Agos

When we engage in physical conflict resolution (meaning duking it out with the bad guys), everything we do is transitory in nature. All strikes, trappings, immobilizations, throws, locks, etc. are not goals in themselves, but are responses "in time".  They are reactions to a particluar stimulus. Therefore they are not premeditated nor are they the "end" we seek in conflict resolution. 

The goal in self-defense is to deescalate the conflict situation or to find an escape route. We react with relentless aggression not to neutralize the attacker (that is the goal of combatives) but to immediately create a situation where the attack against us is halted and the opprotunity to flee is created.

So when a trapping opportunity comes it is not because we planned it but because the situation presented itself. We might use a throw not because we want to display our Judo skills but because it so happened that your body position made it the best option.

The interaction between you and your attacker is fleeting. It is a series of events randomly appearing. Agos therefore is about exploiting these transitory events to find an opening for you to extract yourself from threat.