pushing someone&#39;s face into the punch ball is a real possibility.</p> <p><br></p> <p>From this mount position, you will look like the aggressor, and he will inevitably be struggling with all his alcohol induced might to turn you over get on top, perhaps  to show you who’s boss, or at least continue his aberrant behavior. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Atop the fallen aggressor you EXPAND, or reach out with arms and legs leveraging the ground to keep them from getting up. As they turn one way, you focus your posted arm and leg out to the opposite side to keep them from turning you over, getting up, and wreaking more havoc.</p> <p><br></p> <p>It always appears to the common onlooker that you are the aggressor. After all, aunt Susan turned around and saw uncle Fred on the bottom, struggling to get up, being controlled by you, with you on top of him, and the her first inclination might be to grab a folding chair and smash you over the back of the head, to save uncle Fred.</p> <p><br></p> <p>...EXPANDING by reaching out to leverage the ground with your arms and legs back-and-forth each time the actual aggressor attempts to turn you over and get up, that you speak to them, “Hey uncle Fred calm down. I gotcha, no problem I&#39;ll let you up in a minute. Just calm down, shhh it’s okay big fella.”</p> <p><br></p> <p>It  is also advisable to simultaneously address gathering crowd, “Somebody get some help. Som