This page is for people who have a basic understanding of the concepts of women’s self-defense and want to learn more. It is assumed that you have reviewed the Beginning to Study page.

 

• Recommended Book: Fight Like a Girl and Win
• Recommended Book: Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls
• Recommended Book: Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected – Rory Miller
• Recommended Book: The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why
• Recommended Book: The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

• Listen: Prevail #3: Self Defense and the Martial Arts
• Listen: Prevail #4: Models of Understanding Human Violence
• Listen: Prevail #5: Models of Self Defense Continued
• Listen: Prevail #6: Violence Dynamics in Self Defense Training
• Listen: Rory Miller on Violence, Self Defense, Social Conditioning, and Fear of Death

 

• Download the e-Comic Book: What You Know Isn’t So – Making Sense of Self-Defense by Erik Kondo
• Download the printable handout: On Choosing a Self-Defense Instructor by Rory Miller
• Download the printable handout: Making Sense of Commonly Taught Tips and Advice on Personal Safety by Erik Kondo
• Read: Martial Arts Is Not Self-Defence: Real World Violence Prevention
• Read: Social Conditioning: Women & Violence, Part I – Tammy Yard-McCracken, Pys.D.
• Read: Social Conditioning: Women & Violence, Part II – Tammy Yard-McCracken, Pys.D

 

Study the Pyramid of Personal Safety created by Marc MacYoung.

 

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Relevant articles

• Read: Beauty is Everywhere by Kathy Jackson
• Read: Size Matters: On Fighting Bigger Stronger People by Teja Van Wicklen
• Read: Advice for Women  by Garry Smith
• Read: Parking Lot Safety by Kathy Jackson
• Read: Awareness is Important by  Kathy Jackson
• Read: Awareness is Impossible by Kathy Jackson
• Read: To Comply and Go to a Second Location or Not? – Erik Kondo

 

Violations and Physical Assertiveness

• Study: The Violation Triangle by Erik Kondo
• Study: The Progressive Fence by Erik Kondo
• Download the printable handout: The Violation Triangle by Erik Kondo

 

Study About Boundary Setting

• Read: Personal Boundaries by Kathy Jackson
• Study: Progressive Boundary Setting by Erik Kondo
• Download the e-Booklet: The Progressive Boundary Setting System by Erik Kondo

 

Study about Street Harassment

• Read: On the Street Harassment Video by Kathy Jackson
• Read: Street Harassment and the Isolation Bubble  by Marc MacYoung
• Study: Street Harasser’s Intention by Erik Kondo
• Study: Profiling Street Harassers by Erik Kondo
• Study: The 3A’s of Street Harassment Disruption by Erik Kondo

• Download the e-Booklet: The 3A’s of Street Harassment Disruption by Erik Kondo

 

Learn about the Freeze Response

• Read: Fear and the Freeze Response by Kathy Jackson
• Read: Turning Fear into Safety by Kathy Jackson
• Study:  The “Freeze” by Rory Miller
• Study: The Freeze Response by Marc MacYoung

 

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Learn about the basic strategy of the 5D’s of Self-Defense and more:

• Read: 10 Things About Criminals by Teja Van Wicklen
• Read: 12 Rules of Disengagement by Teja Van Wicklen
• Read: The Best Place to Start by Teja Van Wicklen
• Study: The 5D’s of Self-Defense by Erik Kondo
• Download the printable handout: The 5D’s of Self-Defense by Erik Kondo
• Download the e-Booklet: Making Sense of Self-Defense by Erik Kondo
• Download: 12 Rules of Disengagement by Teja Van Wicklen

 

(B)

• Read: The Self-Defense Continuum, Part I – Teja Van Wicklen
• Read: The Self Defense Continuum, Part II – Teja Van Wicklen
• Read: The Self-Defense Continuum, Part III – Teja Van Wicklen
• Read: The Self Defense Continuum, Part IV – Teja Van Wicklen