Cell Phone for Protection

Crime is rampant in our society. Television, newspapers, the Internet report muggings, carjackings, some in broad daylight, and home invasions - imagine the front door suddenly and violently kicked in. It seems like the number of unprovoked attacks have never been higher. People who use meth and other drugs need money to fuel their habits, and more and more they are resorting to violence to obtain it.

Three Golden Rules Of Self Defense

As a professional, teaching the principles of the discipline to students is part of the assignment. There is no difference in this obligation in any profession. This is true for self defense specialists as well.

There are important rules to consider to raise your level of self defense to be able to handle a wide variety of self defense situations.

Which Gender Buys More Self Defense Products?

Self defense products such as pepper spray are purchased mostly by women. The ratio only differs a bit, with women making about 60% of all purchases. In addition many men buy self defense products for their wives and girlfriends. So the total self defense products purchased for women is about 65%.

The most powerful reason for women to make more purchases of stun guns and pepper sprays is the problem of sexual attack.

Train Yourself In Self Defense

There are many options for self defense training including martial arts studios, boxing or MMA lessons, rape defense classes or recorded materials about all of the above. Depending on your situation, you may consider each option for training speed, and the overall value of each option. By far the most cost efficient option is using prerecorded materials such as DVD's. The learning objectives can be accomplished by almost anyone.

The Importance of Non Lethal Self Defense

Being the victim of a crime can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Hopefully, no criminal will ever make you their target, but if they do. you need to be able to defend yourself - to fight back.

There are some 'experts' who would advise you not to fight back, but instead to comply with the criminals requests and to call the police if you can. The truth is that law enforcement officers are first responders.

Learning the Rules of Self Defense

The first rule in self defense is that there are no rules to follow when your life is at stake. The other rules that you need to remember serve to boost your confidence and make you ready to fight. Your goal is to win and for that you are allowed to use every tactic and technique to your own advantage rather than thinking about your opponent.

Kenpo Karate - Self Defense

Kenpo karate or American Kenpo is described by brisk moves in a swift and repeated pattern in order to overpower the assailant or aggressor. As the definition implies it mainly is focused on the self defense mechanism. The American Kenpo dates back hundreds of years and has evolved a great deal over the period of years and took on the style of the great grandmasters teaching it in specific eras.

Self Defense Tips For Working Women

Women are always considered to be delicate and sensitive beings. Is there a thought that women cannot defend themselves on their own? Yes, there is always a fixed approach that women are weak and they cannot defend themselves and always need men's help. Let's prove this approach wrong. Women can defend not only their selves but can also defend their family members.

Self Defense Training, Train In All Conditions!

Do you know where you are most likely to get attacked? Do you know when? Sure you can make a few guesses, but do you actually know? The answer is obviously NO! Violence happens all the time, in all kinds of locations, it’s unpredictable! So how should you train and prepare for it? If you train to fight in a well lit area, what happens if you are attacked in a low light area? If you are attacked outside in the rain, but have only trained for fighting inside how do you think you’ll do?

Best Self Defense Techniques

If you have been reading any of my posts here then you probably already know what I consider to be the best self defense techniques. In my opinion the moves which are basic, brutal and most effective are quite simply the best. 

Groin Stike

No single move is guaranteed to end a fight. Sometimes the move isn’t executed properly and sometimes, due to drugs or something else, your attackers threshold for pain is higher than normal. That being said there is one way that will usually end a fight when dealing with a man. It’s a self defense move most women should become familiar with if their not already. I call it the "kick him in the balls self defense!"

5 Self Defense Fighting Secrets!

Today I will uncover 5 different points you should know about self defense fighting. These are real facts and cold hard truths when it comes to fighting. If you want to stay alive in an altercation here are some facts to help you win and stay alive.

Self Defense Techniques For Women| Bear Hugs

Okay ladies, let’s look at some self defense techniques that can help you get out of a very common attack, the bear hug. The bear hug is usually used by an attacker who is larger and stronger than the victim, which is why it is often used by men who are attacking women. It can be a vicious attack, not because of physical pain, but because of the emotional state.

Self Defense Moves For Escaping Wrist Grabs

Here are some easy self defense moves for men, women, even young girls to use when being grabbed by an attacker. I chose these moves because the are easy enough to be preformed by anyone, but still effective in a real fight. So let’s look at a few different grabs and how to escape them and counter attack!

Quick and Effective Self Defense Techniques For Men

When it comes to self defense, the fighting techniques you choose should focus on eliminating the threat to you or your loved ones as quickly as possible. This means that there is no room in self defense for fancy or complicated moves.

Forget Martial Arts and Self Defense Classes - These Self Defense Techniques Work on the Street!

That's right! Forget the martial arts and self defense classes, forget karate, forget most things that you have read about self defense. When it comes to a REAL street attack, all the martial arts moves you spent hours practicing under instruction will be useless.

Self Defense Techniques For Girls

We live in a shockingly unfair world when it comes to women. According to reliable statistics, a woman is raped in just about every two minutes of every single day. This makes it obviously necessary for women to be able to defend themselves should they be faced with an attacker.

Best Self Defense Against Assaults

In the year 2009, which is the last year that the federal government had statistics for aggravated assaults, stats show that the rate percentage wise is actually going down. Aggravated assault is assault with a deadly weapon. The penalty for aggravated assault is much more severe than just regular assault which doesn't include a deadly weapon. When you look at just regular assaults, the ones without a deadly weapon, the number of reported cases is actually on the increase.

Top 10 Self Defense Techniques

So, you have found yourself in one of the worst situations imaginable, a street fight. Whether you’re being mugged, or have just said the wrong thing to a tough guy, you need to know what to do to get out of the situation. This is a list of the top 10 self defense techniques.

Self Defense - The Best Ways To Defend Against Dog Attacks

There was a commercial on television recently that caught my attention. It was for a major insurance company that was talking about homeowners insurance. The commercial made note of the fact that an inordinate number of all homeowners' insurance claims were for dog bites or dog attacks.