Share your self defense tips and techniques here?

Answer 1

If there's a lot of people, just tell the guy that threatens you that you are gonna scream if he doesnt disappear. If you are all alone and his close to you. poke his eyes with your fingers, or if wearing stilletos, step on his foot (they are handy you know). If in a distance. Let the person get near you and hit the guy in the balls.

Answer 2

Start with awareness of your surroundings any time you leave the house. Don't get immersed in a cell phone conversation or much of anything else when you are in an environment that you are not completely sure you are safe in. Keep your head up and your eyes open. You don't want to look like prey. Move in a self assured manner and don't appear to look lost or confused on where you are going.

Avoid risky behavior. Young people regularly participate in risky behavior because its so much fun, right the second it blows up in your face. Avoid going places that have a bad reputation or are known for "wild" stuff happening.

While I think that there are more efficient ways to learn self defense than traditional or even modern martial arts, they are the best place to start. You will learn to properly stike and get used to someone taking a swing at you. There is a lot of value in most any martial art class, the phycial conditioning if nothing else. But remember that self defense is not about beating up the other guy. Its about surviving, about getting away with realitivly little harm and not having the police looking for you.

Some people immediatly say "get a gun". That is not bad advice but if a gun is all you have in your toolbox it becomes the solution for everything. If a guy bumps you in the line at the movies and gets belegerent, are you going to pull your gun out on him? That is not the proper solution. If all you have is a hammer then every problem begins to look like a nail. You need more tools in your toolbox.

If you do pursue a firearm, get competent training. Know how to use the firearm safely and tactically. But also learn when to and not to use it in a legal manner.

Self defense it not about learning a martial art or a few techniques. It is journey with no end. You and only you are responsible for you safety. The police have no legal obligation to protect you. Take the responsibility seriously.

Answer 3

if you are female, either enroll in a martial arts class and be prepared to work at it seven days a week for several years, so that maybe - just maybe - you'll be a match for the average male assailant. Or carry a gun.

And know how and be willing to use it. Also, keep it in your hand (keep your hand in your pocket in your purse, whatever), when you are in situations where you are extremely vulnerable - like a dark, covered semi-deserted parking deck. A gun is useless unless it can be put to use almost instantly.

Forget about keys, rat tail combs, etc. Even mace and pepper spray is ineffective lots of the time. Ask any cop.

Pay more attention to staying out of situations where you are vulnerable than trying to figure out how to get out of them once it's too late, even if you are willing to do some or all of what I recommended.

You can't intimidate nor dissuade your average hunk of street trash with hatpin or a key or the proverbial kick in the nuts (men protect them instinctively, and those kicks are a lot harder to land than the movies would indicate). Once committed to taking your purse, your p*ussy or your life, they won't back off. They have to be physically debilitated, and that's one HELL of a lot harder to do with bare hands or Hawaiian fist sticks and keys and what not than the jerks that make millions teaching these idiotic weekend self-defense for women classes want you to realize.

Answer 4

I have a cousin who lives in the city of Toronto. She is very petite, very attractive, and physically unable to protect herself.
She used to have to work late downtown and then catch the transit system back home in the north end.
One night she was waiting for the subway and she thought there was this guy who began to follow her. She got onto the subway and then got off at her stop to catch her bus. He was the only other person who got off and he just kept staring at her. She began to feel very afraid when he began to walk toward her, acting jumpy.
So she began picking her nose like no tomorrow, just sticking her finger way up and then looking at what was on her finger.
Well, this guy got so grossed out that he just stopped, turned, and walked away.

No, that's not a joke, and guess what? It worked again about 10 months later with another creep.
It makes sense. It would gross the guy out and throw his sick train of thought way off its rails.
So, it might just work for someone else. The point being, it was gross but just might have saved her life.

Answer 5

I'm 5'7" and 190 lbs. The other guy was 6'4" and 300 pounds. I pray, in such situations. Never been hospitalized yet, so I guess it works.

Answer 6

always hold your keys in your hands when you are walking somewhere by yourself. put one key (preferably a longer, sharper one) in between your two fingers that are next to your thumb. if someone grabs you, you may have a good chance to stab them with it. hopefully they will be surprised and let you go for a second, giving you a chance to run or scream.

Answer 7

Don't get married!
Don't cohabit!
Install covert video cameras in your house!!
Work in a male dominated profession!!
Expatriate from the US or the UK!!

P.S. Are you trying to give the fembots here material that they can play with themselves about? I thought feminists were against pornography.