Hi Crazyjoe,
The points you make in your original post is all good, common sense advice.
I would think that the point you are making in your original post is a "given". But the implication of it is a little misleading. The implication being that there is NOTHING a woman can do to defend herself against a larger stronger man once an assault has gone physical. There are countless examples of smaller, weaker women incapacitating a larger, stronger attacker. Are the odds against her? You bet, IF it is an "All-out" fight, but though women are frequent victims of assault they are rarely involved in "all-out" altercations where the assailant is willing to fight to the death to win. That is just not the nature of MOST predators.
It is really important to keep in mind that men who attack women are looking for a victim, not a fight. In most cases when an assailant realizes that the intended victim will do everything in her power to fight back, the assailant flees NOT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T BEAT/DEFEAT HER, BUT BECAUSE HE IS FEARFUL OF GETTING CAUGHT. Again, most rapists are looking for a prey, not an adversary.
If your point is that a larger stronger man would usually beat a smaller weaker in an all-out fight, then I agree. But again, this isn't a typical example of how women are involved in violent situations. It is NOT about 2 combatants fighting to the death as your post seems to presuppose, usually it is about one person trying to victimize the other, when the victimization doesn't go as planned, the assailant will usually give up the assault. This is the case in 3/4 attempted assaults against women.
However, the goal of all good training, first and foremost, is to AVOID potentially dangerous situations. This is done through 1) awareness and listening to your intuition. 2) confident body language 3) verbal skills to diffuse potentially dangerous situations. As you know, there is a great deal to each of these aspects of personal safety.
The goal of all women (& men) should be to avoid a physical altercation is at all humanly possible. Most situations can be prevented, through the above mentioned precautions. However, for those situations where one is unable to prevent or stop an assault through awareness, confident body language or verbal skills, physical fighting will USUALLY make the assailant flee, as soon as the assailant realizes that the woman does not make a good victim.
Best,
Perry
www.impactpersonalsafety.com