The women’s personal safety class, which I was greatly looking forward to, has been postponed due to lack of enrollment! Lack of enrollment! I find this absurd. I find it so because personal safety is one thing that women should be skilled in, but never invest in until it’s too late. I’ve heard many stories of women who have been battered and raped, and live to tell their stories preaching to women everywhere to be safe. After the ordeal, they do all they can to equip themselves so there will never be a next time. What would a little prevention have done to change the outcome of their situations? Of course I realize that there are situations when a woman does all she can and things still go very wrong, but we may be able to avoid many dangerous situations by simply being alert. It also doesn’t hurt to know a few moves.
My mom received an email some time ago about a woman shopping at the mall who returned to her car to find she had a flat tire. She was approached by a man dressed in a suit and carrying a briefcase. He offered to fix her tire and did so. Afterwards, he told her that his car was on the other side of the parking lot and asked if she could give him a ride. She felt a bit obligated after his kindness, but thought this was a little strange and asked how he ended up on the other side of the parking lot. He told her he’d met a friend inside and then exited the wrong door. She then realized that his briefcase had been closed in her trunk. She asked him to wait in the car while she returned for something she had “forgotten”. Inside the mall she found a security guard and returned with him to her car. The man was gone, but looking inside his briefcase they found duct tape and rope!
Thankfully this woman used common sense and paid attention to that little nagging voice inside that warns us of danger!
It still wouldn’t hurt to know some moves!
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I've seen some of that womens defensive training before, and it looks pretty cool. Basically, you need to scratch/poke in the eyes and kick in the....well....you know ;)
They say not to waste time grabbing arms; fingernails in eyeballs have a way of incapacitating anyone!
I've heard not to use mace/pepper spray because it could be used on the victim, but i say the odds are already against you, so carrying some good pepper spray and having it ready to spray is probably a good idea - let me know what the class teacher says about that. Maybe I should buy some of that stuff for Lisa.
I took a self-defense class in college. The first thing they said for women to remember is, every man has a button. Hit it hard, and he's down for at least 5 seconds. That's light years of time to get away. I think women feel like its wrong, or improper. Believe me, if someone is going to rape you, wrong and improper are already happening. So, knee to the groin, absolutely as hard as you can, and run.
But yeah, women should know some fighting moves. I like women like that.
in the wake of my disappontment at postponment (which seems to be my life story) I did some research on my own and discovered that an attack is usually preceeded by and "interview" by the attacker. rarely is a woman just jumped and often she is attacked by someone she knows. so, if a woman (or anyone for that matter) can get past the "interview" (i.e. not engaging in a conversation etc.) she may possibly avoid having to use any moves at all.
and she was kung fu fighting,
she was as fast as lightning...
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