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 ...