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Avoiding rape is only easy if you understand what is going on within yourself, in your surroundings and haven’t blindly put yourself into a high risk situation. Without these factors you will not be mentally prepared to do what you have to do in order to prevent being raped. Whether that is to escape or break his jaw or kill him — in a rape situation you may be called upon … [Read more…]
Let’s Face it. It is tough to make an honest living teaching people what they actually need. It is much easier to focus on what they think they need. And since you are the “expert”, you have the perfect opportunity to influence their desires. Here are the nine steps that many financially successful self-defense instructors … [Read more…]
Please read this post first by Martha McCaughey. “Clear Communication” Must Include Self-Defense I think that the above referenced makes some great points. I will expand upon it in terms of my model of Progressive Boundary Setting. My interpretation is that effective boundary setting must include Clear Communication and Enforcement. Physical self-defense is a form … [Read more…]
You have your anger, so does everyone else.You have your pain, so does everyone else.You have your frustration, so does everyone else.You have your history, so does everyone else.You have your rationalizations for the bad things you do, so does everyone else.You have your self-righteousness, so does everyone else.You have your crosses to bear, again, … [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…]
Here’s a fundamental problem, sooner or later judgement, morals, heuristics and biases ARE going to come into the equation. This especially if the case goes to court. The challenge is to avoid including those from the start. However, let me tell you what I tell attorneys. I’ve looked into the Kitty Genovese case. That’s the … [Read more…]
I actually use this incident in INoSD. I’m talking about “Too little, too late” and false submission signals. This is when you’re being a complete dick and when it starts going sideways, you try to a- put the whole situation on hold (not de-escalation, but hitting the pause button) b- avoid physical repercussion c – … [Read more…]
Face to face interpersonal communication can be roughly divided into three methods. These methods are visual, verbal, and physical. These methods also escalate in intensity with visual being the most indirect and physical being the most direct method. Visual communication can be thought of as body language. Body language is a highly effective means of … [Read more…]
Why it is usually so hard to respond to street harassment. Why “Not interested.” makes it easier. The nature of verbal and visual street harassment makes it difficult to respond effectively. When the harassment comes in the form of a single unexpected comment or behavior, it most likely catches you by surprise. Therefore, you must … [Read more…]