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Be Prepared!

When every second counts, help will be at least some minutes away!
Take responsibility for your safety into your own hands!
Have hope in others but don't depend on anyone!
Seek to have the knowledge, skills and tools to succeed in the most important work of your lives, Survival. Your own and that of your loved ones!
Be selfish and secure that cornerstone. That's the best guarantee I have that I'll be able to count on you and your help later on!
Our world expands every day... like a star that has exploded, and with such destructive power. The spectacle may be beautiful to watch, but it is no less fatal for that.

Mr. Hot Shots
We don't know what tomorrow will be like, but we have an idea... Be Prepared ! ©
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Martial arts, Preppers and the rest...

We all play defense. We should all do it.  More and more so each day.
When it comes to citizen's self defense and the growing threat of violence in its various forms to which we are increasingly subject in our daily lives, there is much to discuss.
While each of us is more or less alert to this reality, not everyone sees it as the threat it is, in my opinion.
The feeling that "it only happens to others" or "this isn't Brazil or America" is often compounded by the terrible idea of understanding and fitting others into the framework of our own values, needs and beliefs.
It's usually when this exercise collides with reality that our greatest problems begin. To make matters worse, these problems often arise without much, if any, warning.
For those who see a situation of physical confrontation as an eminently real possibility and undertake efforts to be better prepared to deal with that threat and ultimately be able to defend themselves and their loved ones, martial arts and combat sports almost inevitably cross their paths.
Anyone who has had the chance to experience a situation of physical violence has inevitably gone through a mix of sensations and faced, whether they admit it or not, a myriad of possibilities unknown until the last nanosecond that precedes each action and/or reaction of each of the parties involved, including themselves.
Martial arts and combat sports are, I think we can agree, useful tools for training and personal preparation on both a physical and psycho-emotional level.
But not all these tools are created equal and have the same value for the purpose in question. Let's say that there are higher and lower quality tools, tools that are suitable and those that are unsuitable for the job in hand. Let's say there are good and bad teachers and good and bad students.
My Ju-jitsu teacher once told me, in words that I will try to reproduce as faithfully as possible, that : "- We shouldn't confuse what we can do on the tatami with what happens on the street. A street fight is usually ugly, dirty, brutal and very fast! And it will often end up on the ground. Preferably, try not to be there when it happens". I confess that as well as the techniques I never learned, there were those I forgot. But I've never forgotten these words. Others, in the position of teacher, don't hesitate to create in their students a false and highly damaging idea of the effectiveness of what they teach and the unquestionable ability with which each and every student will leave that mat. This can cost lives, and unfortunately, it could be those of these students.
And this leads me to tell you that you should be as careful when choosing the martial art or combat sport you choose to improve your self-defense skills as you should be with who teaches you.
Often, certain disciplines that are notoriously valid for these purposes become a death trap for their practitioners because they are misrepresented by an incompetent trainer.
On the other hand, and unfortunately, the most skilled and capable teacher doesn't necessarily turn a martial art or combat sport into an effective tool when it simply doesn't have what it takes to be effective "on the street". At best, we can get good advice and a "humility bath" in terms of the capabilities of the discipline itself and our real capabilities as a result, if the teacher is also humble enough to admit it.

Those who have developed observation skills in one way or another and who have some "field" experience in the gym and in real, concrete situations of violence know that there is an almost insurmountable limit to what can be learned in a training context on a mat or in a ring.

It's easy to understand that you can't replicate in a training context a critical part of what violent confrontations are like in reality.

Thus, a martial art or combat sport that doesn't expose us (within what is possible and permitted) to full contact and violence that is as close as possible to what happens in reality, is in itself incapable of preparing us effectively to protect ourselves.
But then, if a martial art or combat sport doesn't take violence in training to the limit, are they useless for self-defense purposes?
Clearly, NO! They are not useless. But they need to be complemented by other discipline(s) that offer us greater contact with the reality of violence, that confront us with the possibility of being manacled, of our physical capacities being reduced, of being knocked unconscious in the first second of the confrontation. Yes, in the first second.
I believe that, when it comes to self-defense, there are no perfect disciplines, and even less so in a training context. And this is contrary to what they will often try to sell you.
There is an undeniable enrichment in mixing disciplines and arts for this purpose and if there is one thing that sport can prove in this area, especially with mixed martial arts, it is precisely that.
Although the world of martial arts and combat sports also operates very much by fashions and trends, the dizzying rise of mixed martial arts to the stages and even podiums of the world of sport is very much due to the lessons learned from the creation, evolution and results of this, to all intents and purposes, recent sporting form.
It is important to remember, however, that we are still talking about a sporting formula and that it is not immune to the hardships of the street.
Always remember that if it has rules and a referee, it's not the street. If you stop when you're told to and not when the threat fades or is eliminated, it's not the street. On the street, it's not for a degree, a belt or a cup. It's for your integrity and the lives of you and your loved ones.
This is what you have to think about when you choose what you're going to learn and who's going to teach you. Because then and there, you still have a choice.

Mr. Hot Shots

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Bug Out Bag, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle...

These are all valid terms.
They are also all terms that are part, in the vast majority of cases, of an illusion that some people insist on living in.

The illusion that, in certain scenarios, which for some people begins as soon as they lose Benfica TV, they're going to grab a backpack that they've prepared (very well, but) perhaps for a completely different scenario, and they're going to leave home, head for the first trees they can find, they're not sure where, and go "live in and from the woods"...

I don't think they're going to... live, I mean. Maybe they won't even survive.
The idea is romantic, but for those who have to develop it from scratch, it's unrealistic, to say the least.
At least give it a try. For 5 days beyond the duration of the food you've loaded or, if you've been clever and planned something serious, cached beforehand.
I believe that,  the deprivation, and the awakening to the difficulties of the idea will bring you to the reality that it's at home that you'll want to stay until it becomes completely unsustainable to.
And if you want to leave, make it to the wilderness only if you haven't had the chance or ability to find a better solution.
It's obvious that everyone prepares as they wish and as they can.
As I've already said, the idea of Bug Out and associated terms is valid, but... like almost everything, it has to be well thought out and planned.

Otherwise, we fall into B.O.I. (Bug Out Illusion).
And planning and preparing for a Bug Out is not easy.
Friends, Bugging In isn't easy and we're much better prepared for it than for Bugging Out.

Home is where, in most cases, we have the best guarantees of meeting our basic needs.
If you happen to have a second home to go to, all the better. Unfortunately, that's not a possibility for most people.
I'm of the opinion that our home is our castle!

 You leave it when it no longer provides the protection and comfort you need and desire. And it will always be as strong as we are willing and able to invest in knowledge, time and money to make it more resilient.
The time to consider leaving your home, in my opinion, is before the storm. In the planning phase. And try to transfer everything that's good about your home to your future home. Everything else is less than ideal, even if it might be necessary.
When it comes to survival and preparation, try to ensure that your plans are not based on an illusion.
Prepare your backpack, and more, to get out.
But don't forget to prepare your pantry to stay! Before it's impossible to do so.

Mr. Hot Shots

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 Hot Shots Survival, Preparedness and Bushcraft is a project that aims to encourage people to take an interest in their own resilience and independence when it comes to survival, self-reliance, preparedness and civil protection, as well as an interest in recreational activities involving interaction with and exploration of nature, known as Bushcraft.

Survival, Preparedness and Bushcraft are actually distinct activities, but their paths often cross and complement each other.

The motto of this project is :

"We don't know what tomorrow will be like, but we have an idea... Be Prepared ! ®"

In fact, when it comes to sudden or more predictable events, whether caused by nature or by man himself, it's never a good idea to be caught off guard.
Even on a day-to-day basis, permanent situational awareness and a state of alert adjusted accordingly, combined with the knowledge derived from information, training and education, are the best guarantee of being able to deal with what life throws our way without panicking or falling into despair and paranoia.
Join this project, contribute, ask questions, ask for help, help!
Let's be citizens, let's know our rights but also our obligations. Let's depend as little as possible on third parties and, above all, on governments.
Let's be sovereign men and women.

All this information, some of it vital for our future, is almost completely censored on other platforms and social networks. It's no coincidence...

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 A Preparação ou Prepping

#preparação

A Preparação ou Prepping é o termo genérico utilizado para definir o que constitui o esforço de um ou mais indivíduos e até de uma comunidade para se tornarem resilientes à possível ocorrência de determinados eventos de origem natural ou provocados pela acção Humana.
  Assume-se que esses eventos tenham o  potencial de colocar em risco a vida humana bem como a propriedade e até mesmo os recursos naturais colocando assim em causa o planeta no seu todo ou em parte e a Vida e a Sociedade tal como as conhecemos.

  O Prepper é o indivíduo que adquire a motivação, a mentalidade, o conhecimento e o equipamento específico para mitigar, sobreviver, adaptar-se e ultrapassar as dificuldades causadas por um hipotético evento deste tipo.

"Nós não sabemos como será o amanhã, mas imaginamos ! " ©

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Preparedness or Prepping is the generic term used to define what constitutes the effort of one or more individuals and even of a community to become resilient to the possible occurrence of certain events of natural or man-made origin.

These events are assumed to have the potential to endanger human life as well as property and even natural resources, thus endangering the planet as a whole or in part, and Life and Society as we know it.

 The Prepper is the individual who acquires the motivation, mindset, knowledge and specific equipment to mitigate, survive, adapt and overcome the difficulties caused by such an hypothetical event. 

"We don't know what tomorrow will be like, but we can imagine ! " © 

Mr. Hot Shots

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