Just shared these in my house, thank you!!!
We need these tips Laby, especially women and children!
Can you and all the military men here please compile a list of these simply self-defense techniques and post them here? It would be invaluable. I will post them each thread at the top!
With tips like:
What to do if approached from behind
When your short how to get the knees, ankles etc.
first line of action...etc.
How to react with a knife/gun/weapon etc
Things that we can use readily handy {I was always taught wherever I go check my surroundings and look for any potential weapon
Sure Piper....be glad to
It may take a little bit to put together
The first step is to be aware and I know this sounds so obvious, but let me explain: I treat life as a series of threat levels (and I was doing this for the last 20 years long before there was such a thing as a "Homeland Security Dept"). You can think of them like a stoplight: Green, Yellow, Red.
Green means "GO" and 99% of the population (except FREEPERS!) is stuck in this mode. They go through life with their eyes down, thinking of everything but their own safety. They wonder what's on tv; who phoned while they were out; what's for dinner; does he or she really love me; etc. Everything but what matters.
Yellow means "caution." You must be aware of your surroundings in a 360 degree perimeter for about a forty foot radius. You should be "aware" of every moving object and living thing in that area. How do you keep track of what's behind you? Well, lessee, if you're walking down a sidewalk and a car passes near you on the road, you can tell by the sound of it's tires how fast it's moving and the wind pressure against your body. Likewise, you can hear when it slows down by the engine noise and brakes. See? If you approach your car in a parking lot, be sure to not only check the back seat, but also under the car before you even get close.
Back to your moving perimeter, you are aware of things and allow your little onboard "voice" that everyone has and never listens to....to let you know something is strange. What about the guy who looks drunk and is stumbling towards you? Is he only faking being drunk, are his feet moving in a coordinated fashion but his body seems to sway and stumble? Can you see his hands? Look around. Do you see anybody reacting to your specific presence, for example some guy crosses the street to your side for no apparent reason? Let's say you glance across the street and become aware that another man seems to be moving in concert with the first. Now what?
I insert a color here to the Traffic light model----ORANGE ALERT is a heightened alert specific to a given situation. It means you are aware of a specific threat to your person. You must assess and then decide how to act and whether to raise an alrm as it were, or disengage and get the heck out of there or finally (and only if you're qualified to do so) to engage. The key is assessment! ASSESS, ASSESS, ASSESS! Look for a weapon or the possibility of a weapon. Look for backup buddies out to the wings or in a vehicle. Assess. Then...DECIDE. From the second of actual decision, you must instantly do one of two things: ENGAGE or DISENGAGE. I always recommend to disengage! Unless you're judicial meanz. Or somebody trained and experienced in this kind of action.
Finally, CONDITION RED. This is quite simply, COMBAT. Slapping leather going for the draw, whatever.
Important note, condition green invites victimization. Condition Orange can't be maintained for very long, you'll tire quickly. But Condition YELLOW can be maintained forever without effort. You can live, eat and sleep in Yellow. It's very easy to take somebody in condition green. It's nigh well impossible to take anybody in "yellow."
This is just the first step to being secure. IMHO.
"What to do if approached from behind "
I was taught for starters to jab into the person with elbow(other hand over fist pushing back)followed by a kick straight back (with high heels of course) and then slam down on the instep. Do this as rapid and as forcefully as you can.