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Women's Self Defense
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Written by Adrian Esperanza
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Friday, 13 March 2009 09:35 |
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About 6 years ago I was walking home from having Christmas dinner at a friend's house. It was around midnight, windy and super cold. All I could think about was getting back to my apartment, put my cozy socks on and slip into bed. Nevertheless, someone around me had other plans in mind. As I stepped out of the subway and away from the crowds, I had the feeling I wasn't alone, and later I found out I wasn't. A really big guy had been following me; he positioned himself in front of me so at first it didn't seem like he was keeping an eye on me. It took me a while to realize that something wasn't right. In fact, something had been telling me that I shouldn't keep walking this way before I listened to that "something". I keept walking farther and farther from the lights and the crowd, and the guy was still with me. I crossed the street and he crossed with me. At such time I realized I should have listened to that "something". Luckily I wasn't so far that nobody could see me. I saw a few people walking and I started to walk with them back to the subway station. To my bad luck the people I was walking with turned the corner and again I was alone. When I looked back I saw the guy who at this point hid from me. My first reaction was anger. I wanted to run and hit him as hard as I could. HOW DARE YOU!!!!! That little "something" came back and said, RUN AWAY HE CAN REALLY HURT YOU. So I ran into a diner that was a few blocks away and said that I was being followed. The owner called the cops who then gave me a ride to my apartment.
So the answer to the question of should we listen to our intuition is YES, ALWAYS. Throughout this experience I kept ignoring that strange sensation I was feeling. I kept telling myself that I shouldn't be such a coward. Walking home by myself is no big deal! Now I know that I should listen to my intuition. |
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Written by Michelle Compton
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Friday, 13 March 2009 09:32 |
Under a year ago, self-defense was a concept in my mind and not at all a reality in my world. In fact, training wasn't even on my radar. Then, on a random day last April, it dawned on me that if I were ever in a real situation of threat, I wouldn't know what to do in order to save myself. Sure, I would fight someone off with the best of my ability because it's in me to survive. But, I had no real skills to do so and in response to realizing that I began to look for a means to learn.
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Written by Michelle Compton
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Friday, 13 March 2009 09:26 |
Not long ago we threw a bachelorette party in NYC for one of my dearest girlfriends. The group of us, about 7 women dressed to kill, hit the town with intent to have a great time. After many cocktails, dinner and a show, we walked a few short blocks to a cozy bar where we kicked some serious tail playing drinking games with out-of-staters who in losing fashion supplied us with even more drinks. We were being picked up by car service so there were no holds barred in our night out. We had a great time.
It's sometimes in the smallest of moments when we discover how much we care for someone else. Though she and I have been friends for years, it was that night I realized how much I adore my friend, the bride-to-be.
Strolling the narrow village streets, walking quite drunkly arm-in-arm in route from the show venue to the bar, we chatted about "doing this more often" rather than waiting for life events to prompt us. Suddenly, two cars on the street, only feet away from where we were, started engaging in road rage with the first car stopping suddenly and the second screeching its tires to avoid crashing. Yelling ensued as the situation escalated and out of nowhere our little happy group was directly amidst unfolding danger. The situation was getting uglier by the second and there was no time for us to get away...
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Written by Damian Ross
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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 11:39 |
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The reason women are attacked is simple: predators choose smaller, weaker targets to ensure there success. Women and elderly people get attacked, professional football players do not.
It's unfortunate that most women do not even study basic self defense and strategy. Traditionally more men enroll in martial arts programs than women to the tune of about 10 to 1. Well all that's changing.
The biggest barrier for women enrolling in martial arts programs is that they are intimidating. Martial Arts suggest an extremely "testosterone charged" environment. The image of men with a lot of egos and attitude has kept a lot of women from even considering a martial arts program. Instead you choose to go to the gym, enroll in yoga, pilates, take a spin class or even cardio kick boxing (this is NOT a martial art). Even though those are worthy pursuits for your body and your spirit, they do little for you piece of mind. How many times would you consider adding regular self defense training to your schedule? |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:17 |
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Written by Damian Ross
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Thursday, 05 March 2009 12:45 |
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Anyone Defend Themselves? Of course the answer is "Yes", but each person has different circumstances. A 300-pound football player is going to have a different skill set than a 130-pound mother of two.
The biggest misconception in the martial arts is that a technique or a strategy will work the same for everybody, every time. Unfortunately, most martial arts preach this notion. They teach the same thing to everyone with little thought as to the capability of the student. Instructors have been trying to fit the square peg in the round hole for as long as I can remember.
For example, the other day, I received a call a woman who has a 3-year-old child and was expecting another. Naturally, she was concerned about her safety a pregnant woman with children is an easy mark. Well, this woman thought she would have no problem using empty hand techniques to fend off would-be assailants. She was convinced that she could "Jackie Chan" a slew of muggers, rapists and thieves with one child in her arms and another strapped to her back!
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