MARTIAL ARTS

Learning the art of martial defense is definitely one way to effectively protect yourself against a potential attacker.  Martial arts focuses on doing damage defensively in the spots that can take down an attacker with a minimum of force.  You might be surprised at what effect a finger hold on a pressure point can do to another person.

We are not experts of martial arts, so we cannot tell you how to perform these moves.  There are many, many styles of martial arts - karate, judo, shotokan, shudokan, jeet kune do, kung fu, etc., etc.  No one style is any better than another.

Even if we were to show you pictures of effective moves that can fend off an attacker, they would do little good in the reality of an attack situation.  While information is empowering, putting that information to work is much, much better.

What we can do is suggest you find a local school who can teach you the basics of one of these disciplines.  Any training is better than no training at all.  Martial arts can teach you the best places to target your attacker.  It can also teach you how to do the most damage with the least amount of effort.

All types of martial arts can teach you at least a little something about how to defend yourself.  Taking a class or two can be beneficial.  You need not become a black belt master.  You just need to know the basics and then go as far as you feel you need to.

A well placed palm to the chin can do much more to thwart off an attacker than a drawn firearm.  An effective flip will allow you time to run away and allow you to save your own life.  The martial arts can be invaluable as a means of protection.

Talk to people, find out what style they recommend and who they suggest teach it to you.  Even in the smallest of towns, we're willing to bet that you can find someone somewhere who is qualified to teach you, or at the very least show you the basics of some style of martial arts.