women - safety tips

[treelizard]

Instead of what? Why not both?

[Garland]

Amen! Lizzy gets it!

Go figure...

Treelizard da bombnizzle!

[EmptyneSs]

Amen! Lizzy gets it!

you dont know that.

[treelizard]

Amen! Lizzy gets it!

Treelizard da bombnizzle!

Aw, shucks.

[Garland]

you dont know that.

Uh...no...I do. I believe that cross training sport arts (like muay thai and bjj and maybe judo) and a good RBSD program (like Tony Blauer's stuff, or something like what Demi Barbito is doing) is a damn good idea for women's self defense. Add a little Kali and some combative firearms training, and it's probably the most comprehensive thing you could do.

I believe people should mix all their arts like a layer cake, you know...keep their ranges and weapons covered with the best techniques and tools available to them, as well as learn and maintain, and improvise strategies and avoidance techniques to learn to AVOID needing to use those tools, or how to better use those tools in a variety of scenarios that justify varying levels of agressive response...everything from calmly leaving the area and being watchful, up to a situation wherein killing the opponent by shooting or slicing them is the only option.


MMMmmmmmmm cake. Uber killa death cake...



with sprinkles.

[Garland]

you dont know that.

At least it's not Scottish women's self defense...

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e53247Kw9q3eKr

[EmptyneSs]

At least it's not Scottish women's self defense...

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e53247Kw9q3eKr

would you get on the chick in that video? this question is for you as well treelizard.

[Garland]

would you get on the chick in that video? this question is for you as well treelizard.

I can honestly say...
















I've done worse than that girl in the video. Who knows...that accent might be kinda hot if she was talking dirty.

[szorn]

I don't know anybody that never goes to places alone at night.

The worse thing about some women's self-defense classes (or even well-meaning people giving SD advice) is that they expect you to act like you're three and never go anywhere late at night, or walk by yourself, or leave your car, or ever have a drink, and on and on and on. Totally unrealistic.

That's a good point and one that I mentioned above- NEVER is a negative and limiting term. It limits how people live rather than empowering them to live safer. We can still provide the same safety tips but change the wording a little. How about this? Instead of saying "never go out alone" why not say "avoid going out alone if possible" or better yet "attempt to go out with friends and family when possible instead of going alone". However, it should be understood that these are only safety suggestions and it doesn't mean that people are being unsafe when they actually do go out alone. It's these types of limiting safety tips that actually cause women to avoid taking self-defense classes, because they think they are going to have to completely change their lives if they want to be safer.