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De-escalating Your Monkey Brain
Lecture no. 13 from the course: Understanding and Applying Self-Defense Strategies
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Taught by Professor Tammy Yard-McCracken | 33 min
One way of thinking about humans is that we have a lizard brain (focused on survival), a monkey brain (focused on emotion and tribal behavior), and a rational brain. The “monkey brain” is an evolutionary survival mechanism that can get us into trouble by escalating conflicts. Learn to control this part of your brain to prevent violence.
25 Lectures
1
Waking Up Your Natural Human Animal
0
of 34 min
2
Other Bodies as “Meat Puzzles”
0
of 32 min
3
Natural Targets on the Human Body
0
of 38 min
4
Weaponizing Your Body
0
of 41 min
5
Generating Power by Playing Smart
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of 33 min
6
Expanding What You Are Willing to See and Do
0
of 32 min
7
Responding to the Ambush
0
of 27 min
8
How Violence Occurs
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of 25 min
9
Predator Behavior and Violence
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of 28 min
10
Social Conflict and Violence
0
of 31 min
11
Escape and Evasion
0
of 27 min
12
How and Why Conflict Escalates to Violence
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of 32 min
13
De-escalating Your Monkey Brain
0
of 33 min
14
When and How to De-escalate Threats
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of 26 min
15
Verbal Boundary Setting and Predator Test
0
of 28 min
16
Physical Boundary Setting and Defenses
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of 39 min
17
Ethical Articulation Skills in Self-Defense
0
of 26 min
18
Physical Cheats in Self-Defense
0
of 36 min
19
Joint Locks in Self-Defense
0
of 32 min
20
Preparing for Defense on the Ground
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of 32 min
21
The Ground Problem from Start to Finish
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of 37 min
22
Weapons in Self-Defense
0
of 39 min
23
Protecting Your Very Important People
0
of 34 min
24
Adapt Your Self-Defense to the Environment
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of 33 min
25
Bonus: Extended Warm-Up, with Adaptations
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of 21 min
