Expert Self-Defense Training for women - in one afternoon
(310) 575-3737 Women's Self-Defense in Los Angeles
Expert Self-Defense Training for women - in one afternoon
(310) 575-3737 Women's Self-Defense in Los Angeles
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To aid you in whatever challenge or task at hand you can use the principles of self-defense. The concept of self-defense is a program to teach you to be aware of your surroundings. Who can’t benefit from that! It is estimated that awareness can keep you out of almost any problem. The key is how aware you are when unexpected situations arrive. This is a challenge all beings have to deal with. No one is 100% aware or even close to it. So, the idea is to continually refine your ability to be aware, and through your growth of awareness, you reduce you amount of conflict coming upon you unexpectedly. As well as coming up with a solution when those frightening situations arise.
We all can benefit by taking the next step in self-defense training and that is to assert ourselves when needed. Who has not been in many situations where the only real solution is to stand up for your rights or those of others. Those who take from others depend on those they wish to oppress to be passive. They use intimidation in some form to take advantage. It is up to each of us to find the path to assert our abilities to deal with potentially pushy excessively aggressive people.
Aggression has been given a bad rap... especially in relation to how women utilize this aspect of a life choice. Aggression can be used for good and bad. When defending yourself you have to be aggressive to deal with someone who also is aggressive after you pass a certain point in your interactions where they refuse to not stop being aggressive. Once being pushed against the wall you must make an instant decision to fight violence with violence. Yes, it is very unfortunate we must deal with some people like this but it is a reality we must deal with. When life calls upon you to survive at times it means you go from assertive to aggressive.
The final step takes place a split second after the aggression choice is made. And that is to take action utilizing your self-defense training. Putting the knowledge into action. Without one second of delay. In violent situations, it is who is first with the most violent action who will fair the best. Fancy footwork means nothing. It is who gets the most powerful exacting hit that determines who walks away. Along with never giving up. When someone is being violent with you it means they very likely will cause you tremendous harm, cripple you, break you, or even kill you. Legally and morally you have the right to stop those who bring violence into your life. Stopping your forceful self-defense actions before you are safe is not a solution in self-defense. Fight until you are free. Fight until you are safe.
What exactly is high alert? It is a sense. It is intuition. It is awareness. Learning to listen to your gut. When something looks or feels out of order immediately pay greater attention to it. Whenever you find yourself in what appears to be out of sorts or out of place or incongruent. Turn up the volume of attention of awareness. Your survival dynamic is warning you if you are willing to pay attention. True it does not always mean something is wrong... but it could mean that... so pay attention.
Expect to raise your alert status whenever you enter unknown situations. Or those unfamiliar environments. Do not let your comrades your ego your laziness turn down or turn off your ability to be conscious of your surroundings. Learn to balance your awareness. Adaptability is the key. Knowing how to flow with a situation is as important as adapting. You can enjoy new situations but you must stay conscious.
This is where people like family and friends come in very handy. We care about each other. We have different life experiences and we can alert one another when things are not what they should be for us to be safe. Though we do not like to consider the fact that we are creatures in a world with an infinite amount of other creatures all with not the same agenda, intelligence, emotional evolution, care, or choices of how to work together or resolve our problems. Antennas... up and on.
We can utilize all sorts of weapons from items created for that use and even ones that were not. As an example a fork was not intended as a weapon but in a pinch, it makes for a very useful weapon. Many things we have around us can be used for an alternate purpose like self-defense. The greater your awareness and training the greater options you open up for yourself.
Once you have been trained in self-defense you have that useful tool with you at all times. Being able to read allows you at all times to use that training whenever wherever. And there are so many examples of tools humans have created and refined that give us a great many benefits. Some tools require you to bring those physical items with us... like a hammer. Knowing how to use a hammer without having a hammer doesn’t mean as much but it definitely lets you use the concept in new forms.
Knowing self-defense gives you the tool that goes wherever you go. It is available the moment you need it. But you have to use it immediately upon it being required. You will not have time to go search for it or get your courage up. You must turn the switch as soon as it is needed. It is like knowing how to fall to the ground. You need that ability while falling. Self-defense training gives you a life-saving asset to use when needed.
One of the advantages of having other members of your family take some form of self-defense is you have a built-in defense and support system. Having someone who is regularly available to train with, refine your practice and be the constant reminder to avail yourself of each other to do something that is an asset to both of you as well as anyone around you.
It may never happen where your skills are needed to defend yourself but having them in those emergencies can truly change your life and those around you. Think of the value you provide yourself as well as family and friends if you have a readily available skill that can be instantly applied in an emergency.
I try to train everyone in my family and extended family to utilize my training whenever they are needing or just want to refresh what they have been taught. Even if only those brief 15-minute refreshers are very helpful.
When an emergency arises... say like the ones that happen in my part of the country... that is California where we have regular disasters from earthquakes to fires to landslides on a very regular basis. The time to prepare is well before say an earthquake hits. If you are not prepared for the quake before it hits you may not fair well at all. No water or food or shelter. Even very minor preparations can make a huge difference.
The type of preparation you take for natural disasters or the training you take to learn how to use any tool commonly used in our society is worth the time and effort to learn. And of course, learning to use it before you really need it.
It use to be enough to have some strong man available to you at home like a father or in a relationship like a partner to protect women against those who wish them harm. But society has changed so much recently. The simple fact is that most women nowadays work outside the home to provide family or personal income and the situations where your partner causes harm.
With this new dynamic now being the norm it is more often that women can be in harm's way. The unfortunate reality is there are men out there who think of women as second-class citizens or think women should stay at home and take care of the home and kids or the misogynist who just hate women for whatever reason they have come to believe about half the world population.
These situations behoove women to now take the initiative and learn tools that keep them able to function in our society without putting themselves in harm. Simple things like knowing how to drive, change a tire, or who to contact when your car breaks down are essential to keep you safe. We all know too well that there are people in our society waiting to pounce upon a woman when they come upon her and she is uncertain of how to deal with a disordered environment in its many forms.
I get asked all the time by both women and men why teach a condensed self-defense workshop? Simply for necessity. In our very over-booked society with so many things demanding our attention it isn’t easy to put on your agenda a long-term commitment to training. Many will not commit themselves because of time or money or both.
A tool is a tool is a tool. Yes, long-term training in any asset especially a valuable asset is better for most people. But, if all you can afford to do is take a few hours and a few dollars to learn to use a life-saving tool - do it.
I would far rather see women learn a few basic skills that can make the difference in being assaulted in its many forms than be completely deprived of such an essential skill. Learning how to defend yourself is not long and complex. Yes, practice is very valuable. That is why I tell all my students if possible train with a friend or family member so that after your class you can have someone to help keep your training up.
I also tell all students they can come back at any time for a refresher course whenever needed at a very reasonable price. Plus I do not turn anyone away due to their inability to pay. I find ways to include them in my workshops and if there are enough of them I create a class just for them.
The key item is that is far more important to know a few ways to use a tool like self-defense on the very first day of your training instead of taking weeks or months or years to really have a functional ability to tackle a self-defense situation.
A healthy body serves you in so many ways it would take a book to list all of them. Most people are somewhat quite aware that a healthy body gives you an asset useful for the rest of your life. How you keep healthy matters little. You want to swim, walk, dance, bike, or do any of the almost infinite amounts of available activities to most of us. Anyone in denial of the benefit of a fit body is just ignoring a healthy existence and is working against themselves.
I have some friends who work out every day. I have others who simply go for a walk 15 minutes a day. Still, others do everything possible not to allow their mind including their emotions to take on any type of destructive thinking. All of these forms seem to work to keep the body healthy and adaptable to challenges.
One of the key components my teacher many years ago taught me was that human bodies were built to be fluid. And what does that mean? If you do not keep your body parts active to some degree then atrophy sets in. And anyone who has allowed that to happen to them - knows it. I have known people who have parts of their body shut down because of lack of use and it was very painful. The only way they improved was to get that part of their body active again.
Practicing awareness to me is an essential skill in all of life. So, it certainly is essential when knowing how to defend yourself. I can think of no better practice for all of life other than the practice of awareness. Everything in life improves with the practice of awareness.
Now the practice is not easy but it is simple. It is the art of putting your attention as clearly as you are able in what you are doing right now this very moment. Every moment in your life is valuable. Every moment you practice awareness adds value to your life. Every moment of awareness puts you into a better world.
Another way to look at it is as ignorance or not knowing which is of little value. Ignoring a problem will never solve it. Stupidity or refusing to correct a disorder though you know it is an error is useless. Blaming others for disorder in your life never works and has a self-ostracizing effect.
Self-reflective awareness improves your ability to think and increases your self-worth by leaps and bounds.
Need help with your awareness? Learn from the many great minds that have come before us and ask qualified people for guidance. And practice practice practice.
With self-defense, your training and learning to be aware of your environment can mean the difference between life and death. Awareness of your environment can keep you safer than any other training or any weapon possibly could. Being aware lets you see those things you need to see to avoid getting into harm's way.
Learning gives you an advantage in many situations. Knowing how to read as an example lets you understand and deal with literally millions of things in our society and world. Knowledge decreases your vulnerability in many many situations. Simply it is hard to con a person who has knowledge in the area you are trying to be conned in. Even related areas become easier for you to see a con once you know how things work.
The tools you use in your life give you access to a myriad of solutions. Education or training or whatever you call the gathering of knowledge or experience in your life makes you deal more effectively in things minor to major.
Training in any particular area gives you the insight necessary to solve any challenge or necessity you come upon or at least puts you on the right track. When you know what to do when someone wishes to do you harm can stop things even before you are in even a slight bit of jeopardy. By you taking training in self-defense you awaken yourself to know what is needed to get done prior to the problem arising. You can even tell before stepping to far in a negative direction that you are going the wrong way. It lets you know if you continue down this path you will probably enter into a more problematic situation. And it also gives you the ability to do something well beyond freezing from ignorance or fear.
When you talk about security you need to be all-encompassing. What does that mean? Wherever you go you should have a way to feel secure. It should not matter if you are at work, shopping, sleeping, walking, hiking in the woods, dating, or any other situation you can think of. You need to know how to be safe. Self-defense items are only part of the picture. You need to know the environment, the people you are with, and if the environment has its own security built-in or if you need to provide your own.
At home, you can have a security system for a quite reasonable price nowadays. Also, have someone you trust check to see that all accesses to your home are secure. When you are most vulnerable sleeping you should have some special easily accessible items next to your bed. And learn how to recognize how to turn many items lying around your home and how they can become weapons for your defense and offense if needed.
In your car, you should always carry something in the glove box or somewhere else close by for you to easily access. Keep in mind your car itself is a huge weapon and a way for you to escape. Always carry on your body something that can be used for defense no matter how simple or compact it may be.
Whatever place you find yourself from walking down the street to heading to your car in a parking garage or hiking through the wild you should always carry a legal weapon. You may never need it in your life but if you do and you don’t have it when needed... it is too late. Weapons are like hammers or screwdrivers which you learn to use and use when needed.
Yes, it is unfortunate we live in a world in this day and age where we must think about carrying a weapon. Though until we no longer need locks on our doors you will need a weapon. Yes, that day will come but do not hold your breath.
It is key to learn how to use any weapon you choose to help with your defense. Proper training with any weapon increases your odds tremendously. That is if you really know how to handle the weapon in your possession. This entails the pros and cons of each. Its strengths and weaknesses. I do know any item sold for a defense that does have some type of instruction in its use. And with today's internet, you can easily find hordes of instruction in their use. Keep in mind the more complex and/or powerful the weapon the more training I recommend.
Let us start with the use of a gun. A handgun in particular. Yes, it is a very good weapon for defense but you need to have more than adequate training to use this wisely and effectively. Go and get the best training you can afford. It is worth every penny. It is important to know not just how to shoot it but how to keep it and know when to use it and when not to use it. It takes your best thinking when handling firearms so alcohol or drugs should never ever be combined with weapon use.
Self-defense items as those recommended by many in the martial arts field provide a very good resource for almost all situations. First and foremost you need to get proper training. Many items are very compact and should be revealed only upon impact to an assailant. You never want your attacker to know what you got until the very last second. Advance notice is to their benefit. The great thing about the varied defense items is they come in all forms and are usually quite affordable for the average person to own even a few of them.
Whatever situation you find yourself in if it is or will be hazardous to your health... get the hell out of there the sooner the better. As soon as you find you are in danger it is in your best interest to find a way to escape immediately. Before someone ties you up, drugs you, or beats you is when you have the most strength and control. Breaking free may be as simple as immediately running faster than you ever have in the past. If held onto maybe breaking free by knowing the weak points of the body to free yourself. Or, maybe a quick hit or two or three first to the right locations to ensure your release and exit.
This mindset is highly important if you are dealing with being captured say on the street and someone is trying to put you into a vehicle and take you somewhere else. Since the statistic for surviving being transported somewhere else is so low I along with most professionals recommend fighting like hell to get away before entering the vehicle. And yes, you might endure some injury and pain but a lot less than if you get taken somewhere more remote and controlled by the attacker.
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