Personal Protection for Mom's

More than seventy percent of women in America encounter a violent crime within her life time. Every nine seconds a woman is battered. One out of every eight women currently living in the US
has been a rape victim. Each day approximately three thousand women report that they have been victims of some force aggression and this is excluding crimes and attacks against your children. Have I gotten your attention yet? Yes, as a woman you could become an endangered species. The truth of the matter is that your safety and your child’s safety is your responsibility, not your knight in shinning Armor (husband, boy friend or brother), the government, your Home Owners association or the security guards. Remember you are not always in the presence of your knight and by the time the police arrive it might be too late. So what can a woman do not to be a statistic?

 

 The answer lies in this African proverb. Every morning a lion wakes up and chases a gazelle across the plain to feed her family. The lion never goes after the swiftest, strongest gazelle. The lion doesn’t want the challenge, the lion wants a meal. So the lion picks the slowest and weakest. When the criminal goes out in search of a victim he doesn’t want a challenge he wants the easy prey.    

 

 As a corrections officer (I worked in a state prison for over 10 years), martial arts instructor and through years of research, I’ve discovered 3 things that the bad guy does not want to happen.

 

1)      He doesn’t want to be physically defeated by the victim.

2)      He doesn’t want the victim to identify him.

3)      He doesn’t want to be caught by the police.

 

He picks on women that he perceives to be easy victims. It’s not how tough you really are but how tough he perceives you are.  To accomplish this goal you must learn verbal and physical self defense as a confidence builder. You must learn to walk like a predator and not like prey. You must learn to project your voice in what we call a bad dog attitude. You must learn to turn fear into power. You must be aware of your surroundings at all times. Yet your main weapon is the simple element of surprise.

Reading  this article or books on self defense will not teach you to defend your self. It can however point you in the right direction. You must become the fastest gazelle not a victim of crime! By the way I forgot to mention that the predator in that African proverb is a female lion. This mother’s Day why don’t you become that fearless Lioness? Give us a call at 305 599-3649 and we’ll give you a FREE personal protection lesson.