My Life - My Worth Self-Defense I Can Live With

Self Defense is a Life-Style Believe ‘it’ can happen Create Safety Habits

Believe ‘it’ can happen

Create Safety Habits

Be Alert and Aware Use caution and common sense Surroundings Willing to alter plans Ready for anything

Use caution and common sense

Surroundings

Willing to alter plans

Ready for anything

Alert to Assailants Look like anyone Will probably look and act nice If you wouldn’t do it for a scary-looking person, don’t do it for a nice-looking person either

Look like anyone

Will probably look and act nice

An Assailant Will Likely Be Someone You Know School teacher, Church leader/teacher, Grandpa, Co-worker, Sister, Date, Eye Doctor, 16 yr boy, Father, Salesman, Brother, Uncle, Dr. in hospital...

School teacher, Church leader/teacher, Grandpa, Co-worker, Sister, Date, Eye Doctor, 16 yr boy, Father, Salesman, Brother, Uncle, Dr. in hospital...

Demeanor Portray Confidence Head up Keys ready Look people in the eyes In a study, assertive body language was a factor that led to the elimination of prospective victims.

Portray Confidence

Head up

Keys ready

Listen to Your Feelings Act on your feelings #1 Defense Tool Your feelings give direction, not explanation

Act on your feelings

If You Feel Uncomfortable (not totally at ease) Walk away Verbal Assertiveness Name the behavior Clearly communicate You’re not fooled and you’re not passive

Walk away

Verbal Assertiveness

Name the behavior

Clearly communicate

If You Are Threatened... Verbally Run Be verbally assertive Weapons Run Resist

Verbally

Run

Be verbally assertive

Weapons

Run

Resist

Get Rid of Faulty thinking We assume the best We must expect the worst

You will always have options up to a point... When you are completely under ‘his’ control Anything an assailant demands will benefit him and hurt you Crime scene one will always be better than Crime scene two.

Take Action With Total Commitment Gouge thumbs into eyes Stab a pen in a neck The power to defend yourself with total commitment is in you

Gouge thumbs into eyes

Stab a pen in a neck

Make Adrenaline Work For You Freeze Panic RAGE R ighteous A nger G iving E nergy

Freeze

Panic

RAGE

Learn How to RAGE For some RAGE is natural Others have to learn how Go Animal

For some RAGE is natural

Others have to learn how

Make Noise Why do criminals commit crimes? Don’t let them get away with it.

Why do criminals commit crimes?

Don’t let them get away with it.

Commit to your survival and NEVER give up!

If you’re going to mess with me, it will be the hardest thing you’ll ever do!