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This time of the year kids are going to college.
I just finished a self defense training program for girls to specifically deal with threats that they may come across while in school.
Anybody who has kids and especially girls going to college should consider getting them some self defense training.
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I just came back from the ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association) conference in Chicago.
I taught my program there and had an overwhelming positive response.
The simplicity of my training and therefore user friendly applications under stressful conditions were some of the comments from the police officers. It was a great experience to meet Law Enforcement from all over the ...
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There was a study done that discovered that by looking at the skull of an animal, it can be determined if it is a predator or prey. The key is the location of the eyes. If the eyes are in front – it is a predator, like a lyon, for example. If the eyes are on the side – it is a ...
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The traditional self defense applications focus on a particular technique, usually done while standing still.
In a real life confrontation movement is critical. It makes it very diffucult for the bad guy to hurt you. Even with firearms, most people miss movng targets.
Therefore I recommend to introduce movement into different self defense scenarios.
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Being aware of your surroundings is important. It allows you to detect threats early, before they become a serious problem.
Often times it is possible to completely avoid a potentially dangerous situation jusr by paying attention.
In the military and police application this is called “situational awareness”
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In self defense training there is a tendency to focus on a particular area and pay little attention to other issues. I believe that one should have a comprehensive self defense training program dealing with edged weapons, firearms and unarmed self defense applications.
All of the training should seemlessly flow from one application to another because that is what happens in real ...
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The traditional firearms training in America started out as target practice and, to a large extent, it is still taught as a target practice. The real life applications are something completely different. Many people have gotten the CCW (carrying concealed weapons) permits. They completed the tradinional stationary course. Now it would be really helpful for them to learn how it is really ...
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One critical point to understand when it comes to self defense is that under stressful conditions people are incapable of performing complicated tasks.
In other words, all self defense techniques have to be simple in order to work.
No fancy steps at all.
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Women are especially vulnarable to assaults. There is a perception that because as a general rule men are physically stronger, women are incapable of defending themselves.
That perception is wrong. Self defense is not about the muscle. It is about understanding what to do.
There is the whole chapter on self defense for women in my book.
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