Self Defense Begins with Awareness

This is a fantastic article on awareness.  Those of you who have taken my classes know that I preach awareness before physical skills as every good instructor should.  Awareness is the key to preventing so many bad things from happening.  The article is written by the “Well Armed Woman” and speaks about these things as…

10 Great Self Defense Tips.

This is a fantastic article and hits all the high points.  I especially like the intro on not to ignore a “bad feeling”.  This is key.  Our sub conscience will pick up on clues that our conscience brain will ignore.  Listen to that bad feeling and change your physical location immediately.  Read it share it…

What to do if YOU’RE Being Stalked

I think this happens more than we would like to admit.  Sometimes it resolves itself, but sometimes it doesn’t and it escalates, just like what happened in Boise as referenced in the article.  Some takeaways from this is the following:  Know your laws in your state and city about restraining orders, or civil protection orders…

Pre-Assault Body Language.

Matthew get it 100% correct.  I love this article and how precise he is in his description.  These 8 indicatiors are signs of trouble and need to be paid attention too.   Read this and commit the indicators to memory.   By Matthew Schafer Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved http://schaferselfdefense.blogspot.com/2014/02/pre-assault-body-language-indicators.html Violence has been thoroughly studied…