….your tactics suck.
Take this example and use it in a self-defense situation. When your life is on the line, you do not adhere to rules of fairness, you do what you need to win. The attacker was expecting a reaction, got another completely different and his mental preparedness hit a wall to which he had no immediate response. This gave his opponent enough time to counter and win…and add insult to injury.
When I was a correctional officer, I did stuff like that several times to defuse bad situations. I only had one incident get fully physical. And that time I got my a$$ kicked.
I… will need to keep that in mind.
I also like that pointing and shouting “LOOK OVER THERE! A DISTRACTION!” is a legitimate and effective distraction.