http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news Self-defense and personal protection guide. Tips and techniques. Directory of self-defense resources, products, and services. Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:36:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Use Any Object as a Weapon 2. Technique: Dismount Assailant with Legs 3. Virginia Tech Massacre 4. New Articles 5. Learn More: General Self-Defense 1. QUICK TIP: USE ANY OBJECT AS A WEAPON Well, almost any everyday object can be used to protect yourself. Improvised weapons are ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2007/04/self-defense-newsletter-april-20/ New articles added: Combatives Manual of the U.S. Army: FM 3-25.150 - learn the fighting techniques taught to the U.S. Army. Download the official combatives field manual! Crime Awareness Months - a list of events held annually to increase awareness of crime and prevention, with sponsoring organizations and how you can help. [tags]fm ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2007/04/new-articles-added-2/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: 4 Letter Word - FEAR 2. Technique: Rotational Defense Against Frontal Choke 3. Blog: 10 Ways to Become a Victim of Crime and Violence 4. Site Update: New Features Coming 5. Learn More: General Self-Defense 1. QUICK TIP: 4 Letter Word - FEAR FEAR can be looked ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2007/04/self-defense-newsletter-april-6/ Need to inject a little excitement to your hum-drum life? Become a victim of crime! It's easy to be a target of criminals and violent assailants. Just follow these 10 easy ways to get robbed, injured, maimed, and/or killed. In no particular order: 1. Ignore Your Surroundings Don't pay attention to your environment. ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2007/03/10-ways-to-become-a-victime-of-crime-and-violence/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Role Play with Children 2. Technique: Side Kick When On the Ground 3. Blog: Date in Jail for Drugging Beer 4. Learn More: Jeet Kune Do 1. QUICK TIP: ROLE PLAY WITH CHILDREN Make it easy and fun for your children to learn self-defense through role ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2007/03/self-defense-newsletter-march-23/ On the front page of today's San Francisco Chronicle is an article about how on a first date at Noe's Bar in San Francisco, Joseph Szlamnik slipped a date rape drug in his date's beer while she went to the restroom. The white powder was later identfied as ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2007/03/date-in-jail-for-drugging-beer/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Feinting Fear and Compliance 2. Technique: Defense Against Hair Pull 3. Learn More: Krav Maga 4. Editor's Note 1. QUICK TIP: FEINTING FEAR AND COMPLIANCE Usually you'll want to counterattack as soon you believe you are in a dangerous situation. But sometimes you will be subdued ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2007/03/self-defense-newsletter-march-9/ A press release was issued by the Mountain View, CA police department warning about recent residential burglaries where suspects pose as utility or water department employees. These burglaries are similar to more than 30 incidents throughout the Peninsula and South Bay in Northern California. Their modus operandi from the press release: In ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/12/water-utility-imposter-burglaries/ Only twelve days until Christmas! Here's a countdown of 12 safety tips for the holidays. Stay safe while shopping and at parties. Be alert and aware! It's easy to be distracted by the crowds, selecting the right gift, being preoccupied with holiday activities. Maintain confident body language so criminals pass you ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/12/12-holiday-safety-tips-for-the-12-days-of-christmas/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Reflections for Awareness 2. Technique: Hip Rotation for Effectiveness 3. Learn More: Krav Maga 1. QUICK TIP: REFLECTIONS FOR AWARENESS You can enhance your awareness skills by using reflections of windows and other reflective surfaces. In Code Yellow, you already constantly scan your environment wherever ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/12/self-defense-newsletter-december-8/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Safe Shopping 2. Technique: Attack the Knees 3. Learn More: Combatives 1. QUICK TIP: SAFE SHOPPING The holidays are here, and for many that means lots of shopping for gifts. Hordes of shoppers means more targets for criminals to attack and steal. The main deterrent is ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/12/self-defense-newsletter-december-1/ 1. Quick Tip: Be a Hard Target Against Rapists 2. Technique: More Ground Fighting 3. Gross Motor Movements 4. Learn More: Reality-Based 1. QUICK TIP: BE A HARD TARGET AGAINST RAPISTS Criminals look for easy targets that are unaware and seem won't resist. The following are characteristics they look for and avoid, to improve your ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/11/self-defense-newsletter-november-17/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Willing to Kill? 2. Technique: Axe Kick 3. Blog Update / AWSDA Seminar Review 4. Learn More: Equipment 1. QUICK TIP: WILLING TO KILL? In a life-or-death situation, your mindset will determine whether you live or not. You may need to make a split-second decision on ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/11/self-defense-newsletter-november-10/ Just got back from the American Women's Self Defense Association (AWSDA) 15th Annual Self Defense Training Seminar in Phoenix, Arizona, November 1-4, 2006. I had a blast! The staff and attendees were very open and friendly. Nobody I met had big egos and everyone was willing to share their knowledge. We ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/11/awsda-15th-annual-self-defense-training-seminar-review/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Strike in Threes 2. Technique: Back Kick 3. Places to Train 4. Blog Update 5. American Women' Self Defense Association (AWSDA) Seminar Update 6. Learn More: Children 1. QUICK TIP: STRIKE IN THREES Most people don't need to know a lot of self-defense techniques to be effective in ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/11/self-defense-newsletter-november-3/ So the Fort Worth, Texas school district that was training teachers and students to fight back against classroom intruders has backed down. In a "clarification" of their defense policy, students and teachers can throw objects at an armed intruder, but not to rush and physically attack him. Greg Crane, the criminal-justice ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/school-district-wimps-out-on-defense-plan/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Vehicle Safety 2. Technique: Ground Defense 3. Halloween Safety 4. American Women's Self Defense Association (AWSDA) Seminar 5. Learn More: Women 1. QUICK TIP: VEHICLE SECURITY A criminal may hide and wait for a driver to return to his or her car to attack. He may grab ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/self-defense-newsletter-october-27/ Halloween is just a week away. Several communities across the United States are implementing different programs to protect trick-or-treaters from sex offenders. Some states have a curfew for sex offenders, requiring them indoors during prime trick-or-treating hours. In addition, there are rules that they must keep their outside lights off, and ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/protect-children-from-sex-offenders-on-halloween/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Use Sound 2. Technique: Hammerfist 3. Blog Updates 4. Learn More: General 1. QUICK TIP: USE SOUND Use sound as you launch your attack. It could be the karate "kiai," a scream or yell. Doing so does several things. It pumps adrenaline through your body, it serves ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/self-defense-newsletter-october-20/ Did you know you can get AMBER alerts via text messages on your mobile phone? I signed up a couple months ago for my area, and today I received my first one. It's a great idea, as statistics show the first three hours after a child is abducted are most critical ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/get-amber-alerts-on-your-mobile-phone/ I wrote earlier of what I believe can be done to Escape from School Shootings and Massacres. Now a Fort Worth, Texas school district is teaching children to rush attackers in the classroom, and use whatever they have on hand to attack intruders. As soon as a gunmen enters a room, ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/should-kids-fight-back-against-classroom-intruders/ A teenager intentionally crashed a car to escape his gun-wielding kidnapper. The kidnapper forced 19-year old Adrian Vallez back into his new sedan and told him, "If you do what I say, then you will live." They drove to 2 ATMs, neither satisfactory to the kidnapper because it required Vallez to ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/teen-crashes-car-to-escape-kidnapper/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Where Most Crime and Violence Occur 2. Technique: Head Butt 3. Reality of Knife Attacks 4. Site Updates 5. Learn More: Jeet Kune Do 1. QUICK TIP: WHERE MOST CRIME AND VIOLENCE OCCUR Do you know where most crime and violence occur? It's not where you think. Crime ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/self-defense-newsletter-october-13/ New online interactive quizzes provide a free, fun, and unique way to learn self-defense, personal protection, and safety. Belmont, California (PRWEB) October 12, 2006 -- Seven online interactive quizzes are now available to test visitors' knowledge of self-defense. The quizzes provide a free, fun, and unique way to reinforce and ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/self-defense-quizzes-launched/ Stay safe this Halloween with these 39 Easy Halloween Safety Tips for Children and Adults. This annual day of make-believe poses risks of accidents, injuries, and abductions. The article includes tips for parents, children, treat givers and motorists. Also how to select or make a safe costume and ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/halloween-safety-tips/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Your Motivation 2. Technique: Kick to Outer and Inner Thigh 3. School Shootings and Massacres 4. Blog Updates 5. Learn More: Krav Maga 1. QUICK TIP: YOUR MOTIVATION Why are you interested in self-defense? What is your passion or purpose? What would life be like if you ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/self-defense-newsletter-october-6/ The Amish school shooting on Monday, October 2 at the West Mines School in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, points to how senseless and more common these school massacres are. Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year old milk-tanker driver, was the gunman. He killed five young girls, 7 to 13 years in age, ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/escape-from-school-shootings-and-massacres/ I recently bought a man purse, er, man bag. It is so liberating to not have my pant pockets full of stuff such as my wallet, two sets of keys, PDA, mobile phone, chapstick, etc.! But if it ever gets stolen, my "life" would be gone - drivers license, credit cards, ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/10/where-to-put-your-purse-or-man-bag-in-the-car/ In this issue of the SelfDefenseResource.com Newsletter: 1. Quick Tip: Stun and Run 2. Technique: Kick to Groin 3. New Articles 4. Blog Updates 5. Learn More: Combatives 1. QUICK TIP: STUN AND RUN The objective of self-defense is to neutralize a threat to your physical well-being. You do this either through debilitating your assailant so ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/09/self-defense-newsletter-september-29/ If in a confrontation, you need to stun and run. We've discussed many of the self-defense techniques for you to effectively stun - momentarily disable or distract your attacker. The time to determine your escape routes is before you think you need to. You will either have warning or not about an ... http://www.selfdefenseresource.com/news/2006/09/escape-routes/