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USEFUL TIPS
"Self-defense for women - Life-saving tips"
The elbow is the strongest
point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
If you are
ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back taillights
and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The
driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has saved
lives.
Last night I attended a
personal safety workshop, and it jolted me. An amazing man, Pat
Malone, who has been a bodyguard for famous figures like Farrah
Fawcett and Sylvester Stallone, gave it. He works for the FBI, and
teaches police officers and Navy SEALS hand-to-hand combat. This
man has seen it all, and knows a lot.
He focused his teachings
to us on HOW TO AVOID BEING THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME.
He gave us some statistics about how much the occurrences of
random violence have escalated over the recent years, and it's
terrible. Something like 99% of us will be exposed to, or become a
victim of a violent crime.
Here are some of the
most important points that I got out of his presentation:
(1.) The three reason
women are easy targets for random acts of violence are:
(a.) Lack of Awareness
You MUST know where you are & what's going
on around you.
(b.) Body Language
Keep your head up, swing your arms, and
stand straight up.
(c.) Wrong Place,
Wrong Time
DON'T walk alone in an alley, or drive in a
bad neighborhood at night.
(2.) Women have a
tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working,
etc, and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc).
DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the
perfect opportunity for him to get in the passenger side, put a
gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET
INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
(a.) A few notes about
getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage: Be
aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger
side floor, and in the back seat.
(b.) If you are parked
next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most
serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their
vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
(c.) Look at the car
parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger
side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car,
you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a
guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE
SAFE THAN SORRY. (Better paranoid than dead.)
(3.) ALWAYS take the
elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to
be alone and the perfect crime spot).
(a.) Do not get on an
elevator if there is a weirdo already on there. (Of course bad
men don't always look bad).
(b.) Do not stand back
in the corners of the elevator, be near the front, by the doors,
ready to get off or on.
(c.) If you get on the
elevator on the 25th floor, and someone suspicious gets on the
22nd, get off when he gets on.
(4) If the predator has
a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
(a.) Police only make
4 of 10 shots when they are in range of 3-9 feet. This is due to
stress.
(b.) The predator will
only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times.
And even then, it most
likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
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