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WOMENS CRITICAL DOUBTCOURSE 1-INTRUCTORSMANUAL

Practical Womens Self Defence StrategiesUncompromising Excellence in Martial Arts Tuition

By Instructor Sharon Butler


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Practical Womens Self Defence Strategies

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Contents

About the Course ..........................................................................................................................................3

Violence against Women know the facts ...................................................................................................4

Awareness Strategies Prevention and Assertiveness .................................................................................5

Defensive Tactics ...........................................................................................................................................5

Facing Violence ..............................................................................................................................................6

Abduction ......................................................................................................................................................6

Avoid Abductions ......................................................................................................................................6

Abduction by Car .......................................................................................................................................7

Self Defence ...................................................................................................................................................8

Body Language - ........................................................................................................................................8

Verbal Strategies .......................................................................................................................................8

Distance and Time .........................................................................................................................................9

Adrenal Stress Fight or Flight .....................................................................................................................9

IMPROVISED WEAPONS ............................................................................................................................. 11

STANCES ..................................................................................................................................................... 12

Striking Tools and Techniques .................................................................................................................... 13

Repeat Drill this time to an attempted kick , ......................................................................................... 16

Drill - Striking Techniques ....................................................................................................................... 17

Hit and Run ............................................................................................................................................. 30

BASIC GROUND DEFENCE ........................................................................................................................... 31

Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 33


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Violence against Women know the f acts

In Australia:

40% of women have experienced violence since the age of 15

29% of women have experienced physical assault

17% of women have experienced sexual assault.

16% of women have experienced violence by a current or previous partner

in their lifetime.

33% of women over 15 have experienced inappropriate comments about

their body or sex life

25% of women have experienced unwanted sexual touching

19% of women have been stalked

34% of women who have ever had a boyfriend or husband have

experienced at least one form of violence

14% of girls aged 12 to 20 have experienced rape or sexual assault

Women are most at risk of violence in the home and from men they know

The most common location for physical assaults to occur for women is in

the home

Young women are at greater risk of violence than older women

In the previous 12 months, the most frequent category of perpetrators was

male current or previous partners, and the second most frequent category

was male family members or friends

(Source; Women's Safety Report, Australian Bureau of Statistics)


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Awareness Strategies Prevention and AssertivenessWhen it comes to women's self defence, it is especially important for women to

develop a self defence strategy.

Learn self-defence techniques - This is the foundation for any good self defence

strategy.

Self defence tools - Learning how to use and carrying self-defence items or

improvised weapons

Practice - By practicing techniques you will gain the edge you need to react in athreatening situation.

You must be aware of whats going on around you at all times.

Keep your ears open.

Make frequent visual scans.

While this not only helps you to see whats happening around you, bu t it gives the

impression you have confidence .

Defensive Tactics Appear confident - Hold your head high. Keep straight shoulders and back.

Look at people's faces.

Use common sense - Lock your doors, use buddy system, let people know

where you are and w hen youll be home, etc.

Trust your intuition - If you "have a bad feeling" there is probably a reason.

Have a plan - Be prepared to defend yourself if you have to.


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Facing ViolenceAn attacker, an irate customer, or a mugger is more likely to hit a nameless,

stranger than someone with a name and whos empathizing with their needs.

Drill

(Practice with the group)

You start this humanizing process by saying

My name is ______________, how can I help you?

Or something similar. Reiterate simple messages that make theaggressor understand you are bewildered at how this situation got

this bad.

AbductionWhat is Abduction? Abduction means that a person in the course of a crime isforcibly detained against their will even if this is a short distance and small periodof time.

Avoid Abductions

Abductions happen all over the world for various reasons: domestic disputes,

ransom seekers or sexual predators.

Never go with a kidnapper React immediately. Either run, or sit down so he'd

have to drag you away.

Be aware of your surroundings.

Keep your eyes moving, observing everything and everyone.

Any behaviour changes, as he comes near.

A hidden, motionless hand, is unnatural when he walks.

Matches your moves, he stops and goes when you do.

Challenges you, What did you say? What are you looking at?

Sandwiches you , two people approaching from different directions.


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Abduction by Car

Instructors are to talk about an abductor getting them into a car.

Abductors normally want to take women to a place where no one can see them.They will make them lie down, on the floor of the car or in the boot. Mostimportantly explain to the women that it is not over and always keep fighting.

Ask the women if they have any ideas about what they should do.

If in the car leave a trail a handbag, or even shoes.

If forced into a car explain to look for ways to HURT the car. Theycan do this by pulling out wires, kicking out tail lights in the boot, usea tyre wrench or tools.

If in passenger seat explain to the women to grab the steering wheeland cause an accident or crash into another car so the police arecalled.

There are no rules kick out windows, honk the horn, pull keys outof the ignition.

Kick and scream and do anything they need to do to be safe.

Remember to explain that cars need to stop at stop signs or red lightsif they dont attention will be drawn to them.

The abductor may tell women if they cause trouble the will have to hurt them.

The truth is when they get them to where they want them they are going to hurtthem anyway so dont worry about making them mad. Any thing they tell you is alie to get you where they want you. Do whatever you have to do fight, bite orhit its ok.


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Self Defence

The First lesson to learn in Self-Defence is that you are important .

The second most important lesson is to learn to understand that your mind isyour most valuable weapon , in self-Defence we use our mind to control panicand fear, use our brain to assess a situation and to judge the most appropriateaction to take.

Body Language - Staring at the ground, hunched shoulders, hiding your hands inyour pockets and making yourself small, carries the message- Im weak andvulnerable. Women get targeted as easy prey so having strong body language

decreases the risk of being a target. Make eye contact with people, Swing yourarms when walking, take up space. Try not to put yourself in a position where itincreases your vulnerability.

Drill

(Practice body language and verbal strategies with the

group)

Verbal Strategies

Being assertive is an important part of taking control of your life.If someones behaviour is making you feel bad, uncomfortable or scared then

confront the person.Tell the attacker Name the behavior, Criticize it, tell them what you want

them to do: - Youre constantly touching me, I dont like it, stop it Repeat if

necessary .

Your voice is a weapon too. Yelling will alert other people around and can startlean attacker.Shout NO loudly and deeply from your stomach. Repeat if necessary .

Shouting tenses up your abdominal region so if you happened to receive a hit atthat same time then you are much less likely to be winded by it.


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Distance and Time

Have an assistant come out and fall into a fighting stance.

Face the assistant. Instructor hands close to assistants shoulder and slap shoulderquickly. Have assistant try and block assistant cant because of reaction time .

Show technique again this time winding up before strike so assistant can block.

Show technique again this time instructor allow more distance so assistant canblock.

At close range a woman can be successful with their first strike.

A Womans primary goal is to always run first and scream for help- only strike as alast resort.

Adrenal Stress Fight or Flight

Once you are in the face of fear or danger a mixture of adrenaline and cortisol iscast off into your blood stream. This is what may result.

1- Loss Of Fine Motor Movement - Hands will tremble.

2- Limited decision making Skills

3- Tunnel Vision, will make you less aware of the rest of the environmentyou are in limits your ability to see if there is more than one attacker.

4- Time Distortion Time will appear to slow down or speed up.

5- Muscle Contraction Some muscle groups will tense up and contract.

6- Pain Tolerance Your tolerance for pain will increase.

7-Loss of bodily Functions The body is excreting fluid and waste due tomuscle contractions and to make the body less heavy for running away orfighting.


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Drill

Get students to Line up.

Explain to students that they can each gauge their adrenalresponse.

Explain to students that in this exercise they are going to begrabbed by the combat suit attacker.

Explain that the exercise will be repeated later in the course

because how they react to this depends largely upon how manytimes you have been in these circumstances .

Have Combat suit attacker grab students one by one


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IMPROVISED WEAPONS

You should only use an improvised weapon if it is absolutely necessary.

Improvised weapons are different because it is perfectly acceptable to carry themaround.

1. Umbrella - Umbrellas are a great self-defense weapon. You can use itas a stabbing weapon, or you could us it like a baseball bat, swinging forthe head and groin.

2. Spray Most attackers will hesitate when facing a spray can thatcould blind them

3. Newspaper Carrying a rolled up newspaper or magazine to strikewith

4. Belt - An easy-to-undo belt gives you a whip-like weapon with adangerous heavy end.

5. Coffee / Drinks Throw towards your attackers face

6. Bag Swinging a bag like a club

7. Glass Bottle a very dangerous object to swing or throw.

8. Flashlight/ Torch will make quite an effective weapon.

9. Keys can make a good projectile. Punch to the soft targets such as

the eyes

10. Pen - An improvised stabbing weapon.

11. Chairs - gain both distance and control.

Drill

Have these objects for group to Practice with (fun exercise)


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STANCES

Balance - Talk to the women about balance. Standing with your feet together is

not well balanced. L-stance is balanced, feet shoulder distance apart.

Drill Defensive Stance (Passive Stance)

Drill Interview Stance

If someone has confronted you, your hands should come up

straight away.

Step back a small step with your dominant side, same shoulder

and leg back. Tuck your chin to protect your throat and chin.

Keep your hands high, creating an obstacle to help protect the

face and body. You are now in a safer position, aware and ready

to protect yourself.

The interview stance can be used when you are in conversation

with another person.

You should keep your hands at about chest level and use them

in making gestures as you talk.

Keep an eye on your potential assailant, looking approximately

at chest level where you can see movement from hands and

feet.


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Hit the assistant in the stomach (midsection) and explain that this will not alwayswork for a woman striking a man it would be a waste of time.

Now pretend to hit him in the groin and explain that where you hit someone

makes a big difference.Now have the assistant bend over as if about to grab a woman and pointout striking targets/zones.

1. Nose

2. Neck

3. Eyes

4. Ears

Head

1. Explain if hit in nose = watering eyes

2. Explain if hit inside or back of neck = pain and stuns

3. Explain if poked in eyes = cant see

4. Explain if slapped in ears = stunned

Take women through patterns with strike zones.

Have women move into an L-stance . (Remember they wont know what an L -stance is until you show them).

Have the women use a heel palm/palm thrust to the nose and have themshout NOSE and have them strike with the other hand and shout NOSE.(Remember they wont know what a palm heel is until you show them).

Have women use an inward strike to the neck and have them shout NECKand have them strike with the other hand and shout NECK (Remember theywont know what an inward strike is until you show them).

Have women use an open finger thrust to the eyes and have them shoutEYES and have them strike with the other hand and shout EYES

(Remember they wont know what an open finger thrust is until you showthem).


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Have women use a slap hands together for the ears and have them shoutEARS.

Put it all together and have the women say the attack zone they are attacking.

NOSE, NOSE NECK, NECK EYES, EYES EARS (slap)!Have the women repeat the drill until they can do it faster. Make sure theyshout out when striking.

Lower Body

1. Knee

2. Groin

3. Shin4. Top of foot

Have women use a front leg low side kick to the knee and have them shoutKNEE (Remember they wont know what an front leg low side kick is untilyou show them).

Have women use a back leg rising kick to the groin and have them shoutGROIN (Remember they wont know what a rising kick is until you show

them).

Have women use a front leg downward side kick to the shin and have themshout SHIN (Remember they wont know what a downward side kick is untilyou show them).

Have women use a back leg stomp to the foot and have them shout FOOT(Remember they wont k now what a Stomp is until you show them).

Have the women repeat the drill until they can do it faster. Make sure they

shout out when striking.

Have the assistant in L-stance then go through all 8 techniques in one motion.

Have the women do the 8 techniques in the air until confident.

Line up women in 1 or 2 lines and have them do the 8 techniques to the focuspad.

Then have the women do the same again then run to the back of the line

shouting HELP.


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Drill

Defensive Actions Flinching

Have students partner up in a passive stance, hands are

close to your head area.

Have students take it in turns with their partners pretending

to throw punches at each other.

Explain a flinch is something we do naturally so encourage

and develop it.

Repeat Drill this time to an attempted kick ,

have students simply to lift their knee.


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Drill - Striking Techniques

The following will give you some ideas as to some

of the many simple strikes that you can use.

Fingers

Tear at the face and eyes

Fingers to Throat

Your fingers can be used by grabbing orstriking to the throat.

Head ButtTarget the nose or cheek bones or even

the collar bone.


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Open Hand

Open hand strikes to the chin or nose

are fast and effective from a goodstance.

More Fingers!

Tear at the ears, eyes and hair.

Knee StrikesCan be used with great effect to groin

or thigh.

Foot Stomp

These are very simple and very

effective. Scraping down the shins on

the way to the foot is a slight variation.


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Punching is a striking technique that is very overused and over-rated

Look to carry out continuous combinations of short strikes; overload the sensory

system in the head and face area.

Forearm Strikes

Swinging the forearm against the side of

the neck is a super effective strike and

very simple to perform. Your arm

should be kept very slight bent to avoid

a hyper extension .

Forearm Strikes

Can also be performed by pushing your

forearm away from you.

Biting

Can be used as an effective distraction toset up other strikes or to break free froma hold. There are possible consequencesof transmitting infection from theattacker if the skin is broken. If its youronly option you decide.


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One wrist Grab Straight or across

Stance Distract Strike Disable

Attacker grabsyour wrist

Step Back intoDefensiveStance.Dominant sideback

Shin KickHard

Pull arm backPush down ontheir armwith your freearmRotating yourbody

Fingers to theeyes or throatand run toSafety.Use other typesof Strikes/

Two Wrist Grab Low


Attacker grabsyour wrists

Step Back intoDefensiveStance.

Shin KickHard

Pull back withOne arm anddrive your otherarm forwardmaking theattackers armshit each other

Fingers to theeyes or throatand run toSafety


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Two Wrist Grab High


Attackergrabsyour wrists

Step Back intoDefensiveStance.

Shin KickHard

Drive yourelbowsdownwards &inwards

Fingers to theeyes or throatand run toSafety

Two Wrist Grab Behind


Attacker grabsyour wrists

This time stepforward intoDefensiveStance.

Lift your kneeand driveyourfoot ontotheirInstep

Punch yourarmout of theirgrip

Drive yourelbow back intothe SolarPlexus and runto safety


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Hair Grab

Bear Hug Under Arms

Stance Distract Strike

Attacker grabsyou from behind

Drop yourweight andwiden yourstance for morestability

Drive yourKnuckle severaltimes into theback ofattackers hands

Strike hard to thegroin but grab,shake and tearaway whateveryou can get tocause as muchpain as possible.

Run to safety.


Attacker grabsyour hair

This time stepforward intoDefensiveStance.

Use a shinKick again ifnecessary

Get a grip onone or twofingers andbendthem rightback.

Hold fingers ina lock or snapthe fingersandEscape toSafety


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Bear Hug Over Arms


Attacker grabsyou from behind.

Drop your weightand widen yourstance for morestability.

Strike hard to thegroin.

Shoot yourhead backwardsinto the attackersface. Run to safety.

Attempted Head Lock


Attacker goes toget a hold of you

Place your handsquickly against thesides of your headto prevent their armfrom wrappingaround your neck.

Slip underneaththeir arm as they tryto squeeze, keepinga hold of their arm

Keeping a holdof attackers arm,drive your kneeinto the FemoralNerve situated afew inches abovethe knee on theoutside of the leg.


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Striking Shield

Use a padded training aid such as a striking shield to practice your strikes. Practice

applying all of the strategies to maximize the effect of your strikes

Knee to thigh Knee to groin

Shin kick Kick to Thigh


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Kick to Thigh Front kick -Knee, Thigh or Groin

Practice using Combat suit

Open Hand to Jaw Grab and Fingers to eyes


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Tearing at the Ears Open Hand to Nose

Forearm to side of Neck Elbow to Jaw

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Elbow to Head, Neck, Back Forearm Strikes

Knee to Head

Keep away from that standard

fight positioning and get in

close where you can strike

with good effect using fingers,

elbows, head etc


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BASIC GROUND DEFENCE

If knocked to the ground tuck in your

chin protect your head.

Slap the ground to disperse the energyfrom the fall.

Keep one foot up at the attacker.

2. As the attacker approaches

bicycling motion with yourfeet to keep them back.Striking anywhere Around theknee will stop their forwardmotion.

3. Stand up and escape;

Keeping your faceprotected with a bentarm, roll to your sidewhile maintaining contactwith theattackers leg.

4. Plant the foot not

touching the attacker, plantthe opposite arm and raiseyour hips off of the floor inpreparation for theescape.

5. Keep your hand up to help protect youfrom a kick in the face.Now swing your leg that was on theattacker through the opening betweenyour hand and other leg.

6. Get to your feet; Get your hands up andopen. Tuck your chin. Keep your kneesbent. Run if you can or prepare for yournext defensive move.


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Conclusion

Avoiding trouble is your first goal by being aware of what is going on around you.

Your next option is to walk away or run if possible. The ability to verbally diffuseor de-escalate a potential situation is a great skill that requires practice. When

avoiding a physical confrontation fails, you can use the simple counter measures

to escape and use whatever physical force is necessary for you to achieve that.

You have learned the importance of a good stance and how you can use it to help

set up your own attack.

You have discovered Targets, how to strike these targets and how to increase the

effects of your strikes.

You have also learned many general tips that will increase your general Self

Defence knowledge and awareness.

Ensure that you practice at home with family or friends, attend courses or classes,search for more information and dont neglect the verbal aspects.

Build up the confidence that you have in your self and be prepared to defend

yourself.

It is not fancy techniques that will save you but your instincts and hunger for

survival. Believe in yourself, knowing that you can be effective in defending self

Drill

Now repeat the first drill have assistant in combat suit grab each student as in the

first drill, assess their skills and adrenaline rush.

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