Self defense Program for Women: Your Steps to Survival
Author: Ben Strauss
Author: Ben StraussFour basic obstacle prevent people from defending themselves. Being small isn't, being female isn't either. Nor is it disability, previous victimization, age or degree of fitness.
Number one obstacle thatprevent people from defending themselves is never haven't been taught how to defend themselves. Despite the incredibly high rate of voilence victimization in the world, most people have never received training of any kind in self defence.
Lack of confidence: women in particular lack the confidence of ever defending themselves, as a result instead of taking self defence lessons to prepare their minds and body incase of such an attack on them they resort to wistful thinking that such 'Sporadic' incidences are avoidable if one is extra careful. Forgeting that part of avoiding being a victim lies in learning to defend yourself.
Overconfidence: Some people due to the peaceful experience they've had all their lives, the relative crimeless neighbourhood they grew up in, lack of voilent experiences whether directly or to some loved one makes self defence education dispensable, something they can do without. Everybody prays to live a peaceful life even those that have fallen victims.
Cultural Misinformation: A lot of cultural messages out there simply stripe you of your right to self defence. Messages like "women could never defend themselves against men" there is nothing you can do if he has a gun" encourages many to give up before they're even started.
According to a US government study, intended rape victims are four times more likely to escape from an assault if they physically defend themselves than if they dont.(US Department of Justice 1985). Of course there are no guarantees that you will be safe in every situation or that a particular strategy will work against a particular pepertrators. but choosing not to study self defence only robs you of the possibility of safety.
In many communities in the recent past, self defence skills were considered specialized knolwledge, necesssary only for memebers of the military, police officers and perhaps boxers, or wrestlers.
Today these skills are been made available to novices, athletes, experts, and common joes. But compared to the number of people who learn other life skills the number who choose to study self defence is still astonishing low. And this is very sad because many victims of rape, murder and other such voilence could have had a fighting chance to save themselves if they had posed a professional resistance. According to a US government study, intended rape victims are four times more likely to escape from an assault if they physically defend themselves than if they dont. I can go on with statistics but this is hardly what this read is about. I want you divorce your mind of everything preventing you from taking self safety, yours and their of your loved ones, with a survival attitude. Remember no one is exempted not even 5 years olds.
Although most assailants are men , both men and women are targeted as victims. it is essential to understand that perpetrators asssault men differently than they would assault women.
In general , men who are assaulting men stand and throw punches. they expect their intended victim to figthback. Men assaulting women generally do not stand and throw punches. They attempt to surround the woman physically from the front or behind and force the victim to the ground. Men assaulting women do not expect resistance and often have a prescribed scenario in their head in which the victim is passive. Intimidation, humiliation and power over the victim are usually the goals of the assailant. Female intended victims can sucessfully end many attempted asssaults by showing forceful, immediate resistance of any kind.
I have studied a lot of materials online and offline on self defence, some acceptable others plain crap. Whatmany failed to address along with self defense education ispersonal protection; this is an entirely different aspect of safety. For a compehensive Education on your personal Safety, I have put up a preview to Fred Vogt "See Sally Kick Ass" on this site.
About the Author:
The Author of this article Ben Strauss Run a Blog on Personal Safety and Self defence martial at http://www.martialblog.yolasite.com/blog