Page 3 - BSW InnerCircle Using Extreme Personal Defense - July 2017

Protection through destruction

The XPD approach to self-defense was originally designed for the preteens and teens of
wealthy families to enable them to defend themselves and escape dangerous situations.
Then some wealthy parents became interested in learning a few highly effective, easy-to-
implement ways to protect themselves as well.

The goal of XPD is brutally simple: to cripple an attacker’s ability to harm you or the ones you
care about when no other option is available. Its express purpose is to empower people with
the mental fortitude and the technical ability to devastate an assailant when dealing with a
worst-case family safety situation.

Clearly, then, XPD is not for everyone—or even most people. Because of the potency of XPD,
we’ve noticed that words like “insane” and “psycho” have been used to describe it. That said,
most people come to see the value of XPD once they understand the highly restricted times
it is applicable and appropriate to use.

These are the times when not defending yourself or the people you care deeply about would
unquestionably result in horrible things happening to you or them. XPD is for dealing with
worst-case family safety situations.

Consider the following examples.

Scenario #1. You decide to have a picnic with your spouse and two toddlers. When you get
to the neighborhood park, you see that many other families had the same idea. As you exit
your car, a couple of teenagers more than 20 feet away start harassing you. They’re making
lewd and disgusting comments. What do you do?

Scenario #2. You’ve parked your car in an office-building garage. As you head for the garage
exit to go to a late-afternoon meeting, a thief with a large knife stops you and demands you
hand over your money and any other valuables. What do you do?

Scenario #3. Two men grab you as you’re about to enter your house. One of them is holding
a knife and tells you they’re going inside where your spouse and toddler are. He says if you
do just what he tells you, you, your spouse and your child won’t get cut too badly. What do
you do?

Which scenario is potentially a good time to be proficient with XPD?

• You probably don’t need to do anything in Scenario #1, unless the situation quickly
escalates dramatically. There are people all around and the teenagers are simply being
obnoxious. If they don’t do anything but mouth off, they’re not a threat.

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