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Keeping your guard up is always important. Even when punching, kicking, blocking, or moving, you must keep your guard up. You must keep everything in your favor as much as possible. Never leave an opening for your opponent to attack. You never leave an opening. When an effective guard, there will be fewer attacks to block since the opponent prefers to attack when there is a chance of hitting the target.

Blocking areas are high, middle, and low; and right and left. You should use the correct block for each area. Some blocks are more effective in certain areas and less effective in other areas. A block to one area may overlap another area in case of an error in judgment of where the attack is headed.

Attacks

The eyes and throat are logical targets for your lead hand. Stabbing with the fingernails may cause great injury and pain as will a palm heel strike to the chin. The solar plexus and floating ribs are good targets for a punch with the trailing hand. Both will take the wind and spirit away quickly from the attacker, and may cause the attacker to collapse. If this happens, remove yourself from the situation at once, making sure you cover your back while you do so. The groin or the knee of your attacker's lead leg are good targets for your lead front or side snap kick. If you are wearing boots or a hard sole shoe, take advantage of their sharp outer edges when kicking. The instep of your attacker's lead leg is a good target for a stomp kick. When executing the technique, point your toes toward the outside to increase the area your foot lands on, which should minimize slipping off the target area. Head butts to the face, elbow strikes to the face or ribs, and knee strikes to the groin or thighs are also effective techniques.

Do not use high kicks. They leave you vulnerable, may be hampered by your clothing, and make you susceptible to falling. Do not try to grab your attacker for a throw, but if in the course of events you do get a grip on the attacker or the attacker gets a grip on you, do not hesitate to throw the attacker. Be careful of grappling, there may be rocks, glass, etc. on the ground that may injure you ort may used as a weapon by your opponent.. Grappling also limits your escape opportunities and it leaves you vulnerable to kicks from friends of the attacker. 

Dealing with Law Enforcement

Notify authorities of an attack as soon as possible. Cooperate with law enforcement officers and be polite. However, do not make any statements until you talk with an attorney. Any statements you make may be used against you, even if you were not at fault. Be careful of apologizing are saying you are sorry. This may seem the polite thing to do but it implies guilt. Some states have make laws that say apologies may not be used as admissions of guilt.

• Over-confidence

• Too relaxed

• Thinking about the attack

• Mustering up courage

• Having second thoughts

• Being conscious of others, cameras, security equipment, escape routes, etc.

In addition, you may create hesitation through the external interjection of pain or by expressing self-confidence that creates doubt or indecision, which may also open a window of opportunity.

In the animal kingdom, windows of opportunity are not usually created, but are instinctively understood and acted upon. For example, the cobra has but one adversary, the mongoose. The mongoose knows that a cobra strikes in one direction (forward) and with total commitment, so it maneuvers itself in such a manner so as to instigate a strike. Once the strike is initiated, the mongoose scurries behind the cobra’s neck. This is a good example of "attack by drawing." As humans, our instincts are less developed so we must create our own windows of opportunity.

As discussed earlier in this topic, your mindset (coolness, confidence, anger, killer instinct, etc), helps keep you one step ahead of an attacker because it helps you control the mindset of your opponent. Your mindset helps you to create and react to windows of opportunity.  Mindset + Window of Opportunity = Victory