If you think you are being followed, walk quickly to areas where there are people and lights. If a car appears to be following you, turn and walk in the opposite direction or walk on the other side of the street.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Self Defense Tip of the Day
If held from behind don’t struggle forward, you’ll only exhaust yourself. Instead throw yourself backwards to surprise your attacker or stomp on the lower leg or foot.
Self Defense Tip of the Day
Awareness Protects You: Your first line of defence. Most people think of kicks to the groin and blocking punches when they hear the term “self-defence.” However, true self-defence begins long before any actual physical contact. The first, and probably most important, component in self-defence is awareness: awareness of yourself, your surroundings, and your potential attacker’s likely strategies.
I LOVE THIS! This is the reason I started 4thegirls, because one does not have to be Wonder Women to defend herself she just needs to be AWARE of what could happen.
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1. Mentally Prepare Yourself
Preparing for a violent attack is no different than preparing for any other emergency and denial can cost you your life. In the book You Are Not So Smart, author David McRaney tells the story of a couple who survived a large plane crash. The husband had mentally prepared for the emergency and was therefore able to quickly take action during the few moments between the plane hitting the ground and the explosion that followed, while his wife and the rest of the passengers were frozen by fear. He grabbed his wife’s hand and ran for safety, as everyone else sat in their seats unable to process the reality of the plane crash. By simply opening himself up to the possibility of danger, the man empowered himself to take action when the “unthinkable” happened.
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Have a Plan
A black belt in martial arts isn’t required for you to defend yourself against an attacker. Take a self-defense seminar, or at the very least watch some videos online. Practice the techniques you learn and use mental imagery to plan a strategy for different scenarios. By contemplating threatening situations in this way, you are training your body and mind to act from a place of power instead of weakness and paranoia.
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Follow Your Intuition
The best weapon you have is your sixth-sense. Although every animal is born with survival instincts, humans also have the ability to add judgment and everyday experience to our base intuition. This should make us superior to animals, but our judgment can sometimes get in the way. If we can’t explain our “gut feeling” in a logical way, we tend to brush it off as paranoia. By trusting your intuition, you will be able to learn the difference between real fear and worry. If you have a sense of foreboding, don’t second guess yourself. It is better to be safe than to ignore your instincts and become the victim of a violent crime.
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Resistance
The best thing for women and children to do when confronted with violence, according to Kidpower, is to leave the situation, by running away, yelling or pulling away from the attacker. You might have to risk injury in order to escape from an attacker. If your attacker points a gun or knife at you, Kidpower indicates it is usually still safer to run away than to remain with the attacker. Resisting forcefully, and in as many ways as possible, can reduce your risks of coming to harm in an attack.
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How to Use Keys as Weapons for Women’s Self Defense
http://www.ehow.com/video_4429660_use-keys-as-weapons-womens.html
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Use common sense and restraint. Everyone has choices on where they go and how they get there.
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Being a victim of a sexual assault or Rape could suffer from:
Depression
Low Self Esteem
Drug Abuse
Alcoholism
Fear of Men
Fear of Strangers
Fear to leave your house
Fear to get into your car
Feelings of Being Alone – No one understands unless they’ve been a victim
Lead to strained Romantic Relationships
Lead to Divorce
Disconnect from Friends, Family and Yourself
Eating Disorders
Self Mutilation
Suicide
Years and Years of feeling or experiencing one or some or ALL of these things.
Please educate yourself!!!!!
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