What women need to know about Self-Defense. Self-defense is a set of awareness, assertiveness, verbal confrontation skills, safety strategies, and physical techniques that enable someone to successfully prevent, escape, resist and survive violent assaults. see reference (4.) The key to fighting back lies in the transformation of fear into anger into power. To move from fear to anger, women have to believe that they are worth defending. When you realize that you have worth, an attack on your person becomes unacceptable. In attack situations, a defender's first impulse may be to freeze up -- this is a normal, but crippling reaction to fear. Becoming angry allows a defender to relax and use adrenaline to demand that an attack stop and to follow-up with physical strikes. see reference (5.)
Some common attacks and solutions: see reference (2.)
Choke from the front or back
click here for a small video clip of how to escape from a choke hold.Bear hug from the front or back
see reference (6.)
A grab
click here for a small video clip of how to escape from a grab.A rape situation
click here for a small video clip of how to escape from a rape situation.Car-jacking
see reference (6.)