Re: Can you defend yourself?
Sure I can defend myself if I get attacked.
Growing up, I got into plenty of fights in school and otherwise. I was pretty hot-headed. It hurts but what that does is give you experience to think in the heat of the moment. All this talk looks very lyrical but when you’re actually in the thick of it, its hard to think and it is over before you know what hit you.
That’s why I recommend everyone takes some form of self-defence classes. As Faris mentioned Krav Maga is incredibly effective and is now taught to most police, paramilitary and military forces around the world. Its widespread too and I’m sure you can find classes in almost every major city in the world.
I’ve been through three knife attacks, one gun-point robbery and plenty of violent altercations. AlhamdliAllah I’ve gotten lucky in all scenarios and funny enough, I was arrested three times (For the three knife attacks) but released eventually because it was self-defence. I think the best thing I ever did was train (Boxing, BJJ and MT). What that gave me was an awareness of everything that was happening around me, good reflexes and response dynamics. After a while, you learn how a particular kind of person is most likely to attack you, there are certain behaviours and patterns that you can just pick out at a distance.
So yeah, kicking them in the balls or gouging out their eyes looks lovely on paper. But you need to train. And if you’re not trained.
Shout, thrash and run as hard and as fast as you can.
Any powder is an awful choice as a self-defence ‘weapon’. You are as likely to get it in your face as the attacker. There’s a reason proper self-defence sprays use a relatively high pressure concentrated burst.
Smart move. The first rule of self-defence is to acquiesce. You can be a hero/heroine or you can walk away and live another day. All this talk about bravery sounds beautiful but unless you have had professional training, you need to walk away.