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Know the Difference Between Human Predator Types

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill gives us a good description of what to look for in predators, and the two types especially – Process and Resource. Learn the difference and prepare to act accordingly.

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Reactionary Zones Part 4: The No Choice Zone

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill finishes the 4-part series on Reactionary Zones with aplumb. Find out why you should think about the unthinkable: what to do when there’s maybe a half-second to make a choice to defend your life. Worth the few minutes of your time to read.

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Reactionary Zones Part 3: The Least Amount of Time

Shelley Hill, of The Complete Combatant, moves onto the next part in the series on Reactionary Zones – the least amount of time. Find out how to plan for this occurrence, which Shelley says demands explosive action.

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Reactionary Zones Part 2: SOME Amount of Time to React

In part 2 of her instructive Reactionary Zones series, The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill gives us tips to operate with when SOME time is available in a threatening situation. It’s not a lot of time, just seconds, and demands quick thinking.

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Reactionary Zones Part 1: The MOST Amount of Time to React 

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill kicks off part one of a four-part series on Reactionary Zones, with the MOST time you can expect for reacting to a threat.

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Criminals Target Specific Age Groups, Especially Seniors

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill delves into research surrounding seniors and when and where they are vulnerable to attacks and thefts. Find out more here, and how you can, hopefully, prevent being target by society’s miscreants.

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Don’t Allow the ‘Grinch’ to Steal Christmas

The Complete Combatant, aka Shelley Hill, walks us through many helpful tips for staying safe and free from interference from the “Grinch” this Christmas.

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Property Crime: A Homeowner CAN Change a Criminal’s Mind

The Complete Combatant, Shelley Hill, gives us common-sense tips for thwarting property crime in our homes.

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Blue Line Ponies: Giving Career Horses a Place to Retire

Shelley Hill, along with her husband, Brian, and friends have created Blue Line Ponies, a charity that adopts and cares for working horses from law enforcement. Find out more about this important mission, why she wanted to set it up and how you can support it.

Vera Koo The Most Unlikely Champion is the story of a petite Chinese-American woman, wife, mother and grandmother and her run to the top as a world title holder in the sport of Action Pistol Shooting.
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What is Verbal De-escalation and How Does it Benefit Me?

The Complete Combatant Shelley Hill gives us several helpful de-escalation techniques, along with ways to recognize heightened hostilities from others.

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Shelley Hill: Recognizing Types of Smiles to Trust

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill delves into the various types of smiles and why you can’t trust all of them. Learn when to run away and when to relax in the company of someone, based on a smile.

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Shelley Hill on Mindset 101 and Personal Defense

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill asks four top decision and “mindset” people in the field to tell us their perspectives regarding mindset, and how it relates to personal defense. She then lays out how we can employ mindset in daily routines and tasks.

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When Staring Could Be Threatening

Shelley Hill instructs us on how to recognize a potential imminent attack, by watching how someone is staring at you.

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Predators Select Victims According to Gaits

The Complete Combatant, aka Shelley Hill, gives us tips on how predators select their victims, according to how people walk – their gaits tell a lot!

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Intuition: Knowing without Logic

Shelley Hill gives us several examples of why it’s important to follow our intuitions

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The Complete Combatant: Recognize Pre-Violence Signals

New columnist Shelley Hill walks you through 5 visual cues that might indicate pre-violence on an attacker’s part. Learn these and stay frosty.

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What Do Car Thieves Like?

Have you ever been curious about what car thieves are actually looking for when they choose a car to steal? Shelley Hill did some research and shared it with The WON.

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