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Introduction to Self Defense - Situational Awareness

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Self Defense
Self defense is different from combat, sport, or fighting because the attacker selects perceived weak
target - predator and prey mentality. A lot of times, this can be avoided through situational awareness,
paying attention to your surroundings and de-escalation skills. We have a culture of compliance and
need to “be nice”. We will discuss verbal confrontation, telling the attacker to back off and yelling to
back them off. When all alternatives have failed, physical aggression is the last resort to a threat. The
physical response should be dictated by the level of threat, relative size of attacker and the general
circumstances. There are no rules in a self defense situation. This is not a tournament, you didn’t ask for
it, and it’s not going to be fair. We will discuss pressure points and vital areas to attack. We will cover
defense against grabs, strikes, holds, and chokes.
Agenda:
Introduction and opening comments.
1. Situational Awareness
2. De-escalation Skills
3. Grab Prevention
4. Grab Defense

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