Imagine if you could sneak around, anywhere, completely undetected…
Sneaking around is very important. Being able to move without detection is one of the most useful skills you can have. There are many different techniques to sneak, the most effective is to train your foot and ankle muscles to be very strong. The stronger they are, the most stable they are and the more control you have over them. Being able to move silently is one of the most effective ways to avoid detection, but there is more to it than not making noise as you sneak around an empty house. How about blending into the background noise so you don’t stand out? What about following someone and having them not realize you are there? Avoiding detection is absolutely crucial to any ninja.
So how exactly does one avoid detection and sneak? Ill give you a couple of tips, I’ve found that these work best when I’m rested and fresh. Its important to be focused.
- If you can – wear only socks. Get some thick woolen ones. The more rigid and hard your footwear is, the more noise its going to make. Wear two pairs of socks on top of each other. You can use them indoors and outdoors this way.
- Wear clothes that are tight. You don’t want to wear anything that’s going to create friction and flap about, try and go as light as possible. Skip the tights though – definitely want to be a stylish ninja, and stylish ninja don’t wear tights. Tuck your shirt into your pants if it gets in the way, tuck your pants into your socks.
- Learn to breathe deeply and fully. Make sure you are fit enough to not start panting when moving quickly. You will find it difficult to move silently for long distances because you’re going to be keeping so many muscles tight. A high level of fitness is very useful.
- Look where you are going. When you are walking you are probably used to looking ahead of you, which is fine and normal – but this wont work if you want to stay quiet. Make sure you pay close attention to where you are putting your feet. Try and avoid anything that looks like it might creak. Stick to carpet.
- If you are following someone, try and match the cadence of their stepping. Use the noise they make to mask your own – try and practice this before you try it out for real for the first time because it takes some getting used to.
- Walk on your toes, try not to let your heel touch the ground. Do NOT step on your heel and roll over to your toes. Simply use the balls of your feet and toes to walk.
It takes some training but moving silently is a really effective way of avoiding detection and an extremely cool trick to sneak up on your friends with. Practice in your house, practice when you are at your friends houses. If you plan on using this kind of trick for surveillance I suggest you have a backpack stashed somewhere that you can run to and quickly slip into sneakers on so that you can actually run – should you need to. Try and dress in black but keep a colorful sweater or something that doesn’t look suspicious with you until you arrive to your destination. Leave it with your bag, well hidden. Seeing someone moving around in all black at night is a dead giveaway that they are up to no good.
Most definitely, you want to check out the places you plan on observing before you go at night – spend a couple of days walking around during the day. Walking the dog is a good cover, so is throwing a ball over the fence “accidentally” so you had to jump the fence to get it.
Use your imagination, don’t do anything illegal, have fun 
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