Fox Walking and Wide Angle Vision - Part 1

The fox walk and wide angle vision will allow you to access greater awareness of your surroundings, more connection to nature, and ultimately an increased likelihood of staying alive in a survival situation.

[@ds10363]

I use this technique all the time while driving, particularly when I am approaching busy intersections. My peripheral detection and motion sensory ability becomes extremely heightened using this technique. My wide spectrum vision allows me to sense all the cars that are about to make left turns in front of me, potential red light runners, cars making right turns alongside me, pedestrians running across the road, or bicyclists crossing where they shouldn't. This technique WORKS for me.

[@Patriot4TheTree]

"Jungle stare". If you don't utilize it, you won't notice a hostile 10 feet in front of you. I think it is important for people to use this technique in many different everyday enviroments. If you don't, you are walking around in "white" instead of "yellow", where you should be. This technique is just as important as mental preparation. Drive it home Paul. Nice vid.

[@jcshinobi1973]

Attempted a few times inside. Could not detect both sides fully. So i went outside and sat down in the grass and cleared my mind, took in the outdoors. Opened up my eyes, brought upi arms at 180 degrees...i saw fingers on both sides of me wiggling. Pretty cool. Great job on the info your putting out!!!

[@neoasura]

Wow! Your wide angle vision technique works! It takes some practice, but this actually can apply to a lot of modern world situations also. I work in a huge factory and using this technique actually allows me to safely see oncoming machinery, equipment failures, and even the ole boss coming from far away haha.

[@zarrgoon]

@HedgehogLeatherworks I developed this "wide angle viewing" technique while in the Marines during Viet Nam though I did not know that's what it was. It saved my life and others many times. Great explaination! A big thumbs up.

[@jameshutto3047]

Were you raised on the streets or in the backwoods? A study found 'gangbangers' and 'country boys' spot i.e.d.s easier.

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yep... I have taken several classes there and I really enjoyed it.

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hey, thanks for the kind words!... and good call on the cat... very true.

[@whitey211]

I do wildlife photography and I've been doing this unknowingly forever. It works amazingly well. I can spot 4" brown birds in the trees from over 100 feet away. It's almost like what you do when you're just blank staring at something.

[@amparoavillanoza7888]

Your awareness techniques really help anyone to stay alive in a survival situation. Thank you !!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yep... I have always studied his stuff and this comes straight from his teachings. Glad you liked it!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

SWEET!!! THANK YOU!!! I hope they enjoy it!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks for the comment! Yeah that makes perfect sense... good idea!

[@lordkelbor]

hey paul, just a side note for you and others out here. another great way to do the same thing(for people who wear glasses) i learned this from my grandfather a long time ago when we went out hunting. we'd get to our hunting spot(old stump) sit down and take our glasses off and just watch in a blurry way. without being able to focus on details, you stop trying to and begin focusing on what is actually going on

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Nice! Glad to hear it!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thank YOU!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hahah! That is funny!... thanks for commenting and for your support!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Good call! Thanks for contributing your knowledge!

[@catgumart]

everywhere you look in the city there is a person (who you don't want to leer at, for politeness sake) a building,sign,billboard, car--people go around cities and suburbs kind of focus eyes in one place--like a ten yard stare--or just at the computer, or a book, & it keeps the eye focusing muscles etc--on a repetitive pattern of focus--but if you go out in an open area- like plains with mountains deep in the distance & big clouds in a wide blues sky-your eyes relax and vision/awareness broadens

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hey, Thanks very much! I'm glad to hear that you got so much out of it... please stay tuned for future videos!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

You'll get it down no problem! Good luck!

[@cjc5531]

Well done and well said....Thanks....

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hey great tips! Thanks for commenting and I hope you will keep watching the videos that I upload in the future!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thank you!!!

[@RDPproject]

Im forwarding this to all my YT bushcraft friends.

[@Pawoodsman]

I agree great presentation and preparedness in videos I enjoy learning from them.

[@uhateusaFU]

Well I have learned something similar, during my time in the woods. That is if you look at the woods like you do at a 3D poster. Meaning everything will go blurry ,kinda, and you will be able to see movement very easy and you will have improved peripheral vision . I think this is the same affect. Let me know what you think. Thanks for the vid

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks a ton!!!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yeah, I agree... he has some great stuff. This video is inspired directly from his teachings.

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hmmmm... very interesting info! Thanks for contributing!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Nice! That is great... I'm sure it probably works well for all kinds of things... thanks for your comment!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Very cool application! Anything to avoid the boss eh! Thanks for commenting!

[@freedomfascist]

great explanation!

[@Lars1540]

Great video! Thanks Paul.

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hey thank you! Glad you like videos and are digging the philosophy! Stay tuned! Much more to come in the future!

[@daboodeef179]

wide angle vision is fucking awesome!!!!!!!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yep, I totally agree... developing these skills is a life-long pursuit that never really ends... thanks for commenting!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks a ton... I'm glad you liked it!!!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

They are definitely not a fit for all budgets, but we have a lot of very happy sheath owners that really appreciate the craftsmanship, durability, and functionality that they offer. Thank you for commenting!

[@y8happy]

Holy crap thats what it's called I have been doing wide angle vision without knowing

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Awesome! Glad to know that it has been helpful to you!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks and good comments you made!

[@sabujkumarchaudhuri1093]

Very good skills I have taught from you. Thanks for uploading. Keep up. Really we are misfit to live amid environment. We must emulate wild animals and their skills to live in such an environment.

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thanks! Glad you like it and good luck out there!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

You got it!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yeah... good point... I have heard it called a lot of different things because all kinds of people use it: martial artists, horse back riders, etc. I think a lot of folks have discovered it for themselves too... stay tuned, and please subscribe if you haven't already! Best, Paul

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yep... this is definitely one I learned from TB

[@SkogKniv]

Nice one Paul! 5/5

[@jhssuthrnmama]

We learned this in marching band, just called it "using your peripheral vision." I love this video series; I've been reading to my children about great survivalists like Daniel Boone and totally loving it.

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hey... thanks a lot! I'm glad it was beneficial for you!

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thank you very much! Really glad you are digging the content!

[@CarrieRulesTheBlock]

Look at a dog when it is threatened. It firstly raises its back Rounding the back, (lifting the back as in the classic from Taijiquan) is also a physical way to do this. it must be a combination of everything, sinking, breathing, allowing each vertebra to settle on top of the next. The snake does not look at you, it just waits. However it sees your every move using its eagle or snake vision not focusing upon anything in particular. page 115 Artes Marciais - Internal Gung Fu Vol.2

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

No prob... thanks!

[@catgumart]

When I go running I like to look in the distance and also exercise my focus--like deep focus as well as looking at signs and telephone poles and trees and houses--I work on keeping my visual awareness active and awake-- also looking at clouds and stars and the whole sky or mountains in the distance gets my depth perception awake and my spatial awareness more balanced--when inside all day I can only see to the walls and my deep vision doesn't get enough exercise--

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yes, however to cover scent you would want to take a few further measures like rubbing pine needles on your body and especially standing in the smoke of a campfire.

[@007vauxhall]

Brilliant Paul. 5*****

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Sweet insight! Thanks for sharing that... yeah, when I attempt to wiggle my ears it definitely throws me into WAV.

[@ROFLpwnedvideos]

I'm assuming it takes a lot of practice...and now I want to. haha.

[@mrfireclaw]

im working bow drill set im going to use today thanks

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Yeah probably... a lot of these skills are hard wired into us but since we don't ever use them, we forget they exist. With a little time outside, this stuff starts to surface on its own...

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

LOL! That is hilarious!!! Thanks for commenting!

[@foad1337]

wow this is so cool!! first i was thinking, man this guy is just bs'n but i tried it and it had a little effect, can wait for the rain to stop so i can head out in the woods and try this, thanks man!

[@flamefinger1989]

hi poul i was just wondering have you ever studeid at the tracker school?

[@WanderingBeast]

great job bud

[@voxna]

great vid been doing this since i was a kid becase of my bad vison didnt now there was name for it

[@mikeqeetus]

dude, cool vids. i hear ya, your preaching to the choir here. (wet condition fire making was good, btw) this sounds like "gait of power", familiar with this referance? just focus in the now is a point of power. advertisement causes me therapy....

[@catgumart]

When my visual awareness is diminished it effects everything-posture,breathing, walking gait,balance,proprioception,fluidity, awareness, even my emotions and state of mind--i feel like my awareness is stuffed into a tight high heel shoe- & it gets one depressed & unbalanced--The problem with keeping eyes awake in society is that everywhere you look there someone is so like you have to numb/dumb yourself down most of the time just to make it through the grocery store-I try to look in the spaces-

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Thank you! I am not familiar with the "Gait of Power" though... maybe you can elaborate? Best, Paul

[@Sercout]

Very good stuff. about the rush of the modern world i blame the microwave...) we start love to have evrithing ready with no time to wait for it... 5*** ones more regards SERCOUT

[@TheChino4487]

Buena onda viejo... Gracias.

[@crosspecans]

honey, every mama has this wide angle vision. some say we even have eyes in the back of our head. and-we can do more than one thing at a time. itsa mama thing. thanks for doing this tape to educate dads. waves~~~

[@Jamslerr]

Your the man.

[@cheese22092]

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[@UrsulaCarrie]

Thank You! Well explained. If I were you, I would disable comments on your videos. Such negativity...

[@LackofEthics]

I don't really understand how to get into wide-angle vision. Does it take a while to get into the first time?

[@BrandonSmithRedwoodtwig]

LackofEthics Yes, it can take a while for some people. When I teach this technique I have people bring their arms forward until they can see both hands at the same time. And the assign homework to keep at it until they can have their hands straight out and see both of them. There is some eye/brain relaxation skills you have to figure out how to do.

[@peterbasso5365]

+Brandon Smith yes it is hard for some people. I have been able to zone out quite usable for as long as I can remember. I can think of boring childhood of school for this trick.

[@buckiemohawk]

Do you believe that people will actually adapt when forced? ie being pursued over several days by someone

[@jmaxpaine]

what do you mean by adjust your vision?, and how do i do it please reply, i would like to learn this,thanks

[@itzronan3686]

It means your awareness would rise and you will be able to notice things even at the smallest size any object in ur view will be seen

[@ivanhoe4mag]

i have it :D

[@SasquatchLives]

I'm guessing wide angle vision would be dangerous while driving or riding a bike

[@itzronan3686]

U are so stupid it raises ur awareness u would see objects coming if u r using it right

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

Hey thanks for commenting! I think you definitely have the concept down... even if your arms aren't ALL the way back, you are exercising your peripheral by doing this... enjoy!

[@stew9671]

Whide vision view. Is something I always do whilst walking and looking on the phone. So that I still know where I am currently at. (Peripheral view)

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

I appreciate your support! Thanks for commenting!

[@tringuyenvan834]

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[@cheese22092]

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[@billyandrew]

What you are calling _wide angle_ vision already has a name. It's called *peripheral* vision and has been called such for centuries.

[@jameshutto3047]

Seeing everything your eyes see is not the same as peripheral vision.

[@distortiontildeafness]

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[@zarrgoon]

@HedgehogLeatherworks I developed this "wide angle viewing" technique while in the Marines during Viet Nam though I did not know that's what it was. It saved my life and others many times. Great explaination! A big thumbs up.

[@HedgehogLeatherworks]

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