Whenever a

potentially confrontational situation arose on the door I
would practice posturing to see if I could psyche the
opponent out instead of knocking him out. I had great
success with it, now it is my teaching mainstay.
I generally employ posturing when verbal dissuasion is not
working. You can usually tell when this occurs because the
attacker will keep moving forward and touching the fence a
very bad sign. Distance close down is one of the final precursors
to a physical attack. I never let anyone touch the
fence more than twice -it's too dangerous.