This document provides self-defense tips and strategies for ensuring safety and protecting oneself from potential assailants. It emphasizes being alert of one's surroundings, trusting one's instincts if feeling uncomfortable, and committing fully to verbal or physical resistance if threatened. The document stresses that assailants may appear non-threatening but can be anyone known to the victim. It encourages cultivating an assertive demeanor and acting decisively through techniques like gouging eyes or using weapons if under an assailant's control to escape to a safer location. Overall, the key message is for readers to commit wholly to self-preservation and survival.

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

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

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

4. 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

5. 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...

6. 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.

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

8. 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

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

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

11. 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.

12. 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

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

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

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

16. Commit to your survival and NEVER give up!

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