Sneak Around in the Day or Night

So you want to know how to sneak around like a ninja any time, any place? Well, read on!

Steps

  1. Rotate your joints, such as knees, hips, and ankles. Your ankles are especially important as they tend to "pop" often.
  2. Warming up an essential for this. If you are not warmed up, you can get hurt more easily and you make more noise.
  3. Your footwork is just as important as crouching into the steps to absorb the movement. Normal heel-to-toe rolling movement is great for fast speed movement on grass and very slow movement on hard surfaces. Keep in mind that the slower you move, the more silent you are. When moving through leaves, or trying to remain absolutely silent, keep your weight on your back foot, extend your leading foot, and to set it down and slowly shift forward, absorbing the movement in your knees and ankles. You should only have the ball of your foot, which will work as a cushion, make contact with the ground during this type of movement.
    • If you're maneuvering in an environment that provides "noise cover" or if there is a medium risk of being heard, lower your heel to the ground to touch when switching weight to the lead foot. To stay silent indoors, breathe and walk to the rhythm of the room clock. If someone is asleep, they are used to the sound of the clock, and thus it will help obscure your footfalls. Use the flat foot when walking across gravel or across anything in which many small objects can be disturbed and make noise. Absorb the step as you normally would, but you let your entire foot make contact with the gravel at the same time to let the weight distribute evenly. Move slowly.

Daytime:

  1. In the Daytime, try to wear clothes that blend into the environment. For instance, dark green and brown blend in well in a forest and light grey works better in a city. Sometimes camouflage clothing may be necessary.
  2. Sneak and hide behind structures and objects. You can't depend on camouflage or darkness for obvious reasons, unless you are in a forested area.

Nighttime:

  1. At night, wear dark, close to skin tight clothing. If it is too tight then the elastics will stretch and make too much noise.
  2. Bandanas or headbands at night are recommended so that the sweat doesn't drip to your eyes.
  3. Sneaking at night presents its own difficulties. Sight might be harder for the other person but people are naturally more alert at night and the humidity drops making sound more of a problem. It is suggested to sneak on dirt without rocks, sand, concrete, or soft grass.
  4. Be sure to Be Still for a Long Period of Time when in your hiding spot a night. The reason is because when being pursued, most things at night don't move, so moving will give you away.

Tips

  • Learn to breathe quietly and don't sneak when you have a runny nose or you are congested. This makes your breathing louder.
  • Make sure to breathe, but do so quietly.
  • Make sure to stretch and Become-Flexible, and work on you Improve-Balance. Both of these attributes will aid tremendously at being stealthy.
  • Always stay calm. Panicking only increases your chances of being caught.
  • Practice.
  • Run in the mornings in order to stay fit.
  • Always have a back up story as to why you're in the particular place you are in case you run into somebody you know.

Warnings

  • Be careful not to disturb your environment, as this will leave clues that you are there.
  • If you have a partner, make sure they know how to move silently as well.

Things You'll Need

  • Gloves for climbing (optional)
  • Good shoes
  • Soft clothing and shoes
  • Knife (optional, but always a useful tool to have)

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