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Not2grownup is offline Not2grownup Post #71  September 17,2010, 8:41am
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It could be specific to certain ones. But I do know that it happens. Had it happen to me personally....NOT cool haha.
 
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I have trained in a variety of styles of martial arts over the years. After reading all these posts, I have a few thoughts.

I totally agree that awareness is very important. I don't think most people are very aware of what is going around them.

If you choose to carry a weapon of any kind, consider :
1. Do you really know how to use it? I'm talking about practicing regularly.
2. If the attacker gets control of it, can you defend against it?
3. Can you get it out in time to use it? This ties back to awareness.

Martial arts training was designed for being studied for many years. It has many strategies that use a variety of techniques. The techniques are drilled for years to become almost reflex. If you study martial arts for one month, you know nothing.

Self defense classes are design such that it doesn't not require years of study to acquire some useful self defense stratagies/techniques, BUT it does require that you practice what you learn often, otherwise it won't come out during the attack. The more you get used to being attacked (via practice), the less you will panic which allows you to defend yourself intelligently. Most people that take these classes don't practice what they learned afterwards.

One last piece of advice, especially for women -- learn how to defend yourself from the ground. Most physical encounters start standing, but end up on the ground. Hence, you will likely end up on the ground and underneath him. It is very difficult (even for a man) to get out of this position unless you are trained on how to. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art that is very good at addressing this. If you can, join a school for a year. You will not only learn how to defend from the ground, but even attack from the ground.
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Bought my daughter a stun gun, has a leash that disconnects it if pulled from her hand. The guy on the bus that groped her the second time found out how it worked when he came to on the floor later. She just got off and caught the next bus.

The small cans of spay paint, bright colors, that they sell in the craft store is just as effective if sprayed in the eyes at close range. For RV and some home defense the Hornet spray is very effective and reaches 25 feet.
 
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