APAD: Lies in our own hands

"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."
- Sun Tzu "孙子兵法":不可胜在己可胜在敌

I got the "Tactical Hand Signals" below from the same poster as "Bravo Zulu" and found it very interesting and informtive, related somewhat to the phrase by Sun Tzu.  And we all might have used some of these hand signals in life without knowing their military meanings.

Not sure it is the same in the cities you live, but in my middle sized and people friendly city, there seem to be more and more car drivers who are very aggressive when approaching pedestrian crossing, even when the crossing light is on.  So I have developped a hand signal of my own, very similar to the 2nd pic below, to guesture the (bad) drivers to fully stop when I or young ones (when I see them) are crossing the road.  It has been proven very effective so far ;-)

Happy Tuesday to you all!

 

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Good to know Sun Tzu and jiu-jitsu agree! -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 09:15:54

Aggressive drivers saw your signal: come on, rifle ahead:-)) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 09:18:11

haha, the signals do look alike now U said it. ;-) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 09:33:43

嗯,不败掌握在自己手中,胜利来自敌方破绽。想起一个美军二战老兵讲述欧洲战场一场战役,当时他们想清除一个德军阵地 -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 10:14:39

但又不想暴露自己。领队说了一声bayonet! 没找到这个信号,看到两个霰弹枪 -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 10:17:14

U r right, the2ndShotgun is likely 4 bayonet. GoodCatch,Thx! -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 11:02:22

have sent correction msg to the poster ;-). Thx again! -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 15:23:16

I was joking, I doubt there ever were bayonet signal -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 16:12:02

hahaha, butThereShouldNever b 2 shotgunSignals:llive or die -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 16:21:47

German didn't have bayonet,but shapper shovel as tool&weapon -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 19:06:29

hmm, but wikipedia says they did? see: -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (100 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 19:19:57

It was in WWII, a German machine gun position -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/07/2024 postreply 03:04:49

有些还挺有用的。 -天边一片白云- 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 18:55:56

是的,但很庆幸我们没有/不用参加战争,war太残酷了!!! -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/06/2024 postreply 19:23:31

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