The Art of Manliness

Beyond OODA — Developing the Orientation for Conflict and Violence

Feb 23, 2022

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Self Defence at a Highly Violent Level - Is There a Deficit of Orientation?

03:26

The One Potential Problem With a Non Criminal Orientation

02:47

Justification of a Sliding Moral Scale

03:06

Introduction

2min

Dot I O Vark Freeborn, Author of Got Violence of Mind

2min

You're a Teenager, You Know?

5min

What Was Prison Life Like?

2min

What Happened When You Get Out of Prison?

2min

Self-Fence Training

3min

The Difference Between Self Defense Training and Traditional Self Defense Training?

3min

Beyond Uda by John Boyd

3min

Orientation and the Oodaloop

4min

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The Orientation of a Criminal

5min

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What Is an Initiation for a Criminal?

4min

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Criminal Orientation

3min

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Justification of a Sliding Moral Scale

3min

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The One Potential Problem With a Non Criminal Orientation

3min

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Self Defence at a Highly Violent Level - Is There a Deficit of Orientation?

3min

16.

What's Your Mission?

4min

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Understanding the Orientation of a Criminal

2min

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Strength Training

2min

19.

The Importance of Strength and Fitness in Self Defense

5min

20.

The a When Podcast

2min

The OODA Loop — the OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — is a strategic tool designed to help people make better decisions when facing any kind of competitor or opponent.

My guest today says that when that opponent is a seasoned criminal, the Orient component of OODA — a person's mindset — is the most underestimated and critical part of the model to understand.

His name is Varg Freeborn and he's the author of Violence of Mind: Training and Preparation for Extreme Violence, and Beyond OODA: Developing the Orientation for Deception, Conflict, and Violence. We begin with how Varg's life story has uniquely positioned him to understand the dynamics of violence from the perspectives of both the perpetrators of crime, and the would-be preventers of that crime. Varg shares how he went from being a convicted felon to a self-defense and firearms instructor who's worked with both civilians and law enforcement.

We then turn to why it's so important to understand the difference between the orientation of an average person and the orientation of a violent criminal, and why, when the two collide, the latter has a real advantage over the former. We end our conversation with what you can do in terms of mindset and training to close that gap, and be better prepared to handle a violent encounter.