Street Harassment is constitutes a wide variety of behaviors that are disrespectful, inappropriate, and sometimes threatening to some women (and some men) in public places. There is wide disagreement as exactly what behaviors are or are not street harassment. This Learning MAP will provide you with the strategies for effective responses, and examples of ineffective … [Read more…]
Lately, the idea of teaching people, particularly women, self-defense as a method for increasing personal safety has come under attack. A primary complaint from certain advocates/bloggers is that self-defense doesn’t work or is ineffective. As proof, many of these advocates will point out real life examples in which they, or someone they know, were assaulted … [Read more…]
“I Want to Learn Self-Defense” Many people confuse learning self-defense with learning to swim. The thinking falls along these general lines: “I want to learn how to swim” – “I want to learn self-defense” “In case I fall into the water” – “In case I am attacked” “So that I will not drown” – “So … [Read more…]
Experts have great balancing ability. Non-experts do not. Balancing is defined as: “to offset or compare the value of (one thing) with another.” “The cost of obtaining such information needs to be balanced against its benefits” Synonyms: compare, evaluate, consider, assess, appraise, and estimate “It is a matter of balancing advantages against disadvantages” … [Read more…]
Best Fight Strategy – Self Defense Tactics and Tips – Win Fights Easily and DON’T GET ARRESTED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2yo_sAQbg Commentary: First off, I disagree with the guy’s starting premise of teaching you how to ‘win a fight.’ A fight is mutual battery. Putting it another way, self-defense is you have no choice, a fight is … [Read more…]
You just watched someone demonstrate a self-defense technique. Now, how do you determine whether or not the technique is effective? The most frequent commentary on a self-defense technique is some variation of ‘that would work” or “that wouldn’t work”. While these types of comments express an opinion, they don’t provide any insight into the validity … [Read more…]
TAOPRSU The reason why the drunk obsessive in the parking lot was so dangerous is that he didn’t consciously know he was there to commit a sexual assault. How’s that for a BS sounding statement? Having admitted that, it’s still true. Realize that in many instances a would-be rapist is in a state that is like stepping … [Read more…]
The age of the internet has spawned a tremendous amount of flow and access to information. Literally, everything you want and need to know about can be found in some form or another on the internet. The problem is that literally everything you don’t want and don’t need to know about can also be found on … [Read more…]
One complaint originating from certain advocates about promoting self-defense training (typically in reference to women) is that ‘knowing” self-defense is no guarantee a person will be able to successfully prevent or interrupt an attack. Many times, this opinion is voiced from someone who claims to have implemented “self-defense” strategies, yet he or she was assaulted … [Read more…]
Most people think that Boundary Setting only has something to do with a “personal bubble” and “personal space”. Effective people know better. 1. Boundary Setting is fundamental to civilization. All effective individuals, groups, organizations, and societies use Boundary Setting to control and limit behaviors. Chaos and mayhem are the result of a lack of … [Read more…]