tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45168216902488621442024-03-13T02:18:36.937+01:00Women's Self-Defense Tipsmartial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-66149939617745726112012-04-15T00:22:00.000+02:002012-04-15T00:22:30.969+02:00He followed his victim<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Following - a very common method</b></div><br />
Following a potential victim before a crime may be committed is a very common method or MO (Modus operandi) used by criminals.<br />
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It is really quite logical from a perpetrator's perspective when you think about it. It helps the criminal assess the situation and "test" the potential victim. Also it gives the perpetrator the chance of picking a suitable place to strike.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tailgating the victim</b></div><br />
One such common method of following or stalking a potential victim is to tailgate. In this context, it is to follow on the heels of the victim as she enters a gate or door, and then slip through the same gate or door before it closes.<br />
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The following chilling footage from New York city shows a hammer-wielding perpetrator following a woman into a building on Manhattan. He attempted to rape her, but she fought back and fought him off. You can read the story <a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/04/13/video_hammer-wielding_rapist_wanted.php" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">You should be aware of the statistics showing that many assaults happen close to the victim's home, and that the method of following the victim as she enters her home is nothing unusual at all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">In other words, you will need to use your awareness and pay attention to your surroundings as you're about to approach your apartment complex. It is always a good idea to have your keys ready and that you make sure the door locks behind you as you enter.</div></div>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-81521271492356699462011-05-01T17:22:00.001+02:002011-05-01T17:23:07.703+02:00College students, naivety<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Profiling a potential serial rapist and killer</b></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1AT1-zHf4oc7XQB5nydfZ9LLLcyRBZ_m7VVS7pt_4PJkOKsqBvdO3iL_SfKTgS4qZvQWgnMvlWQ26rOIfSSFSqvBzstZ6KoMr-67JV0ONyyfAPjndbaaXtY2ZGcR3XlAVrH2_m9Z5clO/s1600/strangle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1AT1-zHf4oc7XQB5nydfZ9LLLcyRBZ_m7VVS7pt_4PJkOKsqBvdO3iL_SfKTgS4qZvQWgnMvlWQ26rOIfSSFSqvBzstZ6KoMr-67JV0ONyyfAPjndbaaXtY2ZGcR3XlAVrH2_m9Z5clO/s1600/strangle1.jpg" /></a></div>In <a href="http://www.rgj.com/article/20080221/NEWS01/107170033/Profiler-Killer-may-not-stop?odyssey=nav|head" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this chilling article</a>, rgj.com reports about a potential serial rapist and confirmed killer who seems to target college-age women.<br />
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DNA material has linked the man who abducted and strangled Brianna Denison to three other sexually motivated attacks against young women on or near to the campus of the University of Nevada in Reno.<br />
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These attacks occurred on October 22, November 13 and December 16 2010. All victims were quite similar in appearance, according to authorities.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>The naivety of college students</b></div><br />
A former police detective and now a forensic security consultant said the suspect takes advantage of the naivety of college students.<br />
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"These students don't think about all of the horrible things that can happen," he said. "They are living in an area where things are positive, and they drop their guard. They are normally not concerned with the dark side of life."<br />
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How about you? Are you amongst those who tend to think that "crime never happen around here, this is a quite area", "it can never happen to me", or "it is probably going to be safe"?martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-59332850946337468982011-03-19T23:19:00.000+01:002011-03-19T23:19:38.136+01:00Trust your gut feeling!<div style="text-align: center;"><b>A heart wrenching story</b></div><br />
Recently I saw a TV interview with the Austrian kidnapping victim Natascha Kampusch. As you may recall, she was kidnapped at the age of 10, and held captive in Strasshof, Lower Austria for more than eight years before she finally managed to escape. A good part of those years, she was held in a dungeon in her captors house. The interview was a part of the promotion related to her book about her ordeal.<br />
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The part that really caught my attention was when the interviewer told the young woman to relay the day when she was abducted. She vividly relayed how she was on her way to school that fateful morning and how she saw a man (her captor) ahead of her.<br />
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The man was leaning against a car, and Kampusch remembered that the man seemed nervous, "almost as if he was waiting for somebody". She said she felt that there was something odd about the man and she wanted to cross over to the other side of the road. However, she said she brushed the feeling aside and walked right past her captor, who grabbed the girl and put her in his car.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Your intuition at work</b></div><br />
Of course it is being wise after the event to claim that simply crossing the street would have saved Natascha Kampusch from being kidnapped that day in 1998. That is a little too close to blaming the victim in my book...<br />
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What this story does to me, is presenting a prime example of your gut feeling or intuition, and how these processes may work. Very often, victims of crimes like abduction, attempted rape, rape and robbery describe how they get this feeling about something "not being quite right", or this sense of urgency or danger.<br />
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Unfortunately, it is not uncommon at all to brush our intuition to the side. "This can't be right." "He looks so ordinary." "Nothing serious can happens in our small town." "...At this time of the day? Nah..." "Probably just my imagination." Way to often, we are being taught and raised to trust our logic and reasoning and overlook our intuitive mind and our senses. As such, we may indeed miss out on obvious danger signs.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>"The Gift of Fear"</b></div><br />
I will urge you to read the acclaimed book "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker. It's an eye opener when it comes to avoiding violence and trusting your intuition. From what I understand, the book can now also be purchased as a Kindle e-book from Amazon. Get it!<br />
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Furthermore, you will be able to read hundreds of such examples in the <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">Woman Can reports</a> and e-book series <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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And what ever you do, please trust your instincts! They are very seldom - if ever - wrong.martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-10061384204042109992011-03-10T12:53:00.000+01:002011-03-10T12:53:42.616+01:00Woman who cried rape<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Where's the solidarity with the real victims?</b></div><br />
Consider for a moment the pain, humiliation, trauma and some times life-long suffering and multi-faceted setbacks and problems to just cope, any victim of sexual assault or rape may encounter.<br />
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Add to that all the myths, the self-blame and the burden of going through the processes of filing police reports, medical check-ups, trials and what not.<br />
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Given all this, it is truly beyond belief how a seemingly well-functioning adult woman can cry rape. And for what? To avoid paying for a taxi fare! I am utterly dumbfounded and speechless, really.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>A false accuser jailed</b></div><br />
Given the above circumstances, I find it absolutely correct that the British <a href="http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/latest-news/jail_for_woman_who_cried_rape_1_821802" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">woman who falsely accused a taxi driver for rape has been given a 12 months jail sentence</a>.<br />
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In fact i would like to extend a thank you and applaud the proper authorities for taking a stand, basically saying that this will not be accepted.<br />
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The victims will need compassion, support and understanding, each and every step of the way. That goes for you and I as individuals, as well as us as a society. The last thing these survivors need is a slap in the face and more poisonous food for all the doubters and haters out there.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>We all make mistakes</b></div><br />
Look, we can all make mistakes, and I have no problem understanding how a youngster - given the right circumstances - can falsely accuse someone of assault or attempted abduction. As such, there will probably always be a very small number of false accusations of sexual assault and rape.<br />
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Let us however get rid of such rubbish as this British woman was capable of. This is a crime, something which the court now has agreed to.<br />
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In the words of a police detective: "She had numerous opportunities to tell the truth but refused and continued with the allegation which nearly cost an innocent man his livelihood. This type of false allegation undermines the true victims of such crime and this should serve as a warning that we will prosecute people who make malicious claims."martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-80557698168334594372011-02-06T21:41:00.000+01:002011-02-06T21:41:12.949+01:00Taking a bite out of crime<div style="text-align: center;"><b>When being "bad" is as good as it gets</b></div><br />
While reading through some of the cases from the <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">'Women Can</a>' reports, it appeared to me how often a victim successfully fought back through biting her attacker. You really ought to check it out for yourself.<br />
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And without a doubt, using your teeth can be a formidable weapon, something a self-defense course or self-defense instructor may forget to include. Nothing wrong at all with traditional self-defense methods like punches, kicks, ground-defenses and such. Just don't forget that clawing, biting and piercing screams may be just as effective!<br />
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The last thing you want is to exclude these "less aesthetic" (for lack of a better phrase) fighting/self-defense methods. It is indeed times when you might need to fight dirty in order to survive or avoid major harm. In a real-life assault scenario every rule in the book goes out the window, and you simply have to do what ever you do to get out of the situation - from going along with the assailant and surrendering, to feigning, lying, stalling or manipulating; and all the way to using massive counter-violence.<br />
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Below, you will find a select few of the cases from the <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">'Women Can' e-books</a>, instances where the victim fought back "tooth and nails". These examples are some of the more severe ones. There are also hundreds of similar cases where the self-defense action of biting the attacker were not quite as extreme.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>'Teethching' him a lesson</b></div><br />
- In Oslo, Norway, a 21-year-old woman was assaulted by three men. Two assailants allegedly held the woman, while the third man began to rape the woman orally. The young woman bit down on her attacker's penis with all her might, escape the ordeal.<br />
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- An 18-year-old in Salisbury, North Carolina escaped an attacker by biting off part of his genitals, according to police. The woman was walking along a street when a man jumped her and dragged her into nearby woods. Police say the man forced her to perform a sex act.<br />
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- A man attempted to kidnap a young girl in Orchard Mesa, Colorado. Police said a man lured the young girl to his car by offering her a free kitten. She escape when she fought off her attacker by biting him in the nose.<br />
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- A 23-year-old man from the village Mfungwe in Mungwi (Zambia) had his tongue bitten off by a woman he attempted to rape. The incident reportedly happened when the man tried to kiss the woman whilst trying to rape her.<br />
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- Upon arriving at a hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan (China), a 30-year-old man was arrested by police. The man had come in for treatment of his badly bitten tongue, an injury said to be inflicted by a woman he had attempted to rape.<br />
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- In South Africa, a man definitely got more than he bargained for when he had his tongue bitten off during an attempted rape in a village in Limpopo, early on Saturday morning. The incident happened early Saturday morning when the perpetrator broke into a house and found the victim asleep.<br />
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- A 21-year-old man was reportedly arrested in a queue at a medical clinic in Sekhukhune, South Africa just before he was going to have his tongue attended to. A police spokesman said the man had allegedly attempted to rape a woman. The intended victim had then asked the man to kiss her first before they had sex.<br />
When the suspect was relaxed, she bit his tongue and lower lip and kicked him in the groin, causing him to flee, police said.<br />
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- A robber gained entry to a house in Westonaria, South Africa, where he woke up a 50- year-old woman. When the woman confronted the robber, a fierce struggle ensued. When the intruder attempted to rape the woman, she bit off his ear. The man escaped, leaving his ripped-off ear behind.<br />
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- In Taiwan, a 35-year-old man, whose tongue was bitten off by a women he attempted to rape in Chiayi City, was handed a lengthy prison sentence.<br />
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- In San Antonio, Texas, a 30-year-old man was arrested, based on a piece of evidence the victim kept - a chunk of his lower right earlobe. Police said the assailant sexually assaulted a woman on a San Antonio West Side street when the victim bit his ear and kept a piece in her mouth.<br />
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- A 24-year-old woman was reported to have bitten off the tongue of a man who raped her in Mpumalanga, South Africa.<br />
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- In the UK, an attempted rapist described by officials as fat, around 5ft 7" tall and in his mid 50, attacked a 20-year-old woman in a Rickmansworth alley. The culprit would likely be nursing a "significant thumb injury", officials said. When the attacker forced his thumb into the would-be victim's mouth - attempting to stifle her cries for help, the young woman bit the finger as hard as she could – a counter attack which drew blood.<br />
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- A 32-year-old registered sex offender from West Covina, California had his tongue bitten off by a woman he attempted to rape Friday morning in Murrieta. The suspect was arrested when he sought treatment at an emergency room, police said.<br />
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- An Italian would-be rapist, aged 28, had his penis severed after it was bitten off by his intended victim in Roccabianca, northern Italy.<br />
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- A woman was attacked on Prince's Island in Calgary, Canada. The victim bit off a portion of the man's finger, which was left behind as he fled the scene. The woman had been partially undressed before she fought back, kicking, punching and biting the tip of his finger off.<br />
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- A 25-year-old woman from Belfast (Northern Ireland) fought off a 34-year-old man who raped her in north London, UK, by biting through her attacker's tongue as he tried to kiss her, a court has heard. The victim fought back when the man forced himself on her outside her house and tried to put his tongue in her mouth.<br />
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- A man attempted to rape a woman who bit off a part of his tongue in the Masoyi area of South Africa. The attacker had forced the victim to undress her and made her lie down. When he tried to kiss her using his tongue, she bit down hard.martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-5436830737559951952011-02-04T21:37:00.000+01:002011-02-04T21:37:55.558+01:00You're not a rape victim...<div style="text-align: center;"><b>...You're a rape accuser</b></div><br />
At least that may soon be the case if a Georgia (US) Republican state Representative Bobby Franklin gets his ways.<br />
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This nut case seems to indicate you're automatically a victim of robbery, theft, assault, arson, burglary, fraud and what not. Just don't come dragging with domestic violence, stalking and rape. Because, God forbid, if you were to be hit with something like this, you are no longer a victim according to Rep. Franklin. No mam, you're an accuser!<br />
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It appears that Rep. Franklin has introduced a bill to change the criminal code in Georgia so that in criminal law and in court, victims of domestic violence, rape and stalking should only be referred to as "accusers" until the defendant has been convicted.<br />
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Wow.. I'm speechless. You can read more at <a href="http://www.dlcc.org/GA_Rep_Says_No_Such_Thing_as_Rape_Victims" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this post</a> from the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Why under-reported?</b></div><br />
The crazy thing is that some still wonder why these crimes still are hugely under-reported. With people like this guy around (I can assure you he's not alone) and the way the victims still are being blamed and dragged through the dirt - is it any wonder at all?martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-62749504502118466312009-01-06T15:54:00.004+01:002009-01-06T17:07:34.997+01:00The hallmarks of a sexual predator<div align="center"><strong>It' never as "random" as we might be led to believe</strong></div><br />The term "random violence" is often being used by media and police alike - also in reference to sexual assaults on women.<br /><br />As we have discussed previously, this hardly is a precise description at all, given the simple fact that most of these assaults have patterns to them. These patterns may not always be seen or understood by us, the intended victims.<br /><br />A criminal will, in all but the very rare exceptions, use the same pattern (or M.O. - modus oparandi/method of operating) again and again. This fact may be the best self-defense tip ever presented...<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Know your enemy</strong></div><br /><div align="left">What would you do if you had a strong sense of trouble brewing on the horizon? You would try to prevent that situation from happening, right? At least I know I would :-) Like the saying goes: Prevention is always the best cure!<br /><br />So, by arming ourselves with knowledge about how these creeps and sexual predators go about doing what they do, we can increase the likelihood of becoming a victim.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>The pattern of "hallmarks" </strong></div><div align="left"><br />Recently, <a href="http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4023349.RAPE_TRIAL__Sex_attacks_shared_hallmarks/" target="_blank">southwalesargus.co.uk</a> ran an article about one such sexual predator, being on trial accused of attacking four women between 1986 and 2007. Jury members in the trial reportedly heard of a pattern of "hallmarks" which ran through the offences.<br /><br />In her closing statement, the case prosecutor told the court significant similarities lay in the evidence given by each of the four alleged victims. She said there is "a pattern from beginning to end" relating to the circumstances of the attacks, the defendant's behaviour while committing the offences and the detail and nature of the allegations.<br /><br />Now, I'm not in any way suggesting that these victims could easily have avoided the assaults. First of all that would be very similar to blaming the victim. Secondly, I don't know enough about the patterns of this individual.<br /><br />What I am saying is that the perpetrators often have clearly identifiable pattern - a way they go about committing their crimes. Furthermore, there are not an infinite numbers of patterns...</div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><strong><br />Learning how to identify the assault patterns</strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><br />Luckily there is a way to learn more about this - without training self-defense or martial arts for years (whic happens to be a good idea, by the way :), or indeed breaking the bank or taking up too much of your time.<br /><br />The free reports/newsletter found at '<a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">Women Can</a>' will help you identify these patterns in a no-frills, easy to understand and implement, way.<br /><br />Together with the e-book series - also found at the same page - you should be fast on you way to understand more about how the criminals operate and what you can do to avoid being a victim of a sexual crime.</div>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-3466192349012048612008-11-29T19:10:00.008+01:002008-11-29T20:04:49.109+01:00Drugs and alcohol, sexual assault dangers<div align="center"><strong>Staying sober may just be your best line of self-defense!</strong></div><br />This may simply be the most "sobering" women's self-defense tips I could possibly give: The number one "date-rape drug" is alcohol - seriously! And furthermore, a significant number of young women and teenagers are subjected to sexual assaults while under the influence of alcohol and drugs.<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Young people under the influence</strong></div><br /><div align="left">Recently, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten had an online article about this sad fact: Seven out of ten sexual assaults on teenage girls occur in private houses - an increasing number of these sexual crimes are being committed at private parties and after parties.<br /><br />More than half of those who were raped in Oslo during 2007 were under the age of 24. In 70 percent of the cases the victims were under the influence. The same was true about more than 50 percent of the perpetrators.<br /><br />A couple of years back, a Swedish school report showed how a majority of the female high school student at one large school had been the victim om sexual assaults such as rape and/or attempted rape. Most of these crimes had taken place at a so-called "nachspiel" (after party) or parties with school friends and acquaintances.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>"Stranger danger"? Guess again</strong></div><div align="left"><br />Scared about the prospect of meeting a lone pervert hiding in the bush late at night ready to strike? It may happen, but it is really highly, statistically, unlikely. As these studies show the vast majority of sexual crimes are committed by someone the victim knows, or at least have met prior to the assault.<br /><br />Even if we are talking to someone who doesn't want to hear - it must be repeated: Be very, very careful about drugs and alcohol! Someone you thought was your friend may turn out to be your worst nightmare.</div>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-87837134163218693632008-09-14T12:27:00.006+02:002008-09-14T13:06:31.334+02:00Basic car safety tips<div align="center"><strong>Staying alert while entering and exiting your car</strong></div><br />More women's self-defense tips: Here are two recent articles which hopefully will show the need of some basic awareness around your car. The first one is also yet another example of the bad (dangerous really) habit of walking around with earphones on at certain times and places.<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>College student assaulted</strong></div><br /><div align="left">From California <a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_10405325" target="_blank">contracostatimes.com</a> wrote about an 18-year-old female student who was assaulted in a parking structure.</div><br /><div align="left">The young woman was attacked at 6:45 p.m. while walking up to her car. The student was reportedly listening to an MP3 player. A spokesman with the college police said the perpetrator grabbed the woman as she clicked her remote control to unlock her vehicle.</div><br /><div align="left">Luckily, the El Camino College (in Torrance) student was able to fight off the attacker who grabbed her from behind by screaming and giving the attacker and elbow.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>Just a brief stop at the store...</strong></div><br /><div align="left">In Theodore, Alabama, a woman who was selling peanuts said she briefly ran into a store to get some more supplies, according to <a href="http://www.myfoxgulfcoast.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7378696&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1" target="_blank">myfoxgulfcoast.com</a>. When she jumped back into the car, she could feel a knife to her stomach.</div><br /><div align="left">The man - who had gotten into her unlocked car - made her drive down a side road, before the woman decided to fight back. Even though she was cut to the hand, she managed to get the attacker out of the vehicle. </div><br /><div align="left">The woman said the robber took off with her purse and seven dollars.</div>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-87326636371745224292008-09-07T19:53:00.008+02:002011-02-06T21:46:37.085+01:00Awareness and exercising, update<div align="center"><strong>The need of being aware while jogging</strong></div><br />
<div align="left">In our last blog post we talked in quite a bit of length about the need of staying alert while jogging or exercising. We showed some examples, and also tried to point out the dangers of "closing yourself out from reality" with music.<br />
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Today we will follow up on that, with another couple of articles you might want to have a look at.<br />
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</div><div align="center"><strong>A humorous look a serious problem</strong></div><br />
<div align="left">In <a href="http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/comment/Ewan-Morrison-39Thrown-into-a.4466461.jp" target="_blank">this great article</a> from scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com Ewan Morrison has a very funny (but still highly serious) take on people walking around like zombie creatures in a scene from Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.<br />
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"Like the snatched, podders are less aware of their own movements and find it hard to negotiate space between themselves and other people. In supermarkets they (...) freak out when suddenly they sense you beside them," he goes on to observe.<br />
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A really funny bit is when he mentioned a guy pi***** on himself while caught singing to a song on his iPod in a men's washroom - hilarious!<br />
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OK, so what's the serious part to all this madness, you might ask. Well apart from people behaving like complete morons, you have the "side-effect" of setting yourself up as the perfect sitting duck - just waiting to become a target for the next criminal who happens to come your way. </div><div align="center"><br />
<strong>Another attempted abduction</strong></div><div align="left"><br />
<a href="http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7307979&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1" target="_blank">Myfoxcleveland.com</a> recently had an brief, descriptive article about a man who was arrested for the attempted abduction of a 38-year-old woman while she was jogging.</div><div align="left">The incident allegedly occurred July 19, when the man tried to grab the woman in Newbury, Ohio. Police said the suspect drove drove past the woman. He then reportedly stopped his car and jogged near the intended victim. </div><div align="left">The woman was wearing earphones, so she did not hear what the man was saying to her initially. When she stopped and removed the earphones she realised the man said things of a sexual nature. He then allegedly held the woman by the shoulder and touched her breast.<br />
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The woman was able to break free and ran screaming to a nearby home. The man ran back to his vehicle and drove off.<br />
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So there you have it, a women's self-defense tip: Consider giving up the habit of running with music blasting on your earphones ... for your own safety!<br />
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Need more examples? There are hundreds at <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">I Hear You Say Women Can't Defend Themselves</a>! </div>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-31456774849226807882008-08-09T22:16:00.006+02:002011-02-06T21:48:18.341+01:00Jogging and sexual assaults<div align="center"><strong>The need of being aware while jogging</strong></div><div align="left"><br />
In today's issue of <em>women's self-defense tips</em> we will talk briefly about being aware while jogging. This is something you will find in greater detail in our bi-monthly <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">Women Can reports</a>. Let us first show one typical example.<br />
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The below incident also points to how perpetrators may operate, by planning and setting up a suitable place to strike. This of course should be yet another indication as to how the term "random violence" is more of a media construction than a matter of fact. You will also note that the attacker (again) approaches from behind.</div><br />
<div align="center"><strong>An attempted abduction</strong></div><div align="left"><br />
It was August 11, 2007, that a 37-year-old man attempted to abduct a 14-year-old girl in Litchfield, Connecticut.<br />
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According to the girl, the man had offered her a ride after he pulled up behind her while she was jogging. When she refused his offer, he reportedly chased her on foot. After a struggle, he left the girl alone and she ran into the woods and later called police.<br />
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It is alleged the man lied in wait for his intended victim and came up from behind her. He also selected a secluded portion of the road for his assault. Officials say the man searched remote country roads for months - driving past women jogging alone. Eventually, he tried to abduct the teenager.<br />
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Four other women testified during a court hearing how the man repeatedly drove by them as they had been jogging near a wildlife preserve.</div><div align="center"><br />
<strong>A bad habit</strong></div><div align="left"><br />
Fortunately, this girl fought back and was able to escape. Unfortunately this case is not unique at all - something you soon will see if you read our 5000 (and growing) <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">women's self-defense</a> case study.<br />
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Something we always strive to remind anyone jogging, walking or running on their own is to be very careful about not closing out their surroundings by listening to music on an iPod or similar.<br />
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Yes, it is very tempting to put those headphones on, but is simply one of the single most dangerous thing you can do. By doing so, you are in effect shutting down your awareness to the almost non-existent. Just by watching someone talking on a cell phone or walking while listening to music, you will see that not only is the sense of hearing "gone" - the visual awareness is severly hampered as well.</div>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-50900124517942181482008-08-04T10:46:00.009+02:002008-08-04T11:27:10.740+02:00A push-in and a rape attempt<div align="center"><strong>Random violence, stalking, push-in and a rape attempt</strong></div><br />You probably read about it all the time. "Random violence" - a stranger jumping out from the shadows to assault you.<br /><br />While this may happen (leaving the random part out), it is far more likely that you are either assaulted by someone you know. Or, if it is a stranger, that the attack occurs close to, or at your residence.<br /><br />After looking into more than <a href="http://www.jujitsu.no/english/women-can1.html" target="_blank">5000 cases of women fighting back</a>, and talking to researchers, police and numerous victims, we <strong>know</strong> it is so.<br /><br />One of the methods perpetrators may use is commonly referred to as a push-in, exemplified here. You should also note that the attacker followed (stalked) his intended victim before striking.<br /><br />A 24-year-old British man stalked, assaulted and tried to rape a young female doctor from Sheffield on her own doorstep.<br /><br />The man followed the woman to her flat late at night October 2007. He then attacked her as she opened her door. The woman suddenly found herself thrown forward into her home, landing on her back. The assailant then straddled the would-be victim and tried to rape her.<br /><br />The woman reportedly fought her attacker, trying to stop him from pinning her down. When her mobile phone rang, the man allegedly gave up and fled.<br /><br />And today's women's self-defense tip is...?<br /><br />First of all it is to be aware of your surrounding as you are about to enter your home or car. Secondly - always make a habit of having your keys ready in hand before you get to the door. Your set of keys is a potential self-defense weapon. And of course, keeping them ready in hand as you approach the door, reduces the time it takes to actually open the door.martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-48961677661485390192008-08-02T22:50:00.008+02:002008-08-03T01:03:48.340+02:00Arming yourself - with knowledge<div align="center"><strong>Your two best self-defense weapons</strong></div><p align="left">The single best women's self-defense tip I could possibly offer is for you to arm yourself with knowledge. Along with you brain, knowledge is nothing short of the "ultimate weapon".<br /><br />The easiest way by far to avoid any kind of trouble - ranging from harassment to violent sexual assaults - is to know how perpetrators and predators operate; how they think, plan and set up their devious acts.</p><p align="center"><strong>Random violence?<br /></strong></p><p align="left">"Random violence", you say? Forget it; a criminal with plans and preparations - however insignificant those preparations might be - is more common than sand in the Sahara desert! I am fully aware how media likes to hype up assaults as being random, but that's another thing all together.<br /><br />And as you hopefully begin to see the patterns evolve, you stand a far greater chance of avoiding being set upon in the first place. </p><p align="center"><strong>Here's a recent, quite typical, example </strong></p><p align="left">A teenage girl was reportedly the latest victim of an assault on or near a specific bridge in the southeast part of Chatham, Ontario (Canada). There has allegedly been six assaults in that area during the past two years.<br /><br />A man grabbed the girl from behind as she crossed the bridge around 4 p. m. on a Thursday, according to Chatham-Kent Police. Luckily, the teen managed to fight the attacker off, before she ran away and called police.<br /><br />Now there are two very obvious patterns here. One is that the attacker strikes from behind. The other is the location - that particular bridge. Why is this so? Glad you asked!<br /><br />If you start to look at it with the eyes of a criminal, you will see that there are things in common as to why, when, how and where incidents occur. Simply ask yourself this: If you were the perpetrator, where would you be sure to find potential victims walking, jogging or being preoccupied with, say parking a car or similar? Is this place isolated enough; are there any escape routes?<br /><br />It may very well be disturbing to think like this - I totally understand. However, it is the best way to arm yourself - using knowledge. And in this case here, the bridge in question is a perfect place to for a criminal to strike.<br /><br />Should you avoid such a place all together? Maybe, but I will not say that conclusively. What I will say is that any place that brings up a red flag like this should at least be treated with great caution and heightened awareness. </p>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-31952061287788081062008-08-01T08:41:00.002+02:002008-08-03T01:01:16.901+02:00Sexual assaults increase during summer<div align="center"><strong>More frequent on weekends and during warm weather</strong></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />Several studies, including a 2007 report in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, shows how sexual assaults like rape and rape attempts are more frequent during warm weather and on weekends.<br /><br />It has been estimated that around half of all "stranger-to-stranger" outdoor sexual attacks is occurring during the summer season.<br /><br />This is definitely nothing new; it should be a well known fact by now. Still, it might be a good idea to remind ourselves of this from time to time. After all, the best women's self-defense tip is perhaps to be armed with knowledge.<br /><br />A Swedish psychology professor with the Stockholm University, Sven Aa. Christianson, recently noted what he believed contributed to these figures going up.<br /><br />There is no coincidence that we see a significant increase, he said. The professor stated that even though a rapist has the same thoughts and fantasies during winter, the number of possible targets are far greater during summer.<br /><br />We spent more time in, or passing through, higher risk areas. These areas are, from an attacker's point of view, suitable places to hit on a potential victim.<br /><br />The Swedish professor also pointed to how our consciousness about possible risks decreased. He said that we are in effect lured into a false sense of security by the brighter summer nights and the number of people moving about.<br /><br />"You may take a shortcut which you would normally avoid in the winter, when it's darker," he pointed out. The same shortcut is in fact safer during the winter...<br /><br />Concerts, outdoor parties, alcohol, walking home alone because it's nice and warm, a reduced sense of risk ... All these factors probably contribute to the fact that 50% of a total of 837 outdoor rape incidents were reported during the months of May through September in Sweden (2007).</div>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516821690248862144.post-49317550133599375502008-07-31T12:22:00.002+02:002008-09-07T18:22:05.715+02:00Women's selfdense tips newsletterMake sure you have a look at the free, weekly 'Women's Self-Defense Tips' newsletter. It's brief, informative and to-the point. 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I wish I could give you a fool-proof self-defense system that would work for anyone at any time. To me, systems which claim to have "The Answer" are quite dangerous, simply because they may install a false sense of security. Also, they try to make very complex issues overly simplistic.<br />It is of utmost importance that you reflect upon any piece of self-defense advice given to you - in particular those given by men (that would be people like me...)! It is my firm belief that you will be better of by:<br /><br /><ul><br /><li>Thoroughly examining the validity and truthfullness of the given information.</li><br /><li>Asking yourself if there might be any hidden agendas or motives</li><br /><li>Using your best judgment to look for what will suit <strong>you</strong> as a person</li></ul><br /><p>I simply ask you not to trust me simply because I've been teaching women self-defense for close to thirty years! It might be that I know what I'm talking about, but how can you be sure? This is your safety and well-being we are talking about here, not my potentially "hurt feelings" of not being trusted!<br /><br />If you eventually decide to trust me and my selfdefense tips for women then I'd be honored and glad. If you don't, that's quite OK too :-) And by all means, take your time! I'm not sure if I'll be around in thirty years from now; I only know I'm not any "here today - gone tomorrow" sleazeball. I will at lest do my very best to be your guide for years to come.<br /><br />I really hope you'll find this blog on <em>women's self-defense tips</em> usefull. Oh, and feel free to comment!<br /><br />Here's to your well-being and safety,<br />Torbjorn</p>martial Arts Sourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569939985794305198noreply@blogger.com0