Hook,
That's what a lot of the real world looks like, contrary to what many people seem to think will happen. Thugs are mostly ambush predators and ambushes happen to people on the street much like they do to herbivores on the plains of Africa.
Go read
http://www.defense-training.com/quips/2003/19Mar03.html to start with. Take that to heart, Farnam knows whereof he speaks. For Cooper's Color Code as mentioned there, see
http://www.teddytactical.com/Sharpen...0Awareness.htm but please note that Tom Givens' web address is actually
http://www.rangemaster.com/ , there's a typo in the link as given in the article. If you're close to Memphis, Tom is an outstanding trainer.
Then go to
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/five_stages.html and study there for a while.
Go to
http://www.paladin-press.com/product...ombat_Shooting and order yourself a copy of this little book. That one was mentioned in the short piece by Farnam at the first link, too.
And see
http://shivworks.com/ . Southnarc's core curriculum is one of the best street defense offerings currently available IMHO.