1.4 Composure in battle

Greetings, young HTBs!

You must be thinking, what the heckie am I on right now, right? Composure in battle? Like, no shit Sherlock! Well, you'll be surprised at just how many people don't know about this. It is an important thing, keeping your composure in a fight. Don't freak out, try not to panic. In most cases, panicking is the worst thing you can do. Of course it keeps you on the balls of your feet, but too much can cause you to collapse under the pressure, making you a big blaring target for your attackers.

Try meditation, yoga, t'ai chi. They will help you calm down. Trust me, the life of a superhero is hectic, once you're in, you're in for life. It follows you everywhere. Suspicion plagues a guilty mind, my friend, so just calm down. Everyone needs to calm down, especially people with such high intensity jobs like heroing. Be sure to drink lots of water, keep hydrated, don't skip meals. Take care of yourself, a stressed hero is a dead one.

Why is self-help so important, aren't I supposed to be protecting people, you ask? Well if you can't even help yourself, how the heck are you supposed to be able to protect others? Think about it. Take it with a grain of salt. You come first. Ever watch those airplane safety videos when they say cater to yourself before others in your care? It's the same thing. If you can't survive, how will they survive?

This is a short post, I'm sorry, but it's mostly to say keep calm, keep your cool. Don't get to agitated, stressed, or anxious about things. It leads to your downfall, trust me. I know from experience. This does, however, wrap up Chapter 1! You must be thinking, wow isn't this a short chapter? Well, there's not that much to it.

To summarise:
• You come first, you always come first. Take care of yourself before others.
• Try to invest in training classes for self-defence (priority) and then offensive techniques, like kick-boxing etc.
• Stay calm in battle, it's important
• Get yourself checked for any health complications (Asthmatics may not make the best heroes if they have an attack.) Check yourself before you wreck yourself!
• Remember, a dead hero is a dead one. Seriously, if you're dead, you're dead and there's nothing you can do to help yourself or others. So protect yourself.

Toodaloo, young ones!
- TM