Rory Miller Quotes About Self Defense

• It's better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight than to die. The very essence of self-defense is a thin list of things that might get you out alive when you are already screwed.

  Rory Miller

  Running, Fighting, Self

  "Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence". Book by Rory Miller, 2008.

• It is much easier and safer to scare someone into submission than to beat them into submission.

  Rory Miller

  Scare, Submission, Self Defense

  Rory Miller (2014). “Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected”, p.121, YMAA Publication Center, Inc.

• No intelligent man has ever lost a fight to someone who said 'I'm gonna kick your ass'.

  Rory Miller

  Fighting, Men, Intelligent

  Rory Miller (2014). “Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence”, p.88, YMAA Publication Center, Inc.

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