Learn how to avoid violent crime and not become a victim or a statistic. Crime has patterns and you can learn to recognize them. This presentation can help you do just that.

1. Violence does not have to happen to you.

2.  Josh Waltzing
◦ 4th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo
◦ Executive Director
 Enriching Confidence, LLC
◦ Head Instructor
 Schutz Taekwondo Academy
 Sauk Centre Taekwondo Academy
 Empower Boxing Alexandria
 Enriching Confidence Homeschool Martial Arts
◦ Licensed Secondary Social Studies Teacher
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3.  Some claim
this video is
Self-Defense
◦ Take years of
training to
master.
◦ Can get you
arrested!
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4. Self defense
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Admitting to something usually criminal
Used to stop criminal activity done unjustly
to you

5.  If you claim self-defense
◦ Must prove you did not commit a crime
No longer innocent until
proven guilty!
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Threat to you is physical
Not a possibility,
it IS
HAPPENING
Did not create or escalate
the situation
Stopped after
threat had
passed
Self-Defense

7. Identifying the Patterns of Violent Crime

8.  Intent
 Interview
 Position
 Attack
 Reaction
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Handout is a quick reference guide.

9.  Counter to the
Five Stages
 Blocks of
Prevention
between Crime
and You
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10.  Creator of
◦ “Five Stages”
◦ “Pyramid”
 Former Los
Angeles gang
member
 Now teaches and
writes around the
world
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11.  Websites to get more information
www.NoNonsenseSelfDefense.com
www.MarcMacYoung.com
 Books
Safe in the City
In the Name of Self-Defense
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12.  Guarding Stance
◦ Looks Passive
 Mobility and
Defense
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13.  Process
◦ Goals
 Money
 Respect
 Self-Satisfaction
◦ Stages
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14.  Actuality
◦ Groups self-
segregate
◦ Most violence
between alike people
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15.  External Evaluation of
Crime
◦ Reality versus Actuality
◦ Jeopardy versus Intent
 You are NOT a mind reader!
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16. Key Idea:
Known Dangerous Behavior
KDB = Jeopardy
Only then justified in self-defense
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17. From Argument Defense Stance
Reactionary Blocks
10 Blocks to Protect your Whole Body
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18.  Intent (KDB)
◦ Decision to Commit
a Crime
◦ Let your senses tell
you
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19.  Interview
◦ Decides you are a target
◦ Most attackers will interact with their target
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20.  Five Types of
Interviews
◦ Regular
◦ Hot
◦ Escalating
◦ Silent
◦ Prolonged
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21.  Positioning
◦ Putting himself into a superior
position
◦ Five Tactics
 Closing
 Cornering
 Surprise
 Surrounding
 Pincer
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Coincidence?
Stop , Look, then Move!!
Occur in any Order
Prepare thyself, because
“its” going to hit the fan!

23.  Attack
◦ Where assault occurs
 Reaction
◦ Related to attacker
 Robbery becomes Rape/Homicide
 “Ultimate Power”
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24.  Closed Fist
◦ Many facial punches
break these bones.
 Open hand
◦ Less difficult
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Open Hand Argument
Defense Stance
Lead Jab
• Using front hand
• Moves in a straight line
Cross Strike
• Back hand
• Straight line, no
circles

26. The Bricks between You and Violence

27. Refer to Handout for
a quick study of the
Pyramid
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28.  The Foundation of
Safety
 Examples
◦ Five Stages of a
Violent Crime
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29.  Make-up of the Criminal Mind
◦ Extreme Egomania
◦ Manipulative
◦ Poor Social Skills
◦ Can’t delay gratification
◦ No Conscience
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30.  Potentially
Violent Behavior
◦ No Checks and
Balances
◦ Character Flaws
become
 Defining
characteristics
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31.  Actions done on
Daily Basis
◦ Do them once
and walk away
 Deter and Foil
 Like an Iceberg
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32.  Repetitive
actions done to
ensure safety
◦ Not thought
about, just done
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33.  What are Examples of Habits and Walk-Aways
you can start TODAY to stay safe?
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34.  Blend of Habits
and Knowledge
◦ Observe and
React
◦ Internal “Alarms”
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35.  Awareness
◦ Fringe Areas
 Close to people but
beyond assistance
 Parking Lots
/Ramps?
 Stairwells/Elevators?
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36. Why are the
following areas
dangerous
◦ ATMS
◦ Leaving an
Event/Location
◦ Public Restrooms
◦ Apartment laundry
Room
◦ Others?
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37.  Helps you move
when things start
going wrong.
 “Shadow Dance”
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38.  See the Five
Stages
developing?
◦ STOP and Analyze,
then
◦ MOVE!
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39.  Legs are strongest
but have major
weak points
◦ What are they?
 Skills:
◦ Front kick
◦ Roundhouse
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40.  Self-Worth
◦ YOU DO NOT
DESERVE TO BE
VICTIMIZED!
◦ How you think
and appear to
others?
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41.  Must have them first.
◦ Submissiveness and Pacifism is not
self-defense
 Make a choice NOW!
◦ To Defend them or not
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42.  Boundaries
◦ Drs. Cloud and Townsend
 Answers Boundary
Questions
◦ Can I set limits and still
be a loving person?
◦ Why do I feel guilty or
afraid when I consider
setting boundaries?
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43.  Verbal
◦ Assertion versus
Aggression
◦ Aggression begets
violence
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44.  Physical
◦ Like your home
 Grey areas
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45. Aggressive versus Assertive
One keeps you safe
Other may KILL you!
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46. Verbally invading
their territory
Induces retaliation
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47. Appropriate level
to defend
yourself
Showing that you
are not a target
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48.  Change the attackers focus
 Different Techniques
◦ The Poke
◦ Armpit Strike
◦ Patella Stomp
◦ Thumb to Eye
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49. Assertively defending
yourself
Don’t chase them.

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51.  Physical Self-
Defense
◦ Protection
◦ “Damage Control”
◦ Keys to Success
1. Timing
2. Confidence
3. Accuracy
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52. There is NO “Ultimate Self-Defense Technique”

53.  Wrist Releases
◦ One hand
 Choke Hold
◦ Two hands to
throat
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54.  Bear Hug
 Two Hands
from Behind
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55.  Weapons for self-defense
◦Keys
◦Pens
◦Kubatan
◦Pepper Spray
◦Just about anything
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56.  You do not deserved to be victimized
 Your family does not deserve you being
victimized
 Take time for yourself to learn how to avoid
violent situations
 Prevention is better than violence every day of
the week!
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57.  Questions?
 Comments?
 Concerns?
 Find Schutz Martial Arts on
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter
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58.  Books
◦ Boundaries – Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John
Townsend
◦ Why does he do that? – Lundy Bancroft
◦ Safe in the City – Chris Pfouts and Marc MacYoung
◦ Not an Easy Target – Paxton Quigley
www.notaneasytarget.com
 Advocates
◦ Someplace Safe – www.someplacesafe.org
 Websites
◦ www.nononesenseselfdefense.com
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