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KEY POINTS in SECURITY and SELF-DEFENSE

KEY POINTS in SECURITY and SELF-DEFENSE Awareness of your environment is the first step toward personal safety 1. If at all possible, never let the perpetrator / attacker choose the place of engagement 2. Use the environment (or anything) as a weapon. 3. Use Physiological Weapons Environmental Weapons: * Fire extinguisher, fire hydrant, chairs, benches, trees, furniture, comb, hair brush, lamp, phone, back-pack, purse car antennae, windshield wiper, belt, pen, pencil, books, coffee, doors, walls, corners, counters, cars, bicycle, sun light, dirt/sand, shopping cart, wallet – Money, $$$. Personal weapons: * Your brain (your mind), hands, fists, fingers, elbows, knees, feet and authoritative voice. Targets: * Primary targets: Eyes & groin ( e.g. pepper spray for the eyes ) * Secondary targets: shin, instep, nose, edges of ribs, solarplex & neck Always follow the NEVER Rules: "NEVER" 1. Allow yourself to be tied up 2. Cooperate – i.e. good to ...

Self Defense for Women

Self Defense for Women Key Points AWARENESS & AVOIDANCE Being "switched on" to your surroundings and being aware of your situation is one of the most important factors of your personal safety. We will teach you easy to understand techniques of awareness & avoidance. BODY LANGUAGE Observing someone's mannerisms - how they stand, how they are using their hands, facial expressions and gestures - can tell you a lot about a person's intentions. We will teach you how to recognize these signs so you can be one step ahead. VOICE CONTROL The effect of an assertive voice is often widely overlooked in the tuition of self-defence. Yet in certain circumstances this technique can be as effective as striking someone. We will teach you how to use your voice assertively in applicable situations. FEAR Fear can stop someone in their tracks, with potentially disastrous results, when everything they have learned drains from memory as the effects of a huge adrenalin surge takes ove...